Procurement Specialist
Procurement Specialist
Allakos Inc. is a clinical-stage company developing therapeutic antibodies for inhibitory receptors on the surface of immune effector cells involved in allergic, inflammatory and proliferative diseases.
Allakos is committed to developing innovative therapies that transform patients' lives. We are looking for bright and talented individuals to join our team and share in our passion and commitment to improving the lives of patient
Your Role:
- Serve as the central contact for creating, distributing, and tracking purchase orders across multiple departments.
- Perform detailed reviews of purchase requisitions and contracts to ensure proper authorization, purchasing method and financial account coding, in line with corresponding Company policies.
- Demonstrate continuous effort to improve all aspects of the procurement function, including the timeliness and reliability of purchases, number of policy exceptions, and accuracy of associated financial metrics.
- Manage supplier relationships; track supplier performance, supply/availability, pricing, and related product/service quality.
- Interact directly with suppliers to negotiate purchasing discounts and other cost saving measures.
- Take responsibility for vendor on-boarding including vendor due diligence, documentation, and set-up in our Oracle ERP system.
- Proactively resolve issues with vendors and internal business partners using organizational savvy, critical thinking skills and effective communications.
- Research past due and/or mismatched invoices and assist in reconciling invoices to PO's for payment.
- Review travel and expense report submissions for compliance with company policies and proper account coding
- Manage ad-hoc procurement projects and reporting activities.
Qualifications and Expertise:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, supply chain or business management (is highly preferred)
- 2 to 4 years of procurement experience
- Highly motivated and committed to improving processes
- Highly creative and autonomous
- Valid work permit for Belgium
- Excellent interpersonal, communication (both written and verbal) and project management skills
- Committed to working from the office a minimum of three days a week
- An agile worker who can adapt to shifting business needs
- Comfortable managing and reporting on multiple projects concurrently
- Ability to concisely communicate escalations, requirements and issues to suppliers, peers, management, and customers with clarity
- Experience with Oracle Cloud Fusion (is highly preferred)
- Experience with life sciences (is preferred)
- Procurement qualifications/certifications (CPM, CPSM – is a plus)
- Work at a publicly traded company subject to SOX control environment (is highly preferred)
The salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.
The Allakos Values are: Selflessness, Drive, Clarity, Thoughtfulness, Fun, and Leadership
Allakos is an equal opportunity employer. Allakos will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law.