Strategic Sourcing Advisor

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Title: Strategic Sourcing Advisor

Location: Hybrid/Remote

Type: Full-Time, Exempt

At Prendio | Bio Procure, we’re more than a procurement service; we’re a trusted eProcurement partner focused on finding savings and extending the cash runway for early-stage and growing life sciences companies bringing life-changing therapies to market. Our mission is to make procurement faster, easier, and more cost-effective so scientists can stay focused on their groundbreaking research. We operate in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment where attention to detail is balanced with agility, problem-solving, and innovation to drive success.

The Strategic Sourcing Advisor will bring deep scientific and life sciences expertise to Prendio | Bio Procure’s sourcing and procurement services to support our clients in achieving their research and development objectives. You will partner closely with clients, suppliers, and internal procurement teams to interpret scientific and technical needs, translate them into clear sourcing recommendations, and advise clients on how to optimize spend across key product and service categories.

As Prendio | Bio Procure further develops this sourcing advisory model, you will help validate the value proposition with early client partners, build repeatable playbooks, and help define how we scale this capability over time. This role will initially operate as a senior individual contributor with significant influence across clients, suppliers, and internal teams, with the potential to help shape and, over time, build a team as the advisory function grows.

• Consult with biotech and life sciences clients to understand scientific, operational, and budgetary requirements for goods, services, and CRO/pre-clinical engagements.
• Build and assess client-specific sourcing scenarios using cost, risk, quality, and timeline considerations, leveraging internal data and our product/service category taxonomy.
• Provide recommendations for product, supplier, and service provider selection (including alternates and substitutions) that best meet client needs and constraints.
• Help clients optimize pre-clinical services spend decisions through CRO discovery, evaluation, scope definition, and vendor selection.
• Interface with suppliers and manufacturers to verify technical equivalence and performance claims for proposed alternatives, where relevant.
• Support internal procurement specialists by interpreting technical specifications, application notes, and product performance information.
• Develop and maintain reference materials, preferred product lists, and knowledge bases by category.
• Participate in client meetings, providing credible scientific and technical guidance.
• Identify opportunities for group purchasing or cohort-based spend aggregation to achieve greater savings across our portfolio of biotech clients.
• Contribute to training and upskilling of internal procurement teams.

• Education:
  
  Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, or related field, or a BS degree in such fields combined with deep procurement expertise.
• Experience:
  
  10+ years in biotech/pharma R&D, lab operations, life sciences procurement, or a combination.
• Strong understanding of key product categories such as reagents, antibodies, cell culture systems, enzymes, analytical instruments and platforms, etc.
• Understanding of biotech’s pre-clinical and clinical services needs and the CRO ecosystem that supports these needs.
• Proven ability to interpret scientific requirements and align them with commercial solutions.
• Excellent communication and consultative skills with both scientists and suppliers.
• Comfort balancing scientific rigor with cost-effectiveness and business priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and build alignment across cross-functional teams (R&D,…