Senior Procurement Specialist

Location: Houston, TX - Hybrid

Posted: February 11, 2026

Job Type: Full Time

Req#

Supply Chain

Position Summary

As a strategic procurement leader at Empower Pharmacy, the Senior Procurement Specialist drives sourcing excellence across critical categories such as active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), raw materials, packaging, and contract services. This role ensures supply continuity, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance while enabling innovative product development and commercialization through strong supplier partnerships. By optimizing total cost of ownership and strengthening Empower's global supply network, this position directly supports our mission to expand access to quality, affordable medications.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and leads sourcing strategies across APIs, raw materials, packaging, and contract services to ensure a secure and cost-effective supply chain aligned with business needs.
• Negotiates contracts, supplier agreements, and service terms while managing long-term supplier performance and implementing risk mitigation strategies.
• Collaborates with Research and Development, Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory teams to ensure supplier qualification and compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Food and Drug Administration, and Drug Enforcement Administration requirements.
• Supports new product introductions, technical transfers, and supply chain readiness for commercialization through proactive procurement planning and stakeholder alignment.
• Champions procurement process optimization by integrating automation tools, digital systems, and data-driven insights to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and drive continuous improvement.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus.

The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong leadership, analytical, and cross-functional communication skills with the ability to manage high-value negotiations, influence decisions, and drive sourcing initiatives.
• Proficient in Oracle or other Enterprise Resource Planning systems, with advanced Excel and digital sourcing tools experience, and deep understanding of regulatory compliance, scientific terminology, and procurement workflows.

Key Competencies

• Customer Focus:
  Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions.
• Optimizes Work Processes:
  Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Collaborates:
  Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Resourcefulness:
  Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently.
• Manages Complexity:
  Makes sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Ensures Accountability:
  Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments and objectives.
• Situational Adaptability:
  Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match shifting demands of different situations.
• Communicates Effectively:
  Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Values

• People:
  Our people define who we are as a company, and we believe that understanding and addressing the needs of our team, clients, and community is fundamental to fostering a culture of support and growth.
• Quality:
  Quality stands at the core of our mission, reflecting our commitment to excellence in every medication we produce.
• Service:
  We are here to serve others. Every interaction with our patients, providers, employees and other stakeholders comes from a place of service.
• Innovation:
  By continuously exploring new…