Who We Are

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

This is a hybrid position (needs to come in the office 2 days per week; one of which must be Wednesday)

The Contracts Specialist 1 supports key Facilities and Engineering Maintenance Business Office (MBO) objectives with a particular emphasis on Purchase Order (PO) requisitions and Contract preparation, submission, coordination, management, administration, and related provider worker on-boarding. The Contracts Specialist 1 will be the primary interface between Facilities and Engineering, Legal, and Finance departments to coordinate all PO and contract processes that supports the Facilities and Engineering department. This is a cross-region position covering all California campuses: Novato, San Rafael, Petaluma, Buck, and Brisbane.

Duties
Contract Specialist 1 responsibilities:

• Process Purchase Order (PO) requests for Goods, Services, and Software
• Process required contract types (NDA, MSA, MEPSLA, MAMSA, SOW, Sales Orders) and coordinate between Facilities and Engineering, Legal, and Purchasing departments
• Initial document creation of NDAs, Change Orders, and SOW contracts
• Process requests for new Suppliers/Vendors related to PO requests
• Process New and Extension requests for Provider Workers (vendor-supplied workers) related to active contracts
• Process Change Orders to adjust existing PO, Contract amounts and / or dates
• Track status of all requests from users and provide status to users as needed
• Provide coordination between BioMarin Legal and Supplier Legal to resolve contract language
• Track contract expirations and coordinate with CC Owners for extension

General responsibilities:

• Collaboration/Coordination with all levels of the Facilities and Engineering department
• Ability to work independently and prioritize work across multiple projects to meet due dates

Others as needed or assigned

Skills

• Minimum of 2 years of directly related experience in PO requisition and/or contract administration/management (Law firm, Paralegal or corporate outsourcing / procurement environment)
• Experience in a GMP regulated environment (part 11 compliance), pharmaceutical industry and/or clinical research environment highly desirable
• Highly organized, detailed oriented, able to keep up with many changes and multiple priorities, and coordinate multi-discipline projects
• Good negotiator and communicator. Able to interact and manage expectations of diverse stakeholders; work effectively with all levels of management and employees.
• Strong office software skills (MS Word, Excel) and PO/Contract Management software such as Coupa Spend Management and SpringCM / Docusign CLM.
• Proficiency with standard office software applications, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Power Point, MS Outlook, SharePoint/O365

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Individuals will be expected to take part in job-related training courses.

PLEASE NOTE: Absent a Medical or Religious reason that prohibits vaccinations, all our incoming employees must be vaccinated for COVID-19.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.