Procurement Associate - Japanese Speaker
About this opportunity
Work Your Magic with us!
Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.
Your Role:
The identified candidate will perform, but not be limited to, the following tasks and responsibilities:
Ensure timely processing of purchasing transactions in accordance with the established service level agreement (SLA).
Communicate effectively with customers, vendors, and other teams in English and Japanese.
Understand customer requirements and provide service that supports their needs.
Work with vendor companies and internal teams to resolve invoice and payment issues.
Prioritize work effectively through sound planning and time management.
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team through the quality and timeliness of services and information provided.
Who You Are:
Bachelor Degree Holder
Professional proficiency in Japanese, including speaking, reading, and writing.
Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
Customer-oriented, with a good understanding of the work and customer requirements.
Able to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively.
Determined, self-motivated, and committed to delivering quality and timely work.
Able to collaborate with vendors and other teams to resolve issues.
What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!
Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Procurement role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 120 comparable Associate Procurement roles across 30 biopharma companies.
Salary context
20 of 120 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 120 comparable roles
+ 23 more countries
Seniority mix
120 of 120 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
0 of 120 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.
Similar opportunities
The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.
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How we calculate "similar"
No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.
Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.