Supply Chain Specialist

Job Title: Procurement Associate II

Duration: 12 months

Location: West Point, PA 19486

Pay Rate. $ 43.94/hr on W2

Job description:

Qualifications:

Client is a global healthcare leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and consumer health products, as well as animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree and relevant experience in business, science, finance, quality, or related areas.

Required:

• 4-5 years of professional experience in a business environment (administration, procurement, supply chain, etc.)

• Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong Data analytics and experience with using Excel to manage large data sets

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Preferred:

• Experience with SAP and Ariba Systems

• Experience with contract negotiations and/or Request for Proposals

• Experience with using SharePoint or other similar collaboration websites

• Knowledge of data collection methods (polls, focus groups, surveys)

Responsibilities:

Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.

Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of people like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

The Research and Development Sourcing and Procurement Department is responsible for conducting strategic sourcing initiatives in support of drug discovery and development within Client Research Labs.

This is an individual contributor sourcing and procurement position. The ideal candidate should have an interest in learning Clinical Procurement processes and apply business skills to support sourcing needs for internal business partners. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to support sourcing and procurement processes as they relate to integration of newly acquired companies, audits, and inspections. Specifically, the individual will:

• Work with cross functional teams including Legal, Finance, Source to Settle, MRL (Client Research Labs) stakeholders, and external suppliers

• Act as point of contract for all contract documentation in support of Audit & Inspection and Study Manager requests. This includes ensuring documentation is filed correctly, training procurement staff in archiving procedures, addressing procurement staff’s questions regarding procedures and addressing requests for documentation and tracking all activities.

• Assist clinical procurement team in management of contracts from acquired companies.

• Provide detailed market analyses looking at facts and data, with the objective of providing deep and meaningful insights to inform sourcing decisions.

• Support clinical procurement category teams in sourcing, negotiation, contracting and supplier management.