Senior Analyst Global Procurement COE (REMOTE)

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Overview

The Senior Analyst Global Procurement COE is responsible for build, analysis, and maintenance of supplier spend and market data required for the development of global Procurement strategies, metrics and KPIs. Utilize data to drive performance for Procurement value contributions (savings and efficiencies). Responsible to build, optimize and support Procurement technology tools and influence technology roadmap. Have capabilities to support people, process and systems across multiple areas of Procurement (Operations, Category and Systems).

This position will work remote from home office.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work on COE/Systems teams to ensure day to day Procurement technology/systems have high adoption rate, strong UX, are intuitive and fit for purpose, supporting a highly complex and growing business.
• Maintain existing modules and roll out new modules.
• Ensure system uptime and resolve errors, including root cause analysis.
• Work as COE for all data requests across procurement, finance, and the business.
• Work with category managers to drive continuous improvement of the supply base to support their strategies.
• Support the development of category specific metrics and score cards to effectively measure / evaluate supplier performance against all key KPI’s and SLA’s.
• Lead the development, tracking and reporting of key department performance and compliance metrics to a variety of business audiences.
• Define and maintain data management standards to ensure the delivery of consistent, accurate business analysis and metrics for key department activities, including:
• Spend categorization
• Savings and cost avoidance
• Financial risk reviews
• Compliance reporting
• Identify, engage, and manage external subscriptions and service providers of supply market intelligence and insights in support of the global procurement team.
• Support category teams to ensure access all relevant internal and external data required for category strategy formulation, internal spend analysis, RFP analysis, etc.
• Design and execute supplier/stakeholder communication and survey activities.
• Develop and maintain the department’s online content on multiple internal/external knowledge management websites.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A. / B.S.) in a related discipline. MBA a plus.
• Experience: 3+ years experience in data analytics, financial analysis, procurement, or supply chain with demonstrated proficiency in taking large amounts of data and transforming it to information.
• Certification/Licensure: CPM or CPSM desirable, Data Certifications
• Other : Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal, analytical, presentation, influencing and negotiation skills required. Must possess in-depth knowledge of complex pricing arrangements and supplier profitability.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Strong Analytical Skills / Demonstrated expertise in:
• Manipulating large datasets
• Microsoft Excel, Access and BI
• Strong knowledge of SAP and working knowledge of Jaggaer Procure To Pay.
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational, problem solving, communication, and professional interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
• Outstanding change management and presentation skills.
• Able to deal with sensitive and difficult situations in a calm and effective manner.
• Ability to work partly independently and in a team environment and balance multiple priorities concurrently.
• Ability to contribute creatively in a collaborative setting.
• Experience initiating efficiency/optimization programs.
• Demonstrated experience in developing measurable KPIs.

Compensation Data

The pay range for this position in the USA is $90K - $100K USA annually. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, location and any collective agreements, if applicable. Remote candidates located outside of the US should be aware that the relevant pay range varies based on country and location.

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.