Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Charles River Laboratories is an early-stage contract research organization focused on improving health and well-being globally. The Senior Analyst Global Procurement COE will be responsible for analyzing supplier spend and market data to develop global Procurement strategies and support Procurement technology tools.

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

Skills

• Bachelor's degree (B.A. / B.S.) in a related discipline
• 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
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Interpersonal, analytical, presentation, influencing and negotiation skills required
• In-depth knowledge of complex pricing arrangements and supplier profitability
• 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
• MBA a plus
• CPM or CPSM desirable
• Data Certifications

Benefits

• Bonus/incentives based on performance
• 401K
• Paid time off
• Stock purchase program
• Health and wellness coverage
• Employee and family wellbeing support programs
• Work life balance flexibility

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