Sr Analyst, Procurement Operations

About Servier

At Servier, we are dedicated to bringing the promise of tomorrow to the patients we serve.

We are a commercial stage, privately held pharmaceutical company, based in the U.S. Currently, we have four medicines approved in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). We have also accelerated our investment in hard-to-treat cancers, with more than 50% of our research and development dedicated to delivering significant advances in areas of high unmet need that may truly move the needle for our patients. Our pipeline is promising with several launches in the Oncology space. 

Servier has won Best Places to Work two years in a row as well as numerous Patient Awards

Role Summary

We are looking for an effective Procurement Operations Senior Analyst to join our team. This role will contribute to our company’s mission by supporting our US Business and Procurement team to manage sourcing of quality products, equipment and services in alignment with Servier’s business objectives, strategies, and internal controls.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Procurement Operations, the role is responsible for the execution of daily procurement operations and maintenance of best-in-class procurement processes and internal controls to support supply assurance, optimize total cost of ownership, safeguard internal controls, and drive source-to-pay efficiencies. This role will support procurement operations initiatives across the US organization with support and collaboration from local finance colleagues, legal, IT, Compliance, and global procurement colleagues.  

Primary Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert on all procurement policies, tools, and standard operating procedures to support stakeholder inquiries, transactions and resolutions.
• Champions, advocates, and ensures compliance with the internal policies utilizing standard source-to-pay (S2P) processes and tools, including ensuring compliance with internal and external auditing requirements.
• Assists in the maintenance, accuracy and continual improvement of procurement tools including policies, standard operating procedures, business process documentation, work instructions, and end-user training.
• Assists in preparation of Requisitions and/or Purchase Order requests as needed, including intake, review, and organization of data and support documents, approval workflow monitoring and change orders and/or edits as required.
• Produces accurate procurement data reports in MS Excel to support departmental, compliance, and audit reporting.
• Analyze, summarize and/or review data; report findings, interpret results and/or make recommendations.
• Provide data analytics across supplier spend and activity ensuring effective categorization of spend, savings and spend under management.
• Supports supplier onboarding process including review of all supplier information, supplier due diligence, risk mitigation, and accurate recording of supplier, tax, and regulatory information within all supplier records.
• Works with Accounts Payable to resolve and clear vendor invoice hold items, performs supplier maintenance and ensures accurate classification and data in supplier master file.
• Assists in the administration and support of ongoing operational procure-to-pay functions related to procurement technology and programs, corporate cards, procurement catalogs, contract management or other programs as assigned.
• Supports general procurement tools and ensures data is maintained, monitored, up to date, secure, and operating efficiently.
• Participates in activities and tasks to streamline the procure-to pay-process, gains efficiency improvement through task elimination, simplification, standardization, automation, and digitization.
• Assist in the corporate wide procure-to-pay technology and process implementation and other transformation initiatives as appropriate.

Education and Required Skills

• BS degree, 3-7+ years of Procurement Operations experience including broad-based experience in procure-to-pay processes, core procurement methodologies, and ERP Systems (enterprise Procurement systems such as Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft)
• Strong familiarity with vendor management and relevant software
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office with an emphasis on strong Excel capabilities
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills in stakeholder interactions to ensure exceptional service and consistent interactions. 
• Effective listening skills, ability to identify and resolve issues and provide training of policies and procedures
• Must be highly motivated and comfortable working both independently and in a team environment.
• Proven ability to contribute in a fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritize tasks and handle time efficiently
• Excellent attention to detail with dedication to accuracy, quality, and integrity
• Experience with process, quality control and workflow management / design
• High sense of urgency, work ethic, and must be flexible
• Objective, organized, self-starter, performance oriented
• Strong ethical nature and able to foster an environment of governance
• Strong understanding of strategic sourcing principles, vendor management specifically in highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, financial services etc.

Travel and Location

• Hybrid role with 3 days a week in office (Boston Seaport District)
• Expected Travel: 0-10%

Servier’s Commitment

We’re an organization, committed to modelling diversity, equity, and inclusion for the entire industry, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all. We are interested in growing our team with passionate, committed, and innovative individuals. We encourage all to apply to our open roles and are always willing to consider skills and experiences outside of what is listed in the job description.