Job Title: Procurement Analyst - III (Senior)
Location: Rahway, NJ 07065
50% onsite (Onsite: Mon & Wed)
Duration: 05+ months contract (Extendable)
Must Haves:
- 7+ years of indirect procurement experience
- Strong background in developing category strategies, running RFPs, negotiations, and contract reviews
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strategic thinker with maturity and confidence
- Bachelor's degree minimum
- Healthcare, FMCG or Life Sciences industry experience preferred
- SAP experience required, ARIBA preferred
Qualifications:
Positions Qualifications:
A healthcare or FMCG background is highly preferred .
Education Minimum Requirement:
- Bachelor's degree in business, Administration, Finance, or a related field.
Required Experience and Skills:
- Procurement - 7+ years of Global Procurement / Global Strategic Sourcing or global business management (Consulting, Finance, HR) experience.
- Technical - Indirect Procurement Global Category Management knowledge, including global experience in Professional Services.
- Deep expertise in the Management Advisory Services Category including Category Strategy.
- Development, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management and Project Management and Execution.
Preferred Experience and Skills
- Business Acumen: Demonstrates skill in incorporating financial data and deep industry knowledge to identify key business opportunities.
- Executive Leadership: A self-starter with excellent interpersonal and influential skills; able to interact across all levels of the organization, especially with senior executives.
- Problem Solving: Identifies and integrates patterns, trends, and inconsistencies across data sources to determine broader implications.
- Productive Communication: Clearly articulates complex thoughts and ideas; quickly detects and corrects miscommunication.
- Project Management: Creates accountability among project teams to drive on-time product delivery.
- Strategic Thinking: Challenges the status quo and offers practical alternatives.
- Service Mindset: Applies a customer-first approach to ensure client goals are defined and achieved.
- Innovation: Implements strategies to improve efficiency, drive business outcomes, and enhance Ways of Working; leverages market intelligence and data.
- Global Approach: Aligns with Global Procurement Strategy; understands global markets and suppliers; drives global compliance.
- Analytical Approach: Uses analytical skills to develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Builds and maintains networks across divisions and geographic boundaries.
- Growth Mindset: Invests in self-development through learning and experience.
Responsibilities
- Reports to the Associate Director of Professional Services Procurement and leads the Advisory Services Program.
- Partners with leaders across the organization to:
- Develop a global strategy and portfolio for Management Advisory Services.
- Deliver high-quality consulting support focused on ROI.
- Support procurement in shaping a global category strategy.
- Leads the refresh of Advisory Services Procurement Strategy, including:
- Category, contract, risk, and stakeholder management strategies.
- Supplier Relationship Management Program.
- Maintains strong relationships with senior leaders across corporate functions.
Key Capabilities
- Business Outcome Orientation: Anticipates trends, shares market intelligence, and aligns procurement efforts with stakeholder needs.
- Category & Technical Expertise: Applies technical knowledge to enhance procurement processes and align with emerging trends.
- Change Management: Manages initiatives, aligns stakeholders, and builds support for change.
- End-to-End Supply Chain: Leverages supply chain interdependencies to support strategic sourcing and performance.
- Negotiation & Contract Management: Develops and manages complex agreements; demonstrates deep legal and contract knowledge.
- Sourcing Management: Leads cross-functional sourcing, competitive bidding, and vendor selection processes.
- Supply Market Expertise: Understands market dynamics, pricing trends, and availability risks to inform decisions.
- Productive Communication: Builds strong stakeholder relationships and fosters collaboration across geographies.
- Diversity & Inclusion: Promotes diverse supplier engagement and champions inclusion across sourcing practices.
- Supplier Relationship Management: Implements governance models, tracks performance, and drives innovation with key suppliers.
- Process Optimization: Identifies improvement opportunities and aligns externalization strategies with business goals.