Sourcing & Procurement Analyst
Posted on: 31 Jan 2021
Burlington, NC
Job Description
The Sourcing & Procurement Analyst is responsible for identifying sourcing opportunities through spend analysis to aid either category specific or supplier specific strategies.
* Maintaining Item Master Database by updating pricing, items and vendor information. Assisting in Strategic Sourcing processes such as request for information and request for proposal.
* Utilizing current sourcing methodology, and assist the Business Relation Management team and the Project Director Procurement with recommending final supplier selection.
* Conducting analysis (i.e. trend, forecasting) of spend data and supply market dynamics to identify and prioritize sourcing initiatives.
* Assisting with contract negotiations and/or resolution of contract or compliance issues. Creating contingency plans and continuously refine action steps to address shifting priorities or changing objectives.
* Formulating and making recommendations on specific actions and polices. Building relationships and partnering cross functionally with key brand business partners (Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal), suppliers, and Strategic Sourcing colleagues to influence change and meet strategic objectives.
* Understand supply markets and keep routinely informed of market conditions, technology evolution, and leading edge sourcing activities.
* Conducting end user testing after PeopleSoft updates have been installed
Requirements
* This position requires knowledge of negotiation, purchasing, and spend analysis
* Bachelor's degree in business management or accounting or related field of study
* Minimum 5 years' experience in a strategic procurement or analytics
* Intermediate level proficiency in Peoplesoft to create, edit and upload reports
* Intermediate level proficiency in MS Excel to create, edit and upload reports.
Shift
1
Schedule
Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm
Laboratory Corp.
Burlington, NC
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings operates as an independent clinical laboratory company worldwide. It operates in two segments, LabCorp Diagnostics (LCD) and Covance Drug Development. It offers various clinical laboratory tests, such as blood chemistry analyses, urinalyses, blood cell counts, thyroid tests, Pap tests, hemoglobin A1C and vitamin D products, prostate-specific antigens, tests for sexually-transmitted diseases, hepatitis C tests, microbiology cultures and procedures, and alcohol and other substance-abuse tests.
The company also provides testing services in the areas of women's health, allergy, diagnostic genetics, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, endocrinology, oncology, coagulation, pharmacogenetics, toxicology, and medical drug monitoring; and esoteric testing, cancer diagnostics, and other complex procedures. In addition, it provides technology-enabled solutions, including a suite of applications to enable patients, healthcare providers, health systems, accountable care organizations, and insurers with convenient and secure access to LCD’s data and services, as well as billing for laboratory services. Further, it offers end-to-end drug development, medical device, and diagnostic development solutions from research to clinical development and commercial market access.
The company primarily serves managed care organizations, biopharmaceutical companies, physicians and other healthcare providers, hospitals and health systems, governmental agencies, employers, patients and consumers, contract research organizations, academic institutions, and independent clinical laboratories. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings has collaborations with the Boston University, Columbia University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, The Mount Sinai Hospital, the University of Tennessee, Yale University, and QIAGEN N.V. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Burlington, North Carolinia.
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IndustryHealthcare
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No. of Employees61,000
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Website
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Jobs Posted3756
