Global Purchasing Senior Specialist

Bristol Myers Squibb • Tampa, FL

13d

About The Position

The Global Purchasing Senior Specialist plays a crucial role in coordinating and leading financial and vendor management in a multi-country environment for HR. Build and Maintain Supplier Governance with assigned HR function and/or geographic region. Provide continuous improvement within Global Vendor Management Processes to enhance stakeholder’s experience and align business strategy/requirements. Provide Subject Matter Expertise with BMS Policy and Procedures for purchasing and payment processing. Collaborative with internal and external parties to problem solve with an understanding of end-to-end processes and knowledge of impacts to decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree
• Experience with financial/budget
• Experience in purchase order/vendor payment Processing utilizing SAP / Ariba
• Ability to work in a matrix team with strong exceptional organizational skills.
• Advanced level data analysis, excel and complex reporting skills.
• Excellent communication skills in order to work across regional remote teams and markets.
• Ability to identify, analyze and solve problems, with limited guidance.
• Identify and drive areas for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Proactively executing and coordinating the "Purchase to pay" process for People Organization, working closely with regional teams and SMEs across HR and BMS.
• Executing full life cycle of Purchase Orders management in SAP/ARIBA including creation, maintenance, on-time payments, and closure.
• Manage the monitoring and tracking invoices to ensure timely payment.
• Conducting financial tracking, monitoring, and reporting of Purchase Orders against actual budgeted amounts.
• Preparing and communicating monthly financial variance reports
• Lead collaboration with cross-functional teams, both internal and external to ensure invoices are validated and approved before releasing payment.
• Building relationships with cross-functional teams such as Accounts Payable, Global Payments, Finance, Procurement, and functional support teams.
• Provide Subject Matter Expertise regarding Procurement and Finance policies and procedures, utilizing SAP, ARIBA, and Icertis.
• Work with HR and Finance to manage the harmonization of various acquired companies.
• Ensuring that benefits and compensation have been correctly aligned to allow for the smooth day to day running of the business without any issues.
• Provide insight and guidance to HR on the BMS ways of working addressing issues such as:
• Managing procurement processes
• Overseeing vendor creation
• Contract management
• Facilitating the I2P process
• Handling non-BMS system payments through heritage payment systems.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day. All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level