Senior Procurement Associate

athenahealth•Boston, MA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role provides critical support to category managers across sourcing activities, vendor management, and supplier assessments and benchmarking. It contributes to supplier reviews to help ensure procurement’s supplier identification decisions are informed, compliant, and strategically aligned. The Global Procurement Team is responsible for acquiring goods and services essential to athenahealth’s operations while managing the entire procurement process—from strategic sourcing to payment. The team focuses on strategic supplier selection, contract negotiations, transactional and market data analysis, and continuous process improvement. Their mission is to drive efficiency, mitigate risks, and deliver measurable value and benefit for goods and services’ requirements across the enterprise.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (preferred).
5 – 8 years in procurement or related field.
Strong knowledge of Procure‑to‑Pay (P2P) processes, including purchasing and sourcing workflows, compliance requirements, and system governance.
Proficiency with Workday Strategic Sourcing (WSS), Oracle, and related procurement systems and tools, with the ability to troubleshoot, optimize workflows, and improve data accuracy.
Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret spend data, assess supplier performance, and identify cost‑optimization and process‑improvement opportunities.
Strong collaboration and stakeholder‑management skills with the ability to build trusted relationships across functionally with Finance, Legal, IT, and business teams.
Proven project‑management capability with the ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast‑paced environment.

Responsibilities

Support category managers in the facilitation/distribution of sourcing events, and support of supplier assessments and benchmarking to enable informed and compliant procurement decisions.
Assist in vendor due diligence follow ups and supplier reviews preparation aligned with timing of audits, requirements and/or other standards.
Provide support with vendor management activities and supplier status accuracy and contact accessibility.
Prepare reports to support strategic planning and supplier performance tracking.
Maintain and update procurement systems such as Oracle and WSS, ensuring data accuracy, catalog integrity, and efficient system functionality.
Troubleshoot issues and contribute to enhancements that improve ERP/P2P tool usability and reliability.
Provide inputs for dashboard and presentation development and perform communications, summaries and updates using visual graphic tools.
Contribute to procurement process improvement initiatives by identifying inefficiencies and supporting implementation of solutions.
Provide audit support by maintaining documentation, tracking/monitoring status and coordinating data responses to audit inquiries.