Sourcing Analyst

Sourcing Analyst Location: 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point PA Pay Rate: $38/HR on W2 Important Note: The secondary location is Rahway, NJ. The manager's group will be technically in office 4 days onsite and 5th day WFH. Sourcing/ Purchasing/ Inventory Management is required. Qualifications Education: Required: BA/BS Required Experience: Minimum of (3-5) years relevant work experience Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment with a diverse cross-functional stakeholder group Highly organized, with excellent attention to detail and follow-through Proven track-record of being able to manage high volume of transactional work with both accuracy and efficiency Able to prioritize work effectively and relate daily tasks to larger project deliverables and departmental objectives Proficient in Excel and Power BI; comfortable working with other IT tools and applications (Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Spotfire) Adept at both data entry as well as generating reports Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written Preferred Experience: Pharma or Scientific Background is highly preferred Scientifically conversant in basic in vitro biology and pharmacology principles, with industry experience as a bench Scientist Working knowledge of Ariba and other financial systems Experience authoring Standard Operating Guidelines/ Procedures (SOGs, SOPs) Prior experience working in an environment with responsibilities for managing confidential information Responsibilities: This individual contributor role, with moderate oversight, will have responsibility for processing the transactional activities associated with executing studies at external contract research organizations (CROs) or collaborators in support of Discovery, Pre-Clinical and Translational Medicine (DPTM). This cross-functional support position will be directly accountable to the broader DPTM Operations team, and interface with MRL benchtop Scientists and External Scientific Leads, Finance, Procurement, and Business Development & Licensing (Client&L) transaction managers to ensure that Purchase Orders (POs) are generated to initiate external work, and that invoices are reconciled for payment in a policy-compliant manner. The responsibilities of this position will extend to utilizing a suite of IT applications and financial systems to track open requisitions and monitor payments. In addition, it is expected that the successful candidate will develop sufficient expertise in these tools and processes to be able to effectively troubleshoot issues, propose solutions for workflow improvements, and document best practices. Taking direction from the DPTM Operations team, based on input from the broader network of scientific and business stakeholders, the Operations Specialist will perform the following activities, and exhibit the following collaborative behaviors: Transactional Support to enable execution of research studies at external CROs and collaborators IT Systems /Tools Collaboration/Communication #J-18808-Ljbffr