Job Title: Procurement Buyer

Location: Hazelwood MO 63042 (Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite – Tuesday & Wednesday)

Duration: 6+ months

Shift hours: Mon-Fri 8 AM to 5 PM EST

Job Description:

• Familiarity with Coupa, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Summary of Position:

• Responsible for providing procurement support to key functional stakeholders throughout the organization including the processing of purchase orders, execution of the vendor management strategy, contract management, expectation resolution, and the maintenance of systems and support sites in alignment with compliance and departmental policies. This role will provide service across the enterprise and will be key in promoting and training on standard business processes and systems.

Scope of position:

• The Procurement Buyer is responsible for providing transactional support necessary to facilitate the purchase of goods and services for a global specialty pharmaceutical company.

Essential functions:

• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to build relationships.
• Perform necessary transactional activities to support the business unit, such as requisition processing, invoice reconciliation, vendor maintenance/diligence, and spend reporting.
• Act as subject matter expert on the Requisition to Pay process.
• Support requestor training.
• Support corporate Coupa (and adjacent systems) update and enhancement strategies.
• Support audit requests related to the requisition to PO process and vendor updates.
• Maintain SharePoint sites as needed.
• Assure compliance with necessary compliance to Procurement activity.
• Knowledge of key Procurement tools (Coupa, SAP)
• Coordinate with the Procurement leadership, IT, and operating units to identify training needs and make recommendations for functionality and business process improvements.
• Support process improvement across functions in the procure-to-pay space
• Validation of suppliers / Approved Supplier List (ASL).
• Special project work as assigned.

Minimum requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2-5 years of relevant experience in Procurement Systems Technology (Coupa) preferred or related detail-oriented transaction/order processing.

Preferred Skills/Qualifications:

• Pharmaceutical procurement experiences are a plus.

Other Skills:

• Manage multiple priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Strong command of MS Word and Excel required.