Procurement Operations Analyst

This role can be based in Dublin or Cork

BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind.

By providing a foundation for all operations company wide, BioMarin’s General and Administrative teams support our mission of providing first and best in class therapeutics to patients who live with rare diseases. Our teams include groups such as finance, legal, human resources, corporate compliance and ethics, and information technology. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives.

 

BioMarin is seeking a Procurement Operations Analyst to join the Global Procurement Operations team. This person will own the administration, configuration and maintenance of Coupa, as well as provide end-user training and troubleshooting.  You will be the go-to person for everything related to the indirect procurement process at BioMarin.  As a subject matter expert on Coupa and the procurement process, you will have the opportunity to help drive new initiatives and support BioMarin’s exciting growth. 

Coupa Administration:
Understand the configuration of Coupa and maintain optimal end-user experience by assessing stakeholders needs, recommending solutions, and making system changes as necessary

Support ongoing maintenance of Coupa by updating workflows, profiles, custom reports, webforms, etc

Own the Coupa release/upgrade process by assessing new features, making recommendations to leadership, leading UAT and implementation in close partnership with IT

Reporting/Metrics/KPIs:
Build and maintain procurement dashboards, metrics and KPIs

Analyze data and proactively surface issues, suggestions and inferences

Act as the go-to person for procurement-related data/reporting inquiries

Support & Training:
Consistently provide 1st class internal support to employees

Assess the training needs of end users and develop/enhance training materials, design a training schedule and deliver effective training

Compliance:
Maintain proper SOX controls and documentation

Serve as the liaison for all internal and external audit requests

Experience/Education:

• 4+ years of experience in Procurement, Accounting or related field

• Degree in Business, Procurement, Supply Chain or related field a plus
  Strong Coupa admin experience/Coupa Certification desired
• Advanced knowledge and experience in reporting and analytics (Excel, OBIEE, Power BI)
• Excellent interpersonal skills - this role will partner with many different stakeholders globally
• Ability to properly prioritize and adapt in a rapidly-changing environment
• A "can do" attitude - ready to provide possible solutions in what is a dynamic and evolving environment