Global Purchasing Senior Specialist

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Read more careers.bms.com/working-with-us .Position Purpose The Global Purchasing Sr. 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.Key ResponsibilitiesProactively executing and coordinating the "Purchase to pay" process for People Services, working closely with regional teams and SMEs across HR and BMS.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 reportsLead collaboration with cross-functional teams, both internal and external to ensure invoices are validated and approved before releasing payment.Executing full life cycle of Purchase Orders management in SAP/ARIBA including creation, maintenance, on-time payments, and closure.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 asManaging procurement processesOverseeing vendor creationContract managementFacilitating the I2P processHandling non-BMS system payments through heritage payment systems.Knowledge, Skills and QualificationsBachelors degreeExperience with financial/budgetExperience in purchase order/vendor payment Processing utilizing SAP / AribaAbility 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.If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing CareersWith a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients' lives through science™ , every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.On-site ProtocolBMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your roleSite-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com . 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