Job Description

Career Category

Information Systems

Senior Associate Data Analytics

Role Name: Senior Associate Data Analytics

Department Name: Procurement

Function:

Role GCF: 04

Location: Hyderabad, India

Hiring Manager Name: Mohd Aamir Pasha

Number of Positions: 1

ABOUT AMGEN

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior Associate Global Procurement Data and Analytics will support the Procurement Data & Analytics group that enables the organization to make informed and data-driven decisions. This role plays a crucial part in enhancing efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and strategic impact of the digital function across the organization. This role is also responsible for supporting the maintenance of Procurement specific content utilized across several platforms including buying instructions, preferred supplier lists, spend taxonomy refresh among others. This role will be expected to provide analysis of performance across the organization, facilitate insightful reporting of key metrics, and support the assessment of new and special projects within the Digital Procurement function. This role will also support and participate in developing the analytics roadmap & assisting with driving project timelines and outcomes. The individual will partner closely with category leads and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure effective sourcing.

Roles & Responsibilities

Procurement Data Management

• Drive the implementation of Procurement specific content utilized across multiple platforms including Preferred Supplier, Buying Portal, Policy Compliance, etc..
• Support maintenance of process and governance for spend taxonomy refresh.
• Support the production and development of procurement dashboard enhancements, as required.
• Work with capability and process owners to provide data extracts, advise and enable strategy and process improvement initiatives (Buying Portal, Sustainability)
• Maintain transactions and master data including working with external providers to cleanse data.

Data & Analytics Support:

• Support build phase of analytics use cases, including detailed data gathering, insights reporting, prioritization, integration, etc., with relevant stakeholders
• Understand and summarize advanced analytical techniques, including predictive analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, to gain deeper insights into procurement data
• Support the development and distribution of ad-hoc and routine reporting data
• Support project / initiatives management including timelines, stakeholder identification, objective documentation, etc.

Continuous Improvement & Compliance:

• Support continuous improvement efforts to ensure processes minimize manual effort associated with collecting and refreshing data
• Ensure that data and analytics practices within procurement adhere to relevant regulatory requirements

Key Stakeholder Management 

• Collaborate with across Procurement and cross-functional teams to gather requirements, identify root causes behind metrics, and generate insights
• Regularly engage with appropriate Technology and third-party stakeholders to drive execution activities of analytic use cases (i.e., building dashboards, etc.)

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills:

• Experience participating on cross-functional and/or global teams
• Internal stakeholder management and strong virtual team participation
• Advanced data/information and analytics management (including cycle times, KPI’s and SLA’s), continuous improvement expertise, and project management skills
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyze large datasets, identify trends, and derive actionable insights
• Experience with procurement technology and software systems, such as procurement ERPs (Enterprise Resource Planning), spend analysis tools, and data visualization tools

Soft Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• Ability to navigate ambiguity
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
• Influencing and Change Management skills

Basic Qualifications:

• B.S./B.A
• Minimum of 2-4 years of relevant business experience
• Minimum of 1-2 years of multi-disciplined procurement experience  

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.