Senior Analyst, Procurement Operations, R&D

This role is considered Hybrid.

Overview

We are seeking an effective Procurement Operations Senior Analyst to join our team. Reporting to the Associate Director, Procurement Operations, the role is responsible for the efficient and effective management of day-to-day purchasing activities within their assigned Expertise Area (EA) - Research and Development (R&D). This role is crucial to ensuring compliance with procurement policies, optimizing spend, and delivering exceptional customer service. This Senior Analyst will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across the organization and will specialize in managing goods and services purchases in the lab operations, clinical/preclinical, and overall research areas of Alnylam.

This role is a hybrid role with 2 days a week in our Kendall Square office.

Key Responsibilities

• Procurement Execution: Manage and process purchase requisitions, ensuring adherence to cost-efficiency and quality standards. Identify and resolve bottlenecks to optimize requisition workflow.
• Expertise and Guidance: Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Ariba within the EA, providing guidance to stakeholders on the Source-to-Pay (S2P) process. Offer training and support to colleagues to enhance procurement knowledge.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with EA stakeholders to understand their needs, identify purchasing trends, and implement process improvements. Regularly engage with stakeholders to ensure satisfaction and gather feedback.
• Process Improvement: Analyze procurement processes to identify opportunities for optimization. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement process enhancements that improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.
• Data Analysis: Conduct spend, supplier, and market analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities and inform procurement strategies, new buying channels or catalogs.
• Supplier Issue Management: When needed, manage supplier relationships, resolve issues, and ensure timely resolution of invoice discrepancies.
• Sourcing: Drive teams to the use of preferred suppliers and lead small-scale sourcing events using SAP Ariba's Collaboration Requisitioning feature as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required. BS in a technical discipline, such as accounting or finance, desired.
• 3-5 years general business such as accounting and finance; procurement, supply chain, and/or purchasing experience, a plus
• Pharmaceutical industry knowledge, a plus
• Experience working with laboratory operations, R&D-related goods and services in a clinical/pre-clinical setting, preferred
• Proficiency in Source-to-Pay systems including Workday Sourcing, Ironclad, Lextegrity, Process Unity, Ariba Guided Buying, VIM, SAP S4 Hana, and Ariba SLP
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational abilities.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills in stakeholder interactions to ensure exceptional service and consistent interactions.
• Must be highly motivated and comfortable working both independently and in a team environment.
• Proven ability to contribute in a fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritize tasks and handle time efficiently

About Alnylam:Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALNY) has led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare and more prevalent diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach to treating diseases at their genetic source by "interfering" with mRNA that cause or contribute to disease. Since our founding in 2002, Alnylam has led the RNAi Revolution and continues to turn scientific possibility into reality.

Our culture:Our people-first culture is guided by our core values: fiercely innovative, open culture, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, and commitment to people, and these values influence how we work and the business decisions we make. Thanks to feedback from our employees over the years, we've been fortunate to be named a top employer around the world. Alnylam is extremely proud to have been recognized as the #1 Large Employer by Boston Globe Top Places to Work in 2023 for the third consecutive year, one of Science Magazine's Top Biopharma Employers, one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024 by Newsweek, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and UK - among others.

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. We are dedicated to building an environment where employees can feel that they belong, can bring their authentic selves to work, and achieve to their full potential. By empowering employees to embrace their unique differences at work, our business grows stronger with advanced and original thinking, allowing us to bring groundbreaking medicines to patients. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics prohibited by law.