Bristol Myers Squibb · 10 hours ago
Global Purchasing Senior Specialist
Tampa, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$66K/yr - $80K/yrBristol Myers Squibb is a company that transforms the lives of patients through innovative work. They are seeking a Global Purchasing Senior Specialist to coordinate and lead financial and vendor management processes across multiple countries for HR, ensuring effective procurement and payment processes.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
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
Proactively executing and coordinating the "Purchase to pay" process for People Services, working closely with regional teams and SMEs across HR and BMS
Executing full life cycle of Purchase Orders management in SAP/ARIBA including creation, maintenance, on-time payments, and closure
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 reports
Lead collaboration with cross-functional teams, both internal and external to ensure invoices are validated and approved before releasing payment
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 as: Managing procurement processes, Overseeing vendor creation, Contract management, Facilitating the I2P process, Handling non-BMS system payments through heritage payment systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree
Experience with financial/budget
Experience in purchase order/vendor payment Processing utilizing SAP / Ariba
Ability 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
Benefits
Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Paid Time Off
US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays
Additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
Company
Bristol Myers Squibb
At Bristol Myers Squibb, we work every day to transform patients’ lives through science.
Founded in 1887
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$29.32BKey Investors
Venrock
2025-11-05Post Ipo Debt· $5.74B
2024-02-14Post Ipo Debt· $13B
2023-10-30Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
Leadership Team
Charles Bancroft
CFO
Cristian Massacesi
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development
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