**Our pharmaceutical client is looking for a Procurement Analyst in Rahway, NJ 07065** **Job Title: Procurement Analyst III** **Location: 126 E. Lincoln Avenue PO Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065** **Hours: M-F 8am - 5pm** **Qualifications:** **Positions Qualifications:** A healthcare or FMCG background is highly preferred. **Education Minimum Requirement:** + Bachelor’s degree in business, Administration, Finance, or a related field. + Required Experience and Skills: + Procurement – 7+ years of Global Procurement / Global Strategic Sourcing or global business management (Consulting, Finance, HR) experience. + Technical – Indirect Procurement Global Category Management knowledge, including global experience in Professional Services. + Deep expertise in the Management Advisory Services Category including Category Strategy. + Development, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management and Project Management and Execution. **Preferred Experience and Skills** **Business Acumen -** Demonstrates skill in incorporating financial data and deep industry knowledge to identify key business opportunities. **Executive Leadership –** A Self-starter with excellent interpersonal & influential skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization, especially with senior executives. **Problem Solving -** Demonstrates the ability to identify and integrate patterns, trends and inconsistencies across multiple data sources to determine their broader implications **Productive Communications -** Demonstrates ability to articulate complex thoughts and ideas accurately and clearly, being able to quickly detect and correct instances of miscommunication **Project Management -** Demonstrates the ability to create accountability among project team members to drive on- time delivery of products **Strategic Thinking -** Demonstrates active skill in challenging the status quo, offering practical Alternatives. **Service Mindset –** Demonstrates a customer-first approach to ensure client business goals and objectives are clearly defined and delivered. **Innovation –** Demonstrates ability to implement innovative strategies to improve operational efficiency, drive preferred business outcomes and improve Ways of Working across the Enterprise. Drives innovative approaches in utilization of Market Intelligence and Market Data. **Global Approach –** Ensure that the Category approach adopted is aligned with and supports our Company's Global procurement strategy and Global Category Management. Has an understanding of Global Markets and Suppliers. Drives global compliance at the Category level. **Analytical Approach** Demonstrate ability to develop innovative solutions to complex business problems using analytical mindset. **Working Across Boundaries -** Demonstrates skill in developing and maintaining networks that span divisions and geographical boundaries. **Growth Mindset-** Demonstrating a clear focus on investing in one’s self-development by thriving on challenges and growing through experience and learning from others. Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security. **Responsibilities:** The position will report into Company's Associate Director of Professional Services Procurement and will lead the Advisory Services Program. Partnering with leaders throughout the organization, the primary goals of this role are: To develop a Global Strategy and overall approach for Management Advisory Services to include a well-defined portfolio of Consulting options that mitigate risk, meet the changing needs of the business and reflect the rapidly changing work environment. Provide high quality Management Advisory Services focused on delivering ROI to our Company's Executive Team and Key Business Partners. Provide Procurement support to develop a Global Category Strategy and overall approach for Management Advisory Services. This position will lead the refresh of the current Advisory Services Procurement Strategy including, but not limited to, the optimization of the following: the Global Category Management Strategy, Contract, Risk and Stakeholder Management Strategies as well as our Supplier Relationship Management Program. The incumbent will develop and maintain strong relationships with key Senior leaders across corporate functions at the enterprise level. **About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of:** **Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells** _ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. 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