Sourcing Analyst

ClarusONE Sourcing Services, LLP, provides strategic generic pharmaceutical services for both Walmart Stores, Inc. and McKesson Corporation.
This is a natural next step for the companies, which have more than two decades of history working together to improve the quality and lower the cost of pharmaceutical care to patients.
This partnership leverages McKesson’s demonstrated strength and expertise in global pharmaceutical sourcing in conjunction with Walmart’s strength and commitment to delivering leading health and wellness services to their customers.
As part of this arrangement, McKesson and Walmart have established this organisation in London to provide strategic sourcing services for both companies.
Job Title: Sourcing Analyst, Sourcing & Supplier Relations
Location: London, United Kingdom
Job Purpose:
The Sourcing Analyst will support generic pharmaceutical sourcing and product operations activities for ClarusONE and its members. Daily sourcing activities include portfolio and system maintenance, pricing review, and inventory management. The analyst will also be responsible for gathering information, performing product and supplier research and analysing data to prepare recommendations for product and supplier sourcing. The product operation activities will include development of activity dashboards, establish KPI’s, drive efficiencies and automation of processes
Responsibilities:
Responsible for data gathering, analysing, reporting, and developing recommendations. Reconciles multiple sources of data to analyse trends & opportunities; provides financial outputs for business cases and/or product development requirements
Performs analysis that informs tactical decision making and solves business problems related to potential or current business opportunities that meet project requirements and drive incremental profit related to source programs
Support the bid review process, validating bids, identifying share shifts, pricing and contracting review and issuing award letters. Support the Sourcing & Supplier Relations Team with developing the implementation schedule and vendor setup
Manage the GxSourcing mailbox and Ark work queue, classify and assign cases to relevant sourcing team members in a timely manner
Process product operations related SF cases within the agreed upon timeframe
Facilitate new supplier setup across ClarusONE platforms i.e. Ark, SourceSpace or any future systems and ensure the new suppliers are on-boarded in relation to ClarusONE operational ways of working.
Requirements:
Education/Experience
Bachelors degree, preferably in Finance, Economics or similar
Minimum of 2 years of experience in sourcing, finance/business analysis or product management
Product sourcing experience preferred; especially in generic pharmaceuticals
Knowledge/Skills
Knowledge of purchasing, sourcing and/or product management of product distributed within a multiple warehouse environment
Strong proficiency in MS Excel and/or Access
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Well organised, process and team-oriented with the ability to prioritise quickly
Excellent communication skills and able to work with all levels of management and internal/external customers to get results quickly – able to communicate complex data to stakeholders in a simplified and action-oriented manner
Highly motivated self-starter; ability to initiate and manage work with minimal supervision

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