ACS group has an immediate need for a "Sourcing Associate" with experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry. This is a 4 - month contract opportunity and is located in Princeton, NJ. Our client is a leading pharmaceutical company.
Please review the job description below:
Top Skills:
Job Description:
RESPONSIBLILTIES/DELIVERABLES:
Position Description
This role will work with the SE Analytics team on projects that drive the integration of data analytics into our sourcing process. This role will include the following responsibilities:
Competencies:
Competencies (Nice to Have):
Requirements
Education: Bachelor's degree (Science or Engineering desirable).
Experience: At least 5 years of work experience in a position monitoring, manipulating and drawing insights from data, and at least 3 years Sourcing/Procurement experience
Thanks and regards,
RAHUL GULATI
Team Recruitment
P: (+1)
404-585-5612
ABOUT ACS Solutions.
ACS Solutions is a global provider of information technology solutions, talent solutions and workforce management services. Our Industry vertical based domain expertise, passion for innovation, combined with the power of technologies in cognitive sciences, cloud computing, data sciences, product engineering, robotic process automation, machine learning, and block chain, helps clients envision, build and run their businesses more efficiently. Headquartered in the US, ACS Solutions has grown to over $1.2 BN.
ACS Solutions is a Certified MBE by the Georgia National Minority Supplier Development Council.
ACS solutions has multiple subsidiaries, each focused on the unique area of business:
Recent Awards and Recognitions:
IT and Industry certifications:
Continuous Improvement Process
Research And Development
Technical Services
Strategic Sourcing
Procurement
Please review the job description below:
Top Skills:
- Business Analyst
- Agile
- Gap Analysis
- Biologics/antibody discovery/ protein purification
- Pharmaceutical Industry
Job Description:
RESPONSIBLILTIES/DELIVERABLES:
- Schedule and manage meetings, and participate in weekly core team meetings
- Coordinate activities with the team
- Optimize processes for data intake, validation, cleaning as well as modeling, visualization and communication deliverables
- Build, develop and maintain data models, reporting systems, data automation systems, visualizations/dashboards and performance metrics that support our sourcing process
Position Description
This role will work with the SE Analytics team on projects that drive the integration of data analytics into our sourcing process. This role will include the following responsibilities:
- Collaborate with all stakeholders to continually refine and enhance existing analytics and identify potential new opportunities to further drive SE/GP's effectiveness and efficiency through the use of technology
- Includes assisting with identification of appropriate data sources for the analytical objectives, acquiring and storing the data for the project, programming the appropriate statistical analyses using standard tools, delivering results to customers in appropriate formats and media, and assisting with follow-up questions
- Use Analytics to drive ideas in our Supply Chain operations, Commercialization and R&D business to identify and recommend new innovations
- Make sound sourcing decisions based on a balance of data, analysis and experience (supplier selection, pricing, negotiation levelers, etc.)
- Build, develop and maintain data models, reporting systems, data automation systems, dashboards and performance metrics that support our sourcing process.
- Ensure accuracy of data and deliverables
- Manage and optimize processes for data intake, validation, cleaning, mining and engineering as well as modeling, visualization and communication deliverables.
- Leverage internal tools to formulate insights to drive productivity and CI.
- Examine, interpret and report results of analytical initiatives to stakeholders
Competencies:
- Proficiency in Microsoft applications, including Excel (vlookups, pivot tables, formulas etc.), SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint and Access
- Knowledge and proficiency with SAP, Ariba and other management and financial experience
- Experience with data visualization tools: Tableau, Spotfire, etc.
- Experience with data cleansing tools: Tableau Prep, Alteryx, etc.
- Organization - Ability to manage multiple priorities and resources in a dynamic environment across various departments, and organize complex information.
- Judgment and Decision Making - Considers the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Critical Thinking - Uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. Must possess initiative with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Attitude & Teamwork- Projects confidence tempered with humility. Must be a team player willing both to steer the team towards success and to fully support the team when others are steering.
- Problem Sensitivity -Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. Recognizes there is a problem and escalates or informs the resources who can address the problem.
- Analyzing Data, Drawing Conclusions and Making Decisions/recommendations - Analyzes information and evaluates results to draw conclusions, make data driven decisions and develop actionable recommendations for business units
- Communication - Shares and collects information, exchanges ideas and openly explores perspectives, and adjusts style and content to each person, audience and circumstance
Competencies (Nice to Have):
- Knowledge of statistical modeling techniques: GLM multiple regression, logistic regression, log-linear regression, variable selection, etc.
- Strong programming skills with querying languages: SQL, SAS, etc.
- Experience with big data tools: Teradata, Aster, Hadoop, etc.
- C, C++, JAVA or other programming languages
Requirements
Education: Bachelor's degree (Science or Engineering desirable).
Experience: At least 5 years of work experience in a position monitoring, manipulating and drawing insights from data, and at least 3 years Sourcing/Procurement experience
Thanks and regards,
RAHUL GULATI
Team Recruitment
P: (+1)
404-585-5612
ABOUT ACS Solutions.
ACS Solutions is a global provider of information technology solutions, talent solutions and workforce management services. Our Industry vertical based domain expertise, passion for innovation, combined with the power of technologies in cognitive sciences, cloud computing, data sciences, product engineering, robotic process automation, machine learning, and block chain, helps clients envision, build and run their businesses more efficiently. Headquartered in the US, ACS Solutions has grown to over $1.2 BN.
ACS Solutions is a Certified MBE by the Georgia National Minority Supplier Development Council.
ACS solutions has multiple subsidiaries, each focused on the unique area of business:
- Analysts international Corporation (Staff Augmentation Services)
- The Ascent Services Group Inc. (Life Sciences Talent Solutions)
- HireGenics, (Payrolling, IC Compliance, & MSP Services)
- DATA Inc. (Information Technology- staffing)
Recent Awards and Recognitions:
- 6th largest IT staffing firm in the US. (Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) 2019)
- Largest Minority IT Staffing Firm in the US. (SIA 2019)
- ClearlyRated® 2020 Best of Staffing award winner for providing remarkable service quality to our clients. This is our ninth consecutive win.
IT and Industry certifications:
- Microsoft Gold Partner: Application Development, Cloud Platform, Data Analytics, Data Center, DevOps, Data Platform
- AWS Managed Services Partner
- Google Cloud Partner
- ISO 27001:2013 Certified for Data Security
- ISTQB Gold Partner
- ISMS (ISO 27001:2017)
- SOC2 Type II Compliant
Recommended Skills
New Product DevelopmentContinuous Improvement Process
Research And Development
Technical Services
Strategic Sourcing
Procurement