Sourcing & Procurement Analyst/

Sr. Sourcing & Procurement Analyst

Grade/FLSA:

24

Dept/Business Unit:

ES&P; Ops & Finance

Job Code:

SOP002

Details of Responsibilities / Purpose of Job:

The Sourcing & Procurement analyst will be primarily responsible for supporting eProcurement tools for UnitedHealth Group external trade suppliers. This role will play an integral part in implementing electronic ordering and invoicing with strategic suppliers to drive contract compliance, spend visibility, and automation. Driving change management with key business stakeholders on new processes, and oversee activities of project team

Performance Metrics Management and Reporting Activities:

Has ultimate responsibility for project content and strategy including: Supplier Enablement Strategy Execution, Catalog creation and maintenance, Supplier Integration

Understanding and working knowledge of sourcing & procurement contracting, PO process flows

Solid organizational skills, managing tasks and deadlines against goals.

Ability to analyze processes and rapidly determine critical business pain points and opportunities for improvement.

Self-starter and curious learner with proficiency in documenting and managing business requirements and business processes.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to support daily interactions with onshore and offshore business partners

Ability to drive collaboration and change management with team members on various projects ARIBA system experience preferred, or comparable procure-to-pay system

Experience with using Microsoft Office applications, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint

The candidate should have 3-5 years of relevant experience





Ongoing Work Activities:

Major areas of focus will be enabling suppliers on Ariba , support, training, testing, and helpdesk for the internal and external user base

Assists Customers with strategy and suppliers with documentation around electronic invoicing

Leverages Ariba's expertise to design and develop an effective supplier enablement strategy that determines the type of enablement suppliers require based upon their profile, purchase order, invoice volume, and spend - Full account vs Light account

Analyze supplier spend via different origins

Involvement in supplier survey calls/ relationship meetings

Establishing relationship with vendors/Suppliers on ASN

Educate Suppliers on ASN [Ariba Supplier Network] configuration or set up if need be.

Set up Supplier data - in ARIBA.

Classifying catalog vendors. Define /set catalog vendors in ERP systems.

UNSPSC Mapping and identifying any gaps or analyzing UNSPSC codes.

Handling different types of orders – ERP, PCard, Direct..etc. as part of P2P process.

Should help/coordinate in troubleshooting issues related to catalog outages in ARIBA or vendor sites [Punch outs] – unplanned outages or scheduled outages.

Supplier Feedback process for any content/catalog related errors.

Work with commodity managers closely gathering requirements for Catalog Filtering





Work with IT and Business for - Catalog deployment, activation, and deactivation - as per go live dates.

Should help in ensuing correct ordering methods, correct supplier locations defaults.

Coordinating the Troubleshooting process for PO not generated or not reached ASN/vendor.

Decision Making on Force Order issues.

ASN Membership Renewal - Working on restoring ASN suspended vendor relationship. Need to work closely with IT, Business, Support functions.

Unknown Supplier Issues.

Testing and Deployment, sign off process.

Work with Process Enablement Lead to satisfy system configuration needs

Review setups and maintain supplier integrations after initial go live

Specific Measurements of Performance

Critical Skills Required :

Expert in Ariba Network features and functions, including Supplier Enablement Automation

Bachelor’s degree

Experience with a Procure to Pay system (Ariba,Coupa etc.).

Attention to detail

Excellent analytical skills

Working knowledge of requisition and Purchase Order, Supplier Enablement processes

Knowledge of the vendor set up process

Knowledge of the UNSPSC Commodity Code System,

Knowledge of catalog formats – CXML, CIF and catalog management process

Ability to manage work activity and fast

Standard software knowledge in Microsoft excel is needed

Health Care Industry experience a plus.

- Demonstrated Functional testing & QA experience

Excellent communication skills

Ability provides measure on the work being performed for United.

Reporting Structure:

The candidate will report to Syed Sarfaraz, ES&P; Operations & Finance.

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