Strategic Planning & Operations Manager

Career Category

Project Management

Job Description

HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career. How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.

Strategic Planning & Operations Manager

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will facilitate timely, transparent and accurate management of the business unit’s external expense budget. Responsibilities include negotiating supplier budgets and contracts across multiple functions within the Biosimilars Division including Commercial and Scientific Affairs among others, competitively sourcing services as applicable; coordinating Purchase Order (PO) execution in compliance with financial and budgetary procedures, including initiating requisitions, facilitating the approval process, and enabling PO execution; monitoring contracts throughout the service period and amending, including liaising and negotiating with suppliers and internal customers; handle invoice approval issues; tracking and reporting spend against budgets; and managing external supplier relationships. Coordinates among all Biosimilars cross-functional leads, Finance, Global Strategic Sourcing, Buying Center, Accounts Payable, and external suppliers.

• Regularly updated and accurate expense trackers, providing transparency of external expenses within the Biosimilars Division;
• Complete the Analytical Reference Product procurement process, to ensure that the quarterly RFP process is executed, budget approvals and POs are issued in a timely manner, and orders are tracked appropriately to meet the needs of the Analytical team
• Various ad-hoc budget-related analyses: quarter-end accrual analysis and planning system updates, variance analysis, management reporting, etc.
• Budget training and accounting guidance to the Biosimilars team, ensuring that all contractual and expense transactions are aligned with Amgen guidelines, SOPs, and accounting principles.

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a Manager with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of related sourcing/contracting/finance experience
• Master’s degree and 4 years of related sourcing/contracting/finance experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of related sourcing/contracting/finance experience, OR
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of related sourcing/contracting/finance experience, OR
• High school diploma/GED & 12 years of related sourcing/contracting/finance experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of budget and contract negotiation/management
• 5+ years of work experience in life sciences or medically related field
• Solid understanding of accounting and relevant finance related regulations and corporate compliance standards
• Experience critically evaluating processes and establishing creative solutions
• Project scheduling and budgeting expertise
• Developing and building effective client and internal team relationships

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in the identification, evaluation, and selection of strategic partners and suppliers
• Knowledge of supplier relationship management
• Proven experience in the development and negotiation of  contracts with new suppliers and re-negotiations with existing suppliers, as well as identifying and utilizing supply levers to drive supplier performance
• Excellent project management and coordination/collaboration skills
• Proven ability to lead, manage, and motivate others in a complex, multi-function environment
• Quality delivery with attention to detail
• Autonomy to work independently with few instructions, as well as to know when to obtain direction
• Knowledge of accounting principles
• Functional knowledge of SAP (including self-service reporting), MyBuy, and Anaplan (or other similar project financial planning tool)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including listening and responsiveness to coaching
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and customer service skills
• Leader