Senior Procurement Associate

Position Summary:

The VMRD Global Devices R&D team is seeking an individual that has experience: creating purchase orders (POs); working with Accounts Payable; understands complex financial coding; and can work with others to resolve a wide range of invoice issues with vendors. The Procurement Associate (PA) position works with other Procurement Associates, Category Sourcing Managers (CSMs), Contract Managers (CM), Project Managers/Coordinators and Engineers across multiple functions in both the Global Biodevices and the Global Diagnostics groups.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for determining appropriate payment method for spends (PO, PCard, ePay, One-Time Payment form) in support of Zoetis Veterinary Medicine Research & Development (VMRD). This involves utilizing an internal PO request system to ensure all account coding, vendor information, legal agreement, and other compliance requirements are complete. Each step of the process requires interactions with others such as Project Coordinators, Contract Managers and Scientists. POs are keyed into Ariba and monitored through the approval flow. Additional responsibilities include following up on order status and any other questions from colleagues or vendors related to POs, invoices, and payments. Works closely with Zoetis Financial Services groups including Accounts Payable and the Procurement Support Center. Responsible for updating PO request through to final invoice; requesting appropriate invoice approvals; following up on missing orders; and many other procurement responsibilities.

Position must be able to handle a high volume of requests for help from colleagues in approving invoices, learning new systems, and resolving issues. Experience in ordering scientific goods and services will be beneficial.

 

Minimum Background and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ Years of Procurement and/or Accounts Payable transactional experience
• Ability to work with minimal oversight in complex environment
• Ability to handle navigation of complex system requirements and network of contacts
• Skilled in computer systems such as SAP, Ariba, or equivalent purchasing/financial systems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to understand multiple purchasing methods and decide which is appropriate
• Top-notch customer service skills
• Must have extremely strong multi-tasking skills as well as the ability to reprioritize regularly while handling constant interruptions

 

Additional Information:

Desirable Skills, education, experience, attributes:

• Ability to work well with colleagues at all levels of the organization
• Ability to discern the appropriate communication type best to utilize given the situation at hand.
• Patience, flexibility and persistence to work through complex issues with colleagues in multiple locations

Full time

Regular

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