Lead Procurement Analyst, Category Management

Who We Are

We are the first publicly‑traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation. Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs. United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases.

We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Today, we have six FDA‑approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH‑ILD) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near‑term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The cure for end‑stage life‑threatening diseases like PAH, PH‑ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need.

For this reason, we are working to create manufactured organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end‑stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.

As Lead Procurement Analyst, Category Management, you’ll support clinical research by partnering with internal teams (Clinical Operations, Medical Affairs, etc.) to understand what they need, connect them with the right suppliers, and help make sure services and services are in place when they’re needed. This is a role for someone who can balance business needs, supplier relationships, compliance, and cost awareness while keeping the bigger purpose in mind: helping execute the research that can bring new therapies and technologies closer to patients.

• Execute predefined strategic sourcing processes and ensure adherence to policies and procedures.
• Proactively address and resolve routine variations within the defined strategic sourcing processes, including issues related to supplier performance, documentation, delivery execution, pricing, and/or quality.
• Participate in the development of sourcing strategies and improving sourcing patterns to improve financial performance.
• Assist other senior team members with complex category(ies) or assignment of intermediate to complex category(ies) in terms of number of suppliers, amount of spend, and breadth of supplier use across the category.
• Develop relationships with internal customer base to better understand their procurement needs while leveraging best value through strategic sourcing opportunities.
• Educate and train stakeholders on sourcing policies, processes, and systems.
• Administer the end‑to‑end sourcing process, supporting all stakeholders in the execution of the source‑to‑pay process.
• Use best practice procurement initiatives to ensure orders for all goods and services are placed and delivered on time to maintain business continuity, while negotiating the best market price for all commodities.
• Perform/Lead continuous improvement initiatives to ensure that business needs and/or cost savings targets are met.
• Promote/Drive adherence to and execution of corporate contracts and e‑catalogs.
• Manage key supplier business relationships, tracking performance, reducing supply base, and improving supplier performance while enhancing compliance via key supplier spend.
• Conduct/Lead sourcing initiatives: execution of RFIs/RFQs/RFPs, supplier qualification process, supplier analysis, total cost analysis, negotiation of contractual terms, and supplier selection.
• Assist in corporate level sourcing efforts and meet all business needs and/or cost savings goals.
• Conduct analysis on material usage and spend, and develop opportunities to improve service, meet schedule adherence, and identify savings.
• Lead and secure supplier risk mitigation strategies for all critical supply.
• Continually address concerns and revise strategy.
• Ensure procurement activities are in full compliance with employee health, safety,…