Coupa Administrator - Procurement Operations Analyst

BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind.

By providing a foundation for all operations company wide, BioMarin’s General and Administrative teams support our mission of providing first and best in class therapeutics to patients who live with rare diseases. Our teams include groups such as finance, legal, human resources, corporate compliance and ethics, and information technology. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives.

Coupa Administrator

BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind.

By providing a foundation for all operations company wide, BioMarin’s General and Administrative teams support our mission of providing first and best in class therapeutics to patients who live with rare diseases. Our teams include groups such as finance, legal, human resources, corporate compliance and ethics, and information technology. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives.

BioMarin is seeking an experienced Procurement Operations Analyst (US) and certified Coupa Administrator to join the Global Procurement Operations team, who will own the administration, configuration, and maintenance of Coupa, as well as provide end-user training and troubleshooting.  You will be the go-to person for everything related to the indirect procurement process at BioMarin.  As a subject matter expert on Coupa and the procurement process, you will have the opportunity to help drive new initiatives and support BioMarin’s exciting growth. 

Coupa Administration:
Understand the configuration of Coupa and maintain optimal end-user experience by assessing stakeholders needs, recommending solutions, and making system changes as necessary

Act as primary POC with the IT team, managing multiple integrations across multiple systems.

Support ongoing maintenance of Coupa by updating workflows, profiles, custom reports, webforms, etc

Own the Coupa release/upgrade process by assessing new features, making recommendations to leadership, leading UAT and implementation in close partnership with IT

Reporting/Metrics/KPIs:
Build and maintain procurement dashboards, metrics and KPIs

Analyze data and proactively surface issues, suggestions and inferences

Act as the go-to person for procurement-related data/reporting inquiries

Support & Training:
Consistently provide 1^st class internal support to employees

Assess the training needs of end users and develop/enhance training materials, design a training schedule and deliver effective training

Outsourced Management

• Lead and manage our outsourced team’s daily operations, training, and performance against SLAs
• Act as the go-to person for exception handling and question/issue resolution

Compliance:
Maintain proper SOX controls and documentation

Serve as the liaison for all internal and external audit requests

Experience/Education:

• 4+ years of experience in Procurement, Accounting or related field
• Degree in Business, Procurement, Supply Chain or related field a plus
• Advanced Coupa admin experience, Coupa Admin Certification
• Proven track record of not only owning the Coupa system in a large organization, but proactively pushing for innovation and ways to improve.
• Ability to work closely with IT on multiple integration points across multiple systems – must “speak the language” and be IT’s trusted business partner
• Advanced knowledge of the Procure-to-Pay process, and deep experience in reporting and analytics (Excel, OBIEE, Power BI)
• Excellent interpersonal skills - this role will interface with many different stakeholders in all business units globally
• Ability to properly prioritize and adapt in a rapidly-changing environment
• A "can do" attitude - ready to provide possible solutions in what is a dynamic and evolving environment

PLEASE NOTE: Absent a Medical or Religious reason that prohibits vaccinations, all our incoming employees must be vaccinated for COVID-19.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.