Bristol Myers Squibb · 1 month ago
Global Purchasing Senior Specialist
Tampa - FL - US
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$66K/yr - $80K/yrBristol Myers Squibb is a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming patients' lives through science. The Global Purchasing Senior Specialist plays a crucial role in coordinating financial and vendor management for HR across multiple countries, focusing on optimizing purchasing processes and ensuring timely payments.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Proactively executing and coordinating the "Purchase to pay" process for People Services, working closely with regional teams and SMEs across HR and BMS
Executing full life cycle of Purchase Orders management in SAP/ARIBA including creation, maintenance, on-time payments, and closure
Manage the monitoring and tracking invoices to ensure timely payment
Conducting financial tracking, monitoring, and reporting of Purchase Orders against actual budgeted amounts
Preparing and communicating monthly financial variance reports
Lead collaboration with cross-functional teams, both internal and external to ensure invoices are validated and approved before releasing payment
Building relationships with cross-functional teams such as Accounts Payable, Global Payments, Finance, Procurement, and functional support teams
Provide Subject Matter Expertise regarding Procurement and Finance policies and procedures, utilizing SAP, ARIBA, and Icertis
Work with HR and Finance to manage the harmonization of various acquired companies. Ensuring that benefits and compensation have been correctly aligned to allow for the smooth day to day running of the business without any issues
Provide insight and guidance to HR on the BMS ways of working addressing issues such as: Managing procurement processes, Overseeing vendor creation, Contract management, Facilitating the I2P process, Handling non-BMS system payments through heritage payment systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree
Experience with financial/budget
Experience in purchase order/vendor payment Processing utilizing SAP / Ariba
Ability to work in a matrix team with strong exceptional organizational skills
Advanced level data analysis, excel and complex reporting skills
Excellent communication skills in order to work across regional remote teams and markets
Ability to identify, analyze and solve problems, with limited guidance
Identify and drive areas for continuous improvement
Benefits
Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care.
Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP).
Financial well-being resources and a 401(K).
Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support.
Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility.
Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources.
Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.
Company
Bristol Myers Squibb
At Bristol Myers Squibb, we work every day to transform patients’ lives through science.
Founded in 1887
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (247)
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2023 (231)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$29.32BKey Investors
Venrock
2025-11-05Post Ipo Debt· $5.74B
2024-02-14Post Ipo Debt· $13B
2023-10-30Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
Leadership Team
Charles Bancroft
CFO
Cristian Massacesi
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development
Recent News
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