Coupa Procurement Operations Analyst

Procurement Operations Analyst
Location: San Rafael, CA
12-Month Assignment (potential to extend / convert)
Pay: $50-55/HR
Our client, a world leader bio-tech company who focuses on delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases, is looking for a Procurement Operations Analyst to join their Global Procurement Operations team. This individual will own the administration, configuration, and maintenance of Coupa, as well as provide end-user training and troubleshooting.
Responsibilities:
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.
• 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.

Compliance:

• Maintain proper SOX controls and documentation.
• Serve as the liaison for all internal and external audit requests.

Education & Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in Procurement, Accounting or related field
• Degree in Business, Procurement, Supply Chain or related field a plus
  Strong Coupa admin experience/Coupa Certification desired
• Advanced knowledge and experience in reporting and analytics (Excel, OBIEE, Power BI)
• Excellent interpersonal skills - this role will partner with many different stakeholders 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