Senior Associate, Procurement Analyst

Athenahealth; Alaska; On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Associate, Procurement Analyst to join their Global Strategic Procurement Team. This role is pivotal in driving procurement excellence through strategic sourcing, spend analytics, and supplier negotiations. The ideal candidate will leverage strong analytical skills and financial acumen to optimize costs and enhance supplier performance. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies and ensure compliance with procurement policies. If you are adaptable, a great communicator, and passionate about procurement, this is the opportunity for you to make a significant impact in the healthcare sector.

Benefits

Commuter support

Employee assistance programs

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Collaborative workspaces

Flexible work environment

Company-sponsored events

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Procurement, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing required.
• Strong financial analytic acumen and stakeholder engagement skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct spend analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Support vendor negotiations and supplier evaluations for optimal procurement.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Financial Acumen

Stakeholder Engagement

Problem-Solving

Project Management

Education

Undergraduate degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Math or Business

Tools

eSourcing tools

Contract management systems

Spend analysis platforms

Job description

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

Senior Associate, Procurement Analyst

We are looking for a Senior Associate, Procurement Analyst to join our growing Global Strategic Procurement Team. In this role, the Senior Associate, Procurement Analyst will play a key role in driving procurement excellence across the organization. This position will focus on strategic sourcing, spend analytics, supplier negotiations, and procurement process improvements to optimize costs, mitigate risks, and enhance supplier performance. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, financial acumen, and the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders across various categories. The Senior Associate, Procurement role will support the development of indirect category sourcing strategies, and execution against these strategies with direct support of category leadership.

We move fast with a laser focus on customer and stakeholder success. That means we need people who focus on more than just cost. We need adaptable doers who are great at engaging with stakeholders, skilled spend analyzers, strategic sourcing and negotiation experts and solid project managers, flexible and fast multi-taskers, and people who possess a true total cost of ownership philosophy. We need the next generation of procurement talent!

Job Responsibilities

1. Conduct spend analysis to identify cost-saving and optimization opportunities.
2. Support development of category strategies based on market trends, business needs, and total cost of ownership principles.
3. Support and/or lead RFx processes (RFI, RFP, RFQ) and supplier evaluations to ensure competitive bidding and value-driven procurement.
4. Support the negotiation of vendor contracts and agreements, ensuring optimal terms, risk mitigation, and compliance with procurement policies, particularly for costs and market terms.
5. Partner with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements and align sourcing strategies accordingly.
6. Support supplier relationship management efforts, including monitoring supplier performance metrics and identifying areas for improvement.
7. Identify and reduce non-compliant or rogue spending through improved procurement governance.
8. Cultivate strong, trust-based relationships with stakeholders, focused on delivering on their requirements while balancing cost and risk, leading to the optimal vendor solutions for the Company.
9. Define key metrics and necessary systems to track and report on procurement activity. Provide updates to both leadership and the business on cost savings, vendor negotiations, spend under management, operational efficiencies and future initiatives.
10. Develop and manage reporting to support identification of opportunities to reduce sourcing and purchasing costs by establishing contracts that improve the organization's buying patterns and enhance Athena’s end-to-end supply processes.
11. Develop and maintain procurement dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track sourcing performance, cost savings, and supplier effectiveness.
12. Leverage procurement technologies (e.g., spend analysis tools, eSourcing platforms) to improve efficiency and transparency.
13. Collaborate with leadership to identify continuous improvement initiatives in procurement processes, driving efficiencies and cost reductions.
14. Support financial planning efforts by properly allocating procurement savings and cost reductions to divisional budgets.
15. Leverage existing procurement toolset (spend analysis and source to pay capabilities) to drive efficiency and transparency into everything we do.

Typical Qualifications

1. Undergraduate degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Math and/or Business preferred but not required.
2. Demonstration of strong financial analytic acumen required.
3. 3+ years of relevant experience in Procurement, Spend Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Source-to-pay processes and technologies required; Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analysis or Supply Chain consulting experience preferred.
4. Demonstrated record of analytic accomplishments with a financial background.
5. Advanced and proven knowledge of procurement industry cost structures and drivers.
6. Analytical & Financial Acumen – Ability to analyze spend data, market trends, and supplier proposals to make data-driven sourcing decisions.
7. Category Expertise – Strong understanding of indirect procurement categories, supplier management, and cost structures.
8. Stakeholder Engagement – Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively across departments and influence business decisions.
9. Procurement Technology & Tools – Familiarity with eSourcing tools, contract management systems, and spend analysis platforms.
10. Problem-Solving & Initiative – Ability to identify procurement inefficiencies and propose strategic solutions to drive process improvements.
11. Develop cost savings targets based on aggressive, data-backed, realistic and forward-oriented goals that align closely with the goals of your business partners, stakeholders and those of athenahealth.
12. Instill trust within the businesses, appropriately set priorities, and influence direction.
13. Ability to improve the quality and performance levels of the supply base to achieve the lowest total cost to the Company.
14. With guidance and support from leadership, ability to influence & negotiate with stakeholders from all levels of the organization and external vendors.

About athenahealth

Here’s our vision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

From an historic, 19th century arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant, all of athenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our 10 offices across the United States and India — plus numerous remote employees — all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together.

Our company culture might be our best feature.

We don't take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare: It’s our chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.

Our vibrant and talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best selves to work.

Our size makes a difference, too: We are small enough that your individual contributions will stand out — but large enough to grow your career with our resources and established business stability.

Giving back is integral to our culture. Our athenaGives platform strives to support food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, we’ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.

What can we do for you?

Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.

In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And we provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.

We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.

athenahealth is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity—that’s why we recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law. We’re happy to provide a reasonable accommodation, for those with a disability, to complete any part of the application process. If you are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact us at.