Senior P2P Specialist

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Purpose: Senior P2P Specialist supports the processes associated with global purchasing and procurement buyer activities at Elanco.

This role will require good coordination among operational teams and partnership with business counterparts and other business stakeholders to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and controls for the P2P function.

This position does not have any direct reports.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables:

The responsibilities listed below can convert into approximately the following level of engagement: 40% of operational support, 40% of project work and prioritization and 20% of training and documentation.

Operational Process Support, Governance, Stakeholder Management


* Supports and facilitates the purchase of materials, equipment and services through requirements clarification, leveraging most desirable buying channels


* Adheres to process governance including regular reporting and analysis of key metrics


* Supports the Global Sourcing team in supplier identification, analysis, and maintenance


* Supports by reviewing, analyzing data and suggesting preferred suppliers approach for non‑catalog requisitions


* Executes the governance process to evaluate and implement localization / customization


* Supports internal and external auditors during audits and other data inquiries


* Ad-hoc performs supplier performance analysis, spend analysis

Project Work, Continuous Improvement, Training and documentation


* Supports the continuous improvement project and mindset across ESC and Business Organizations


* Collaborate with FCoE (Finance Center of Excellence, Global Process Owners) and other stakeholders at improving process efficiency and quality


* Strong partnerships/integration with other project groups: Procurement, P2P, FCoE.


* Maintains training materials and deliver end user trainings.

Skills & Capabilities


* Knowledge and understanding of Procurement and Purchasing functions with minimum 2 years experience in a similar role, preferably in a SSC/BPO organizatio...