Reports to:     Manager, Strategy & Analytics

Position Summary

The Strategy & Analytics team helps shape the generic pharmaceutical sourcing strategy for Red Oak Sourcing, a 50/50 joint venture between two Fortune 15 companies - Cardinal Health and CVS Health. The team is seeking an Analyst to help run a wide variety of ongoing and ad hoc projects that inform both daily generic pharmaceutical sourcing strategy and longer-term budgeting and forecasting decisions. Success in this role requires strong analytics skills, experience with key data tools, and the ability to work collaboratively across business functions. The Senior Analyst will have the opportunity to learn about an important segment in the healthcare space at one of the most innovative companies in the industry.

Location: The team operates in a hybrid model (typically Monday's and Friday's work from home, with Tuesday through Thursday being in-office) - Foxboro, MA

Core Responsibilities

1. Analytics & Insights

― Understand how product, supplier, and industry dynamics may impact Red Oak Sourcing

― Perform ad hoc quantitative analyses across a variety of topics, as well as oversee recurring deliverables

― Compile data and information from multiple sources and translate into meaningful insights

― Communicate findings through appropriate tools (e.g., Tableau dashboards, slide presentations, or reports)

2. Data Infrastructure

― Learn the fundamentals of Red Oak Sourcing's proprietary data infrastructure

― Work cross-functionally to optimize data workflows

― Digitize and systematize internal knowledge, and integrate this information into standard processes

― Drive internal innovation efforts to make decisions faster and more effectively

― Support change management initiatives to help adopt new information assets (e.g., Tableau)

― Integrate different data sources into Red Oak Sourcing's database infrastructure

3. Cross-functional Support

― Drive a variety of projects across the organization, such as design sprints and quarterly board meetings

― Support supplier meetings with dynamic portfolio assessments across a variety of metrics

― Execute review of generic portfolio (e.g., identify cost savings, forecast potential changes in product dynamics, model changes in purchasing methodologies, etc.)

― Partner cross-functionally to address business needs and create efficiencies

Qualifications

― Open to fresh graduates (up to 3 years of related experience), preferred

― Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills

― Proficiency in key analytics and data visualization tools (e.g., Excel, SQL, Alteryx, Microsoft Power Suite, Tableau) - preferred, not required

― Experience with relational databases and database management fundamentals is a plus

― Strong written communication skills and the ability to clearly present results of complex analyses

― Demonstrated proficiency presenting and communicating to individuals and groups (e.g., via PowerPoint)

― Ability to connect disparate data and information to identify themes and trends

― Experience with innovation methods is a plus (e.g., human centered design, design thinking, systems thinking)

― Intellectual curiosity, willingness to learn the industry, and tools to grow in your career