Procurement Operations Manager

Key Objective of Role:

This is a great time to join the newly formed Procurement Center of Excellence. The Procurement Manager will serve as the operational expert within the Procurement Team. They will support all operational activity for a range of activities including managing contract execution, punch out catalogues, metric reporting, renewals, P2P and Intake platform updates. They will liaise with external suppliers, internal stakeholders and be responsible for the management and fulfillment of day-to-day activities and service level agreements. This role will drive further improvements of the P2P platform and take on ad-hoc assignments to further accelerate value delivery across the business and the execution of our strategic objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Support the sourcing and procurement organization to meet goals and objectives to the overall strategy.
• Support development and implementation of procurement strategies and policies. Train stakeholders on utilization of the P2P platform and ensure compliance with the best practices
• Support the financial analysis of the various spend portfolios, including market price benchmarking and total cost analysis
• Shows excellent judgement regarding standard operating procedures to help expedite results and meet timelines
• Ensure consistent application of procurement processes across constituent groups.
• Measure compliance by end users to Procurement policies and contracts. 
• Identify opportunities to standardize purchasing requirements.
• Identify and evaluate suppliers, analyze quotes from a TCO perspective
• Partner with accounts payable and internal business units to resolve invoice/PO issues, discrepancies, update billing cost centres, close PO’s in bulk for quarterly accrual activity.
• Work with Suppliers to drive e-invoicing 
• Support the Sr. Director Procurement by providing timely and accurate assistance on relevant topics and initiatives as required.
• Detail orientation with an ability to think strategically and make recommendations

Requirements:

• 7 years’ experience in Procurement, Operational Management, Business Administration/Business Operations, Purchasing, or Process Management
• Excellent analytical, verbal and written skills with a high attention to detail
• Excellent internal relationship building skills – your ability to partner with other parts of the organization will be critical to your success
• Strong influencing skills that can be used to build partnerships with internal resources 
• A ‘can do’ attitude to work that needs to get done as part of a high-growth company.Driven individual with analytical approach and high degree of personal organization and a strong passion to succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university  
• Experience with procurement software (including systems such as Coupa & Netsuite), Intake platform management & approval workflows and renewal management
• Prior experience managing diverse stakeholder interests and expectations
• Knowledgeable in working with tools including Word, Excel, ERP systems, and contract management tools

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