Procurement Advisor

Reporting Line – reports to the Head of Global Procurement, Finance Department

Key Responsibilities

• Support and enable the sourcing of regional-specific needs that are not met by global category strategies and vendors
• Implement global sourcing policy regionally with internal business partners
• Collaborate with regional business partners to develop and build local preferred vendors nested inside of the global category strategy
• Where needed conduct RFQs/RFPs in support of regional sourcing requirements
• Partner with the global sourcing managers to renew global software and professional service provider agreements
• Track and report regional specific spend; identify areas of consolidation and ensure alignment with global strategies
• Partner with the accounting and finance organization
• Work with global sourcing team members and legal to negotiate and execute supplier contracts commensurate with regional sourcing requirements
• Work with internal business partners and the Accounting team to on-board new vendors into the P2P environment
• Work in a mix of regional-specific and global vendor management initiatives

Requirements, Experience and Skill-set

• Advanced English language communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to effectively interact with senior management and individuals with varying degrees of financial and technical knowledge
• Work Experience
  • Advisor – 3-5 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or business-related fields. Vendor contracting or legal experience also considered
  • Senior Advisor – 5-7 years of experience in procurement, supply chain or business-related fields. Vendor contracting or legal experience also considered
• Bachelor degree in procurement, supply chain, finance, or general business fields
• Prior experience working for a US-based, international company will be a plus
• Experience working in working in P2P environment; Oracle Cloud Fusion knowledge will be a plus
• Experience using Excel; advanced skills will be a plus
• Passion for learning and professional development
• Solid organizational and strong verbal and communication skills
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail
• Experience in procuring or vendor contracting in software and professional service-related categories
• Experienced in the vendor contracting process on indirect spend categories
• Ability to work across corporate boundaries and job functions
• Ability to work with limited supervision, multi-task and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams to drive and administer projects as needed to improve the operational performance of the department and the overall P2P process and tool-set

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