The Procurement Associate – Procurement Hub supports a range of Source to Pay activities, including but not limited to: intake and triage of sourcing project requests, stakeholder and supplier communication and support, setup and administration of RFx events, supplier selection/onboarding, reporting, compliance checks, policy enforcement, rate negotiation, catalog management and procure to pay services.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor sourcing project requests, validating inputs with stakeholders, and assignment of appropriate team to proceed in the sourcing process
• Monitor sourcing email box for incoming support queries and acknowledge them as per SLA
• Handling email inquiries from internal customers, as well as external vendors. Delivering professional, useful, high-quality service and assistance before, during, and after the customer's requirements are met
• Collaborate with Business and Suppliers to administer eSourcing tool for RFx events
• Participate and manage client, business, and supplier calls
• Supplier rate negotiation and recommendation to Business
• Aid in resolving Purchase Requisition/Purchase Order/Invoicing issues
• Identify unique ways to influence client spend and opportunities to reduce cost
• Create report generation and presentation decks for internal procurement and business stakeholders
• Identify process gaps in the business process with recommendation for improvement

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in management, Business, Finance, Engineering, or Supply Chain
• 3+ years of experience in master data, procurement, shared services, finance, supply chain operations or related field.
• Experience with managing and delivering multiple projects, tasks, and initiatives simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Chemistry, or Finance.  Or in process of completing an advanced degree
• Experience in SAP, GEP or other Source to Pay systems in a procurement or shared services environment
• Experience in sourcing Indirect Procurement or supply chain management experience
• Finance, audit, compliance experience