About this role
Job Description:
What are we looking for?
• Bachelor degree in business, supply, procurement or related field • Fluent in English • Ideally tech savvy, with a strong desire to learn. • A passion for developing strong relationships with supplier and cross functional stakeholders. • >3 years of procurement experience, with good stakeholder interaction skills Would be a great stepping stone for a high quality Procurement Operations Associate • Strong skill on Power BI and data analysis
What will be your key responsibilities? 1.Provide sourcing activities from S2P process:
• Contracting to be aligned to category strategies managed by category team. • Provide the first line of escalation on issues between suppliers and the business • Conduct negotiations and supplier relationship management for in scoped categories and spend thresholds for requisitions. • Secures price, capacity & service levels in line with commitments to the business. • Ensures effective risk management of the supply base, through robust contracts and monitoring of financial and other KPls, implement corrective actions as appropriate. • Establishes & maintains relationships with key stakeholders and their teams to ensure understanding of their needs and to facilitate the appropriate level of challenge. • Complies with policies, systems & controls. • Communicates business risk & opportunity. 2.Provide support to key stakeholders:
• Collaborate with business stakeholders on defining business requirements to be incorporated into SOWs. 3.Participate in providing continuous improvement:
• Provide insights to category team regarding supplier performance and opportunities within ad hoc purchasing trends • Collaborate with MCS S2P managers, content team and category managers to develop optimal buying channels to transact with supply base • Identify system process improvements with systems and process for FE assessment