Strategic Sourcing Specialist Operational

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• Offer guidance to and share knowledge with your teammates and collaborators.
• Work within one or more teams to communicate knowledge related to a broad set of purchasing tasks.
• Monitor supplier data and performance with limited guidance.
• Plan and execute prioritized project work, selecting appropriate methods to achieve assigned sourcing objectives, are expected to uphold, champion, and exemplify Block values most effectively.
• Use existing frameworks to solve purchasing and supplier problems and identify areas with a focus on process improvements.
• Design solutions for diverse user identities, backgrounds, viewpoints, and cultures.

Duties:

· Provide Stakeholders and DRI's with Sourcing Support for Vendor Engagement Requests through the Source to Pay Process that are lower spend & lower risk.

· Ensure Vendor Engagement Requests include all necessary contracts, templates, documents, and information needed for review.

· Deliver project work with limited assistance and can project manage small sub-working groups independently.

· Revises spend classification as required.

· Identify and track trends impacting sourcing strategies for spend category and/or region under purview, such as high impact/risk commodities/categories, that adversely impact company position.

· Support contract development, including an understanding of legal and contract requirements and use of existing templates, and maintain contract templates/supplier contract repository.

· Identify and recommend creative ways to improve on solutions to defined purchasing problems via selection of better methods/tools.

· Understand and comply with the procurement organization's regulatory policies and controls, the company's Code of Conduct and policies, and external regulatory policies and laws. (e.g., record-keeping).

· Recognize and resolve various issues and note patterns to improve existing processes.

· Execute with a focus on striving towards your Objective & Key Results (OKR's) Work within one or more teams to communicate knowledge related to a broad set of purchasing tasks.

· Participate in the Procurement teams discussions constructively, for example, by asking questions or providing feedback.

Skills:

• Familiarity with Procurement | Source-to-Pay Processes.
• Minimum 2-5 years of procurement, strategic sourcing, and/or contract management experience, preferably in a high-growth technology environment.
• Experience with Oracle is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited top tier university Effective Empathy and Emotional Intelligence.