Supply Chain Associate Jobs

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Offer guidance to and share knowledge with your teammates and collaborators.
• Use existing frameworks to solve purchasing and supplier problems and identify areas with a focus on process improvements.
• Monitor supplier data and performance with limited guidance.
• Recognize and resolve various issues and note patterns to improve existing processes.
• Execute with a focus on striving towards your Objective & Key Results (OKRs)
• Revises spend classification as required.
• Work within one or more teams to communicate knowledge related to a broad set of purchasing tasks.
• Work within one or more teams to communicate knowledge related to a broad set of purchasing tasks.
• Ensure Vendor Engagement Requests include all necessary contracts, templates, documents, and information needed for review.
• Identify and recommend creative ways to improve on solutions to defined purchasing problems via selection of better methods/tools.
• Provide Stakeholders and DRIs with Sourcing Support for Vendor Engagement Requests through the Source to Pay Process that are lower spend & lower risk.
• Deliver project work with limited assistance and can project manage small sub-working groups independently.
• Participate in the Procurement teams discussions constructively, for example, by asking questions or providing feedback.
• 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 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.
• Understand and comply with the procurement organizations regulatory policies and controls, the company’s Code of Conduct and policies, and external regulatory policies and laws. (e.g., record-keeping).
• Design solutions for diverse user identities, backgrounds, viewpoints, and cultures.
• Plan and execute prioritized project work, selecting appropriate methods to most effectively achieve assigned sourcing objectives are expected to uphold, champion, and exemplify values ongoing.

REQUIREMENT:

• An ability to influence others, including senior management in a very fast paced environment.
• Experience with Oracle is a plus.
• Familiarity with Procurement | Source-to-Pay Processes.
• Effective Empathy and Emotional Intelligence.
• Minimum 5 years of procurement, strategic sourcing, and/or contract management experience, preferably in a high-growth technology environment.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited top tier university
• Superior stakeholder customer service, relationship management, and interpersonal skills.