Job description
Establishing ownership for the individually assigned global procurement control(s) which will include:
- Routine review, maintenance and upgrades to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Identify, develop and implement improvements
- Provide training to other team members
- Assist other team members as issues arise
- Monitor control performance, completeness and accuracy
Developing overall knowledge of the global procurement controls and their importance in the procurement process
Timely completing the assigned control activities which will include:
- Completion of data prepare
- Control Execution
- Interaction with other organizations/individuals who are completing actual control execution
- Final validation & Sign-off
- Engagement within procurement to assist process compliance control application and closure
- Representing the Global Procurement Controls team during group and individual engagements with internal business and functional resources
Data preparation and dissemination as required for both internal and external audits
Education & Experience:
Must have:
- 1 or more years of experience in any part of the Request to Pay process, including accounts payable or Sourcing
- Flexibility to shift work tasks based on priority changes
- Good proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint with outstanding data analytical and structuring skills.
- Good Proficiency in MS Word and SharePoint
- Good proficiency in English both oral and written
- Desire to become a Subject Matter Expert and assist others
- Ability to work in fast pace team environment
- Willingness to identify and drive change
- Ability to quickly recognize, address and escalate issues
Good to have:
- SAP/SRM/other procurement systems knowledge
- Good proficiency of SAP request to pay process
- Exposure to other regions and insight to cultural differences
- Project experience Six sigma/Lean certification, process mapping experience and change management.
- Experience in process compliance and controls
Desired Skills / Abilities:
- Highly detail oriented
- Creative and out-of-the-box thinker, interested in innovation
- Solid analytical & critical thinking
- Extremely motivated and self-directed, operating with minimal supervision
- Strong team player with excellent coordination skills
- Strategic thinker with a strong orientation to driving results
- Excellent networker and effective collaborator, with strong influencing and communication skills, verbal and written.
- Positive attitude, sense of humor & fun approach to work
