Associate Procurement Analyst

Managing the transactional procurement processes, verifying purchase requisitions, generating and tracking purchase orders for the procurement of goods, services and supplies for various company business processes or for internal use. Develops and ensures execution of strategies to reduce overall procurement costs and raise the efficiency levels of purchasing activity. This role will be an individual contributor as a part of a team with a predetermined, narrow scope of work. This role will require you to work in the time zones of the stakeholder, supporting APAC, EMEA, or Americas operations

Purchase order management:

• Provides procurement services for a location, department or designated business unit

• Performs day-to-day purchase requisition to PO administrative duties

• Follows standard policies and procedures to identify appropriate vendors and secure quotes

• Verify purchase requisitions for accuracy and compliance

• Enters, confirms, and expedites purchase orders, in accordance with company procedures.

• Handle discrepancies and resolve delivery issues with suppliers

• Creating blanket purchase agreements, surround blanket purchase agreement, catalog creations, attribute support in ERP system

Procurement operations

• Support users with invoice accruals and goods receipt inquires

• Manage vendor inquires for PO related issues and vendor data changes

• Maintaining team inbox and supporting various internal inquiries about PO and supplier information

Vendor Management

• Process vendor inquiries and provide updates

• Process invoices in the system, following company guidelines

• Verifying banking documents provided by vendors

• Updating supplier information in system

Data and reporting

• Maintain accurate records of indirect buyer activities.

• Generate reports on order status and other operational metrics.

• Analyze data and reports to identify potential areas for improvement

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree and 0-4 years’ relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Strong English communication skills; Spanish and/or German a plus

• Computer skills including Microsoft Office knowledge; Oracle or SAP a plus