Global Procurement Associate Analyst

Overview:

• The role has a main objective to enable, maintain and manage resolution of issues relating to Catalogs, Buying channels and Contracts.

• Content Management is the enablement of content on Ariba On Demand
• Recommend catalog, buying channels and contract improvements and manage accuracy, changes and deletions
• Manage and cleanse catalog, contract content to ensure and validate timely change updates and item and pricing accuracy, and work with vendors accordingly to ensure same
• This role is accountable for contribution of team in terms of delivery to deadlines, quality standards, propose improvements and internal control

• The function holder is covering for Europe Markets (UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Iberia, Poland, Greece and Turkey).

Responsibilities:

• Analyze item list with catalogue data provided to create new or update existing catalogues.
• Assure the quality check of the item list with catalogue data provided by supplier/ Buyers.
• Accomplish catalogue creation SLA´s (e.g. response to users within agreed business days)
• Catalogue management team is responsible for upload new catalogs into P2P system as approved and validate completeness/correctness of the upload according to controls guidelines.
• Act as point of contact person for supplier on technical catalogue related queries.
• Conduct and lead touchless/catalog performance review meetings with GP and POC teams to review the penetration, leakage, opportunity, utilized catalog items and the timely renewal of catalogs.
• Analyze spend data with to generate new catalogues opportunities and increase catalog penetration for lower automated commodities.
• Create and sustain up to date Catalog tracker and performance reports for existing catalogs to provide insights for potential opportunities from existing catalogs, and monitor catalog usage and expiry dates
• Increase myBUY Productivity via identifying potential Catalog penetration opportunities to build catalogs for repeated spend products & services within indirect procurement.
• Reducing cost to serve as purchases using catalog becomes touchless, reducing approval workflow and involves minimal human effort and positively impact user experience.
• Coordinate with GP, vendors, technical teams and Ariba for the implementation of punch-out catalogues and optimize buying channels for Pepsico
• Work with myBUY technical teams to ensure myBUY are correctly configured to utilize Buying channels and functioning as intended.
• Assist in documenting processes, training materials, and communications related to buying channel usage
• Help drive end-user adoption of preferred buying channels by providing data, insights, and support for change management initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Good interpersonal skills (needs to be able to build relationships online without meeting suppliers / customers on a regular basis)
• Ability to analyze data and understand the processes
• Good IT procurement skills. PC (Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Ideally with a Procurement /analytical background
• English essential, both verbal and in writing
• French or German language would be a plus
• ERP (SAP) and E-procurement tools ( ARIBA / Coupa) experience
• Bachelor´s degree needed
• 2-3 years of experience required

• Results Oriented skills
• Decision making
• Change management
• High Communication skills and ability to handle stakeholder engagement
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and process-oriented mindset
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with Cross functional teams.