Executive, Procurement System

Job Purpose

To support the Category Manager and Procurement Director in driving performance and excellence within the department.

Responsibilities

Sourcing

• Responsible for eCommerce performance including sourcing, pricing, content listing, on-site visibility and traffic generation.
• Manage reporting of e-commerce orders and projected savings. Evaluate purchase trends and form meaningful conclusions to facilitate strategic decisions.
   

Performance

• To optimise the performance and operation of the procurement team through data and modelling. 
• To build databases and dashboards needed to monitor key aspects of the procurement team with an early warning system.
• To setup other metrics and reporting systems as required to provide data support for procurement decisions / reporting / strategies.
• Identify process weaknesses, high-risk segments and actively look for optimization opportunities through case studies and modeling.
• Develop and maintain standardized work instructions and training modules based on the relevant procurement systems.
• Develop a training framework and monitor training progress of the procurement team.
   

Systems

• Provide first line support (functional support, guidance, and training) for users on procurement systems.
• Consolidate system issues which could be data, process, configuration, or integration related.
• Partner with the IT team to improve and optimize current procurement systems.
• Support the IT development team in the evaluation, testing and adoption of any new systems.
• Continuously develop and test RPA processes to drive automation of procurement processes.
• Work with the IT team to deploy RPA solutions.
• Support RPA processes in production, including monitoring, consolidating issues and working with IT on possible solutions

Qualifications & Work Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Computing or Procurement related fields.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a procurement or category management role.

Skills

Technical skills include:

• Experience working with Ariba and SAP (MM functionality).
• Experience working with Power BI and Power Automate. 
• Any experience with UiPath would be an advantage.
• Advance spread sheet experience and analytical capabilities.
   

Generic skills include:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Proven ability to conduct training and develop effective presentations.
• Good interpersonal skills with proven ability to work with various stakeholders across different departments and vendors.