Procurement Analyst

Provide valuable end-to-end user support for the Source-To-Pay applications and end users.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Create reports on various applications based on SAP ECC 6.0 and 4.7.
- Migrate and convert financial documents as business deploys system upgrades.
- Identify gaps or areas that can potentially be improved upon in the P2P process.
- Assist stakeholders and key users in change management by providing training, knowledge, and support.
- Actively participate in cross-functional project team and provide technical and business process expertise.
- Monitor business user compliance of standardized procedures through reporting and improve compliance through targeted communications, education, and justification of policies and standardized processes.
- Identify process and system improvement opportunities, develop short term workaround solution or provide recommendations for permanent solutions and implement.
- Create relevant documentation as required.
- Serve on, and sometimes lead, projects for new initiatives or enhancements and implementation of policy changes, new work, and process and system changes.
- Ensure all processes and policies are adhered to.
- Manage the current STP support channels for all stakeholders including monitoring service levels, providing follow-up, and establishing frequent communications
- Resolve break/fix issues, determine root cause for process workflow issues, and to provide system access to end users
- Balances, prioritizes, manages and escalates transactional workflow issues.
- Provide training, training materials, troubleshooting documentation and continual on the job training for relevant team stakeholders
- Experience in training and creating training documents

SKILLS:

- BS/BA degree in a relevant field
- MBA in Finance/Accounting, desired
- Must have experience with SRM and ERM.
- SAP or other ERP systems experience
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel, PowerPoint and Access).
- Strong skills in Visio and MS Project.
- 2+ years experience in Procure-to-Pay, process re-engineering or operations
- Ability to work on cross-functional activities and form solid business relationships within and across functions
- Must have MRO experience (maintenance, repair, operations)
- Ability to build and lead strong teams
- Ability to prioritize and multitask for self and team.
- Easily adapt to shifting priorities while making steady progress on key projects
- Experience working with outsourced operations
- Broad experience in procurement and/or business operations on a regional or global basis.
- Must have a passion for driving Operational Excellence and outstanding Customer Service.
- Develop collaborative relationships with key partners and stakeholders
- Robust understanding of control processes.
- Ability to work effectively across diverse teams and operations.
- Customer and service oriented
- Strong business and technical judgment
- Strong analytical, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong numeracy and financial awareness