Global Procurement Buyer

Description Department: Guidance - Procurement : 30404
Guidance Job Category: Finance & Accounting Job Code: Job Title: Global Procurement Buyer Keywords: Number of Positions: 1 Remaining Positions: 1 Duties:

• Review and approve new Purchase Requisition submissions through the Procure-to-Pay platform (OracleCloud).
  
• Monitor and manage all requisitions and purchase orders throughout the PR/PO lifecycle including business partner outreach, updating ownership, change orders and closing POs.
  
• Identify and report non-compliant Purchase Requisitions by following internal policies and procedures.
  
• Provide guidance, training, and education on the Procurement policy and process for business partners (i.e. How to Create Purchase Requisitions, Understanding of Procurement Compliance, and Commercial Contracts).
  
• Focus on day-to-day operational effectiveness by ensuring timely responses are provided to cross functional stakeholders and drive issues to resolution.
  
• Support other ad hoc projects as assigned.
  
• Primary focus on the supporting Australia/APAC timezone (1pm PST/4pm EST - 9pm PST/12am EST).
  
• Initial training will be provided during PST timezone hours (9am - 5pm PST).
  
• 100% Remote work

Skills:

• Focused experience on indirect procurement categories (Professional Services, Marketing, Workplace Operations, SaaS, etc).
  
• Multilingual (desired) (e.g. Cantonese/Mandarin, Spanish, and/or French). Main language of business is English.
  
• Understanding of Source to Contract, Procure to Pay (P2P), and PR/PO lifecycles.
  
• Experience with P2P systems, Purchase Requisition Modules (OracleCloud preferred), JIRA, Salesforce, Contract Repositories, and Ticketing Systems a plus.
  
• Experience working with various Finance and Business Systems.
  
• Experience training and mentoring business partners on Procurement processes, strong communication skills, effective problem solving, planning and ability to maintain strong cross functional relationships.
  
• Experienced and excellent track record with providing quality customer service - leading stakeholders through a process, complex workflows or situations, and more.
  
• Capacity to multitask.
  
• Strong communications skills (written & verbal).
  
• Proactive, solution-oriented, and accountable.
  
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity.

Education:

Minimum 4 years of indirect procurement/analyst/buyer or related experience.

Attachments: Location Client Location Country: United States State/Province: California City: Oakland Address: 1955 Broadway, 10095 POSTAL CODE: 94612 Work Location Same as Client Location Other Client Location Work Completed Offsite Schedule Start Date: 09/05/2023 Hours Per Week: 40.00 Est. End Date: 12/31/2023 Hours Per Day: 8.00 Schedule Notes: 2nd shift - Primary focus on the supporting Australia/APAC timezone (1pm PST/4pm EST - 9pm PST/12am EST). Days Per Week: 5.00
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