Procurement Operations Associate

About the Team 

The Procurement Operations Team is accountable for end-to-end procurement activities across all categories of spend cross-divisionally in the US, Canada, Mexico and Colombia, and delivering Procurement services in alignment with global Category Strategies. Along with its business partners and through established Procurement networks, this team executes the strategy to deliver value, improve quality, optimize cost and mitigate risk in the supply chain.

About the Role 

The Procurement Operations Associate contributes to the global delivery of procurement operations activities such as vendor master data management, providing guidance and 2nd level support in S2P process; training the business users (internal customer) in the procurement tool; processing and reconciliation of invoices, processing of external employees' data and recharging telecom invoices.

Major accountabilities: 

• Executes on the procurement operations activities such as but not limited to:
  • vendor master data management
  • providing guidance and 2nd level support in S2P process
  • training the business users (internal clients) in the procurement tool
  • processing and reconciliation of invoices
  • processing external employees´ data
  • completing any ad hoc data quality tasks
• Executes on the procurement operations activities and supports the business users (internal customer) with a high quality globally while ensuring the business users needs are anticipated. 
• Provides Source to Pay input into the development of appropriate Playbook
• Contributes to continual improvement in the Procurement Operations team – active part in CI initiatives, engages team members in CI initiatives
• Contributes to developing the Procurement network while ensuring effective collaboration across Group Procurement
• Takes ownership of your own career, performance, and development
• Liaising with various business departments, managers and finance teams
• Performing any other ad hoc tasks as required by supervisor.

About You 

  
    Education:  Bachelor’s degree required at a minimum; in fields such as business administration, finance, law or a scientific or technical field. Strong preference for CIPS or similar professional qualification. 

Experience: Ideally, the candidate will have two (2) years of Sourcing/Procurement experience in international multicultural environment. Candidate will demonstrate proficiency in organizational executing on pragmatic solutions in collaboration with the business to advance business priorities. Candidate will be required to communicate effectively with Global Sourcing community, Business partners and external suppliers.  Candidate shall demonstrate behaviours consistent with Swiss Re leadership imperatives with a focus on driving sustainable performance and continuous improvement.

    Languages: Excellent English, other language desirable