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Prepare detailed reports to identify the root cause of operational failures.Conduct weekly and monthly calls with Facility Management to review identified failures and detail corrective actions required to reduce errors. Perform facility audits to identify and analyze procedural weaknesses that do not align with defined standard operating procedures.Perform monthly route audits by compiling and documenting all detected debrief errors. Define corrective actions for drivers to improve performance in alignment with standard operating procedures.Analyze unbilled data in SAP, correct discrepancies and provide feedback to Facility Management. Provide support for special projects, team coverage, training and testing when required

Support the category managers in development of negotiation strategies and outcomes/savings and creating repositories of best practices. I work cross-functionally with Procurement, Global Business Units including Supply Chain organizations and Center of Excellence, IT, Legal, HR and Finance stakeholders. Responsible for supporting near-term analytical needs to build, deploy, and execute category and commodity management processes, including negotiation tools. Will also support complex analytics including ad hoc analysis on complex categories, along with unpacking supplier offers.
Assist in validation and cleanse of the spend cubes and support monthly data upload Facilitate regular feedback loop & manage cadence for Indirect spend data integrity, externally and internally across all regions
Analysis of data to identify trends & perform opportunity assessments
Manage procurement reporting activities (KPI Reporting, Productivity, Monthly Compliance Dashboard, Managing Approval Workflows) for the end-to-end source to pay (S2P) process
Participate in negotiations with suppliers and internal stakeholders
Coordinate RFI/RFQ/RFP projects as part of the organization's competitive bidding strategy including vendor evaluation, selection and implementation activitiesA subject matter expert (SME) regarding the S2P process and the Source to Pay applications
Identify and report gaps within areas of responsibility to Category Manager in current process, standards, systems, tools and best practices that Global Procurement can support
Work closely with Accounts Payable, vendors and internal stakeholders to assist with resolving invoice matching problems
Perform thorough research to solve procurement, vendor, contract, invoice and payment related challenges, using the data and systems available
Perform market research as needed using key data sources/subscriptions/market intelligence engines

Work with GPOs to ensure the best contracts are being used. Complete the purchase order process from start to finishUse Colleague to compare and audit department budgets Admin for Elon University Amazon Business account to place orders for all departments Admin for Elon University Bank of America Account to review and approve debt charges

As a Sourcing Specialist I complete RFQ/RFI/RFP, build positive relationships with current and future partners, responsible for the negotiation process and closing contracts, setting up face to face meetings with vendors to explain our products to either build or advance our partnership and more.

As a Supply Chain Analyst I monitor inventory levels and report key performance indicators (KPI’s) for companies’ portfolio, build and manage relationships with existing and new customers and clients to enhance overall experiences, assisted with order fulfillment, completing orders weekly and more.