Provide support to the merchandisers/commodity traders within the Grain Commercial Team;Own the process for the execution of a grain purchase and/or sale contract end-to-end;Collaborate with cross functional teams including merchandisers/commodity traders, logistics and finance to initiate shipments, address issues, and gather required documentation for settling shipments promptly and accurately;Lead process improvement initiatives

Supported manufacturing plants by managing expedites with suppliers and reduced lead time for assigned suppliers using lean methods;Successfully managed the relationship and performance of 100+ suppliers in coordination with the Commodity Manager and Supplier Quality Engineer;Reconciled the purchase price variance on monthly basis between projected and actual spend and identified root cause for variances and improved controls to minimize those variances;Implemented projects aimed at rationalizing supply base and consolidating spend while managing risk;Created numerous training documents and videos to help facilitate onboarding tasks for new Commodity Buyers

Supported fixture planning partners, other internal partners & supplier partners with processing data, generating reports as needed & project/order inquiries leveraging SAP, Microsoft Excel & other internal systems;Utilized Salesforce to respond to store field team fixture part inquires;Followed up on overdue risks, issues & action items;Assisted with project documentation

Managed transactions in SAP to convert requisitions into purchase orders;Supported cost reduction goals;Collaborated with external suppliers and internal commodity, planning, engineer & plant partners;Maintained optimal operations metrics, including maintaining a 98% customer fill rate;Improved lead time data quality & automated weekly purchase requisition report for team;Thoroughly documented processes & procedures for Service Part Buyers

Guided and supported new countries/regions through process of migrating procurement/sourcing data from Legacy source systems into SAP;Successfully extracted, transformed and loaded master data into SAP;Executed and thoroughly documented critical technical cut-over activities to support conversion cycle stages;Provided problem resolution on complex system/data issues;Created SOP on vendor master data migration process;Drove data mapping workshops;Supported end-to-end testing of master data processes, including integration/regression testing and defect resolution;Built and maintained successful working relationships with business;Executed knowledge transfer

Communicated effectively with external vendor partners and internal business teams to collect initial vendor data for Target Canada setup;Processed new article setup/maintenance requests from merchant partners in a timely manner and monitored level of service performance for article requests, ensuring that level of service metrics are met;Collaborated as a team on data quality initiatives and helped to research & solve system issues and make necessary process improvements