Associate Manager, Procurement Operations

Your opportunity as the Associate Manager, Procurement Operations

This individual will be responsible for ensuring reliable day-to-day operations and driving improvements to direct material Procurement processes, systems, data, and reporting. Responsibilities include issue escalations, leading departmental iniatives, and representing Procurement as a subject matter expert. This role is highly cross functional, and will partner closely with IS, Plant Operations, Supply Planning, Contract Manufacturing, Warehousing, Transportation, and Accounts Payable.

Location: Orrville, OH Corporate Offices

Work Arrangements: Hybrid – onsite a minimum of 9 days a month primarily during core weeks as determined by the Company; maybe more as business needs requires.

In this role you will:

• Act as point of escalation for direct material Procurement system, process, data, and operational issues
• Evaluate the business impact and criticality of issues, coordinate resolution, and recommend next steps
• Act as a liaison between our IS team and business users when technical resources are required
• Lead department and cross-functional projects and initiatives from planning through implementation into ongoing support
• Work with stakeholders to translate business needs into clearly defined requirements for technical team
• Assist in basic configurations, monitoring, and validating of integrations and automated workflows
• Acts as point of contact and subject matter expert to provide knowledgeable recommendations and advice to cross-functional partners
• Help to identify improvement opportunities that exist in our current core processes/systems. Work to develop practical solution options and implement the identified improvements
• Coordinate and run business testing for system upgrades and enhancements
• Develop and deliver training, documentation, communications and readiness for process and system changes
• Support the development and enhancements of reporting and analytics using various platforms such as Excel, Spotfire, and Tableau
• Act as point of contact to facilitate the setup and onboarding of new copackers
• Build team capability through coaching, knowledge sharing, and mentoring of Analysts, Senior Analysts

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 5 years of purchase-to-pay, supply chain, or relevant shared services experience
• Ability to learn and thoroughly understand complex business processes, systems, and data
• Project experience leading or contributing to end-to-end projects, including planning, execution, delivery, and hyper-care
• Ability to critically/analytically think and problem solve with urgency and accuracy
• Experience in Spotfire/Tableau or other data visualization tools

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• Strong organizational and attention-to-detail skills
• Experience working with various supply chain processes
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with customer focus
• Ability to handle multiple tasks across various functions and prioritize
• Proficiency in ERP/purchasing systems (Oracle, SAP, etc.)
• Self-motivated; Self-directed work style demonstrating ability to implement

The Right Place for You

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