Sr Procurement Representative

The Sr. Procurement Representative acts as a strategic partner to the operations team and various internal and external stakeholders, operating with limited or no guidance from their manager. Serve as a liaison to ensure the team executes various Source to Pay activities effectively. Additionally, plays a crucial role in identifying opportunities for process improvements, ensuring compliance with procurement policies, and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers to support the organization's overall goals.

This role supports a range of Source to Pay activities, including but not limited to: stakeholder and supplier communication and support, designs and administration of RFx events, supplier negotiation, supplier selection/onboarding, reporting, compliance checks, policy enforcement, rate negotiation, catalog management and procure to pay services.
Responsibilities:

• Works with and supports the Global Indirect category managers with all phases of the procurement process from sourcing activities, term and rate negotiation, supplier onboarding and strategic selection of goods and services while complying with purchasing policies
• Collaborate with Business and Suppliers to design and administer eSourcing tool for RFx events
• Supplier rate negotiation and recommendation to Business
• Identify suppliers and look for cost optimization in tail spend management
• Report generation for internal and client leadership
• Participate and manage client, business, and supplier calls
• Data Analysis, rate aggregation, rate benchmarking to identify unique ways to influence client spend and opportunities to reduce cost
• Reconcile engagements to ensure completion and maintain client, customer, and supplier relationships
• Create presentation decks for internal procurement and business stakeholders
• Identify process gaps in the business process with recommendation for improvement

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Business, Finance, Engineering, or Supply Chain
• 6+ years of experience in master data, procurement, shared services, finance, supply chain operations or related field.
• Track record of building partnerships to effectively work within cross-functional teams
• Experience with managing and delivering multiple projects, tasks, and initiatives simultaneously
• Strong leadership, analytical, and critical thinking skills to drive decisions and build consensus among stakeholders
• Ability to successfully navigate through ambiguous and complex situations
• Able to manage team of 4-5 members and individually consistently deliver results and make good and timely decisions
• 1 Year experience of managing a team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Chemistry, or Finance.  Or in process of completing an advanced degree
• Demonstrated history of leadership, teamwork, and project management skills
• Experience in SAP, GEP or other Source to Pay systems in a procurement or shared services environment
• Experience in sourcing Indirect Procurement or supply chain management experience
• 3+ Years of management experience ( team size 5+)
• Understanding of eSourcing process, Indirect categories like CapEx, IT, Manufacturing, Professional services, Logistics and warehousing.
• Finance, audit, compliance experience

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Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance in all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement. Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin,citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.