Lead Associate Operations Procurement
San José - Costa Rica
Job Summary
- Sourcing project coordination: Coordinate and track strategic sourcing initiatives (RFx events negotiations renewals) end to end maintaining project plans timelines milestones and action items across the sourcing pipeline.
- PMO governance & reporting: Own the PMO operating cadence prepare materials and track outcomes for recurring forums (weekly pipeline reviews monthly sourcing forums finance/sourcing deal reviews) maintain governance standards and ensure projects follow consistent intake-to-execution workflows.
- Cross-functional stakeholder management: Serve as a central point of coordination across Sourcing Procurement Operations Finance Legal and internal business owners keeping stakeholders aligned on status risks blockers and next steps.
- Spend & savings tracking: Maintain accurate spend and savings-to-budget records across initiatives reconcile committed vs. realized savings and support quarterly and annual reporting of procurement value delivered.
- Process improvement: Identify and implement improvements to sourcing and PMO processes standardize templates and playbooks (deal summaries intake forms) and reduce cycle time and manual effort.
- Tooling & systems: Administer and optimize procurement/sourcing systems and intake-to-pay workflows (e-sourcing contract and intake/orchestration tools) ensuring data integrity and driving adoption across the team.
- Supplier & contract lifecycle support: Support supplier onboarding contract renewals and the broader contract lifecycle by tracking key dates obligations and approvals in partnership with Sourcing and Legal.
- Dashboards & metrics: Build and maintain dashboards and KPI reporting (pipeline coverage savings cycle time on-time execution) that give Procurement leadership visibility into performance and trends.
Qualifications :
Key Skills & Competencies
- Analytical rigor: Structures ambiguous problems works fluidly with data and turns numbers into actionable insight.
- Project management: Highly organized; runs multiple workstreams simultaneously with clear ownership and on-schedule delivery.
- Communication: Concise credible communicator who tailors messaging to sourcing partners business owners and leadership.
- Stakeholder management: Builds trust and drives alignment across teams without direct authority.
- Attention to detail: Committed to data accuracy process consistency and reliable reporting.
- Bias for improvement: Continuously streamlines processes standardizes tooling and scales the PMO function.
- 1-2 years experience in Strategic Sourcing and/or PMO areas.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), is a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. We combine our deep industry knowledge with technology and analytics expertise to co-create innovative, digital-led transformational solutions with clients across 10 industries. We enable busin ... View more