Associate Consultant Procurement Technology

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized awardwinning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds most successful individuals families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service expertise and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The role will directly support all reconciling activities for the sourcetopay process between the sourcing system and the financial system of record. The individual would aim at building and fostering stakeholder relationships thereby driving a culture of Continuous Improvement and Value Creation to the ongoing Procurement Reporting team in addition to managing day to day responsibilities of the team

Major Duties :

Lead procurement enhancements and procurement projects for the Procurement technology team

Lead the Supplier Enablement and Supplier Information process and reporting including key performance indicators compliance analysis and enhancements
Conduct and lead discussions with key global stakeholders
Initiate and drive initiatives promoting Digital Procurement and Automation
Suggest and lead ideas to drive Purchasing Spend Insights
Collaborate and partner with all procurement teams to initiate best practices and reduce overall time taken to generate these reports
Carry out indepth analysis and create dashboards which in turn aids in decision making in Category planning and contribute to other efficiencies within the procurement processes
Take measures to simplify and standardize the reporting process
Lead and conduct team discussions to encourage team members to execute Automation projects and Process standardization
Suggest ideas to minimize cost and expenses within project
Provide guidance to the team as and when appropriate
Improve productivity and minimize quality issues
Utilize procurement data to power advanced analytics
Implement change and develop new processes assisting the reporting team

Knowledge :

HighEnd Analytical skills
Previous experience with Procurement tools is required (Coupa SAP Ariba preferred DocuSign)

Automation Skills /Advanced Programming skills
Critical thinking skills
Stakeholder management skills
Quality management
Project management skills
Risk management skills

Experience :

Bachelors degree / Engineering degree/ MBA degree
Experience of 6 years in Procurement Technology Development and/or Support
Hands on experience in Advance excel automation tools (including Business Intelligence Artificial Intelligence)
Hands on Stakeholder management experience
Team building

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please email our HR Service Center at .

We hope youre excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.