Manager, Procurement Operations
Manager, Procurement Operations
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Job Description
This position is a hybrid inoffice role that works out of our Headquarters in Boston MA (this role is not a virtual / remote position). 4 days in office/ 1 day WFH
Wayfair is looking for a Manager on our Procurement Product team to drive the ongoing optimization of our cloudbased procuretopay system and subsequent spend processes. This highly visible role is pivotal to standardizing our firmwide buying process improving our downstream financial operations tracking spend data unlocking process efficiencies and maximizing our teams return on investment. We are looking for adaptable doers who are great at engaging with stakeholders questioning inefficiencies using data to solve problems and multitasking.
As the lead Product Manager you will need to understand the needs of crossfunctional partners across finance accounting engineering and the business then translate them into a product strategy and roadmap for our suite of Procurement tools including Coupa Contract Lifecycle Management and Vendor Management System. You will need to be skilled at navigating a multitude of strong ideas selecting the ones that will drive our agenda the furthest and communicating the priorities back to our partners. As the internal expert and guru of our procuretopay systems youll then roll up your sleeves with the Procurement Operations and partner teams to get the work done.
You will bring a strong background in Product and/or Procurement best practices and help to drive the discovery effort of new features as well as the execution of ongoing ones. This role is ideal for someone whos both business and techsavvy and thrives in a fastpaced environment.
What Youll Do
- Create and drive a roadmap aimed at revamping our procuretopay system with a focus on results and the experience of users.
- Partner with stakeholders and senior leaders across departments to understand needs identify gaps in current processes define product design and functional requirements and implement a system roadmap to drive business impact.
- Lead the implementation of a vendor management system.
- Oversee system updates and manage the ongoing relationship with our vendor; coordinate associated change management efforts as necessary.
- Develop and monitor functional performance metrics (KPIs) and devise/deploy strategies for ongoing program optimization.
- Create reporting suite to distribute to category sourcing and crossfunctional connections to highlight trends and opportunities to reduce spend through sourcing efforts catalog enablement and process improvement.
- Collaborate with engineering to review prioritize and action system enhancement requests and reconfigurations.
What Youll Need
- 4 years experience in Product Management procurement operations/sourcing systems management or strategy consultancy; experience with a cloudbased P2P system is a plus.
- Bachelors degree required and preferred in an analytical field such as economics engineering business math statistics science or analytics.
- Ability to thrive in a high growth and entrepreneurial environment where strong project management skills and the ability to juggle multiple priorities are a must.
- Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees and executive management.
- Articulate and persuasive communication skills both written and verbal.
- A track record of successful relationship management skills.
- An ability to hit the ground running and learn quickly; a selfstarter.
About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the worlds largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world were reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industryleading technology and creative problemsolving we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If youre looking for rapid growth constant learning and dynamic challenges then youll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are Wayfair is a place you can call home. Were a community of innovators risktakers and trailblazers who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger smarter and wellpositioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees customers community and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair and world for all. Every voice every perspective matters. Thats why were proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color ethnicity ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity gender expression veteran status genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
