Principal, Procurement Operations

Mercer Island, WA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 160000 - 200000

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Overview:

We are seeking a motivated and experienced procurement operations professional to develop and execute systematic processes involved in managing an organizations procurement activities. This includes sourcing purchasing goods and services managing supplier relationships and development of processes to ensure compliance with procurement policies.

The successful candidate will have transactional experience to perform the following responsibilities:

Vendor Onboarding: collaborate with Fleet affiliates on existing vendor onboarding processes to standardize and optimize. Review and correct vendor onboarding requests using established processes and procedures. Provide support to vendors to facilitate the onboarding ensuring timely and accurate completion of vendor profiles.
Sourcing and Vendor Selection: Provide burst capacity related to team operational activities to include identifying and selecting vendors based on quality price and reliability. This involves negotiating contracts and maintaining long-term relationships with suppliers.
Purchase Requisitions and Orders: Creating purchase requisitions (PRs) and purchase orders (POs) to formalize the procurement process ensuring that the necessary approvals are obtained before purchases are made. PR/PO reconciliation to include reviewing/correcting purchase requests/requisitions change orders and purchase orders developing standardized/scalable processes/procedures to minimize future corrections. Reviewing reports on open purchase orders and coordinate the closing and reopening of purchase orders.
Receiving and Verifying Deliverables: developing/executing processes/standards to ensure that the goods/services received match the specifications outlined in the purchase orders to maintain quality control and inventory accuracy.
Supplier Performance Evaluation: Continuously monitoring and assessing supplier performance to ensure compliance with contract terms and to identify areas for improvement.
The successful candidate will report to the Director of Contracts Management and collaborate closely with the Cost Management team on all source-to-pay standardization (processes and systems) to include execution of in-system purchase requisition/purchase orders and resulting reporting requirements.

Basic Qualifications

5 years experience in procurement sourcing purchasing operations.
5 years experience in general vendor contract review (understanding deliverables/requirements as it pertains to PRs/POs)
5 years experience training peers on processes and systems at various levels of an organization
3 years experience and understanding of basic accounting principles.
3 years experience and understanding of basic data analysis.
Strong ability to work on a team and communicate clearly.
Proficiency in O365 and Microsoft Projects
Proficiency in procure to pay tools.
Working in ERPs to develop standards/processes to streamline vendor onboarding purchase requisitions and orders
Sourcing/Vendor Selection including selecting and/or managing managed service providers including developing a strategy for managed service providers.
Detail-oriented with strong organizational analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Strong knowledge of supply chain management tools data analytics and BI tools

Preferred Qualifications

Data Center experience.
Procurement Operations and/or Project Controls experience.
Proficiency in procure-to-pay processes and tools.
Proven track record in implementing process improvement initiatives and driving operational excellence.

Education Professional Certification and Licenses:

BA/BS in Supply Chain Business Administration Finance or other related fields required or equivalent demonstrated experience.
Subject Matter Expert as a Procurement Operations lead.

Expected Salary Range: $160000 - $200000 Base Salary Bonus

Travel and Schedule: 5% travel (U.S.)

Fleet Data Centers Employment

Fleet Data Centers employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including 100% employer-covered medical dental and vision insurance a 401K program standard paid holidays and unlimited PTO.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the organizations ongoing needs.

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Position Overview:We are seeking a motivated and experienced procurement operations professional to develop and execute systematic processes involved in managing an organizations procurement activities. This includes sourcing purchasing goods and services managing supplier relationships and developm...

Position Overview:

The successful candidate will have transactional experience to perform the following responsibilities:

Vendor Onboarding: collaborate with Fleet affiliates on existing vendor onboarding processes to standardize and optimize. Review and correct vendor onboarding requests using established processes and procedures. Provide support to vendors to facilitate the onboarding ensuring timely and accurate completion of vendor profiles.
Sourcing and Vendor Selection: Provide burst capacity related to team operational activities to include identifying and selecting vendors based on quality price and reliability. This involves negotiating contracts and maintaining long-term relationships with suppliers.
Purchase Requisitions and Orders: Creating purchase requisitions (PRs) and purchase orders (POs) to formalize the procurement process ensuring that the necessary approvals are obtained before purchases are made. PR/PO reconciliation to include reviewing/correcting purchase requests/requisitions change orders and purchase orders developing standardized/scalable processes/procedures to minimize future corrections. Reviewing reports on open purchase orders and coordinate the closing and reopening of purchase orders.
Receiving and Verifying Deliverables: developing/executing processes/standards to ensure that the goods/services received match the specifications outlined in the purchase orders to maintain quality control and inventory accuracy.
Supplier Performance Evaluation: Continuously monitoring and assessing supplier performance to ensure compliance with contract terms and to identify areas for improvement.
The successful candidate will report to the Director of Contracts Management and collaborate closely with the Cost Management team on all source-to-pay standardization (processes and systems) to include execution of in-system purchase requisition/purchase orders and resulting reporting requirements.

Basic Qualifications

5 years experience in procurement sourcing purchasing operations.
5 years experience in general vendor contract review (understanding deliverables/requirements as it pertains to PRs/POs)
5 years experience training peers on processes and systems at various levels of an organization
3 years experience and understanding of basic accounting principles.
3 years experience and understanding of basic data analysis.
Strong ability to work on a team and communicate clearly.
Proficiency in O365 and Microsoft Projects
Proficiency in procure to pay tools.
Working in ERPs to develop standards/processes to streamline vendor onboarding purchase requisitions and orders
Sourcing/Vendor Selection including selecting and/or managing managed service providers including developing a strategy for managed service providers.
Detail-oriented with strong organizational analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Strong knowledge of supply chain management tools data analytics and BI tools

Preferred Qualifications

Data Center experience.
Procurement Operations and/or Project Controls experience.
Proficiency in procure-to-pay processes and tools.
Proven track record in implementing process improvement initiatives and driving operational excellence.

Education Professional Certification and Licenses:

BA/BS in Supply Chain Business Administration Finance or other related fields required or equivalent demonstrated experience.
Subject Matter Expert as a Procurement Operations lead.

Expected Salary Range: $160000 - $200000 Base Salary Bonus

Travel and Schedule: 5% travel (U.S.)

Fleet Data Centers Employment

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the organizations ongoing needs.

Key Skills

Business Development
Classroom Experience
Dayforce
Go
Cloud Computing
AWS
Teaching
Administrative Experience
Leadership Experience
negotiation
SAS
Data Analysis Skills

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