Procurement Operations Specialist - Support Desk
Zenefits
Customer Service, Operations
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Procurement Operations Specialist - Support Desk- (IND85063)
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A Brief Overview
First line of communication for our business partners and responsible for providing first-class customer service related the business's procurement needs. This includes managing ServiceNow requests, shared mailboxes, receiving incoming emails, coordinating with other departments, and coordinating Third Party Risk Management activities. You will be responsible for researching and identifying issues as well as providing potential solutions to implement positive change and improve the overall procurement experience. This role should also possess strong communication skills and will be responsible for assisting in preparing monthly reporting. A strong analytical and problem-solving ability is needed to work with data and resolve issues.
Locations
India (On-site)
What you will do
• Manages and supports end-to-end procure-to-pay process, including but not limited to: Stakeholder Management, Vendor Engagement, and Critical issue Management. 60%
• Researches, analyzes, coordinates, and responds to incoming inquiries, assigns tasks to category managers and provides status updates on open requests. 20%
• Helps department to maintain reporting including extracting and analyzing data from various sources, preparing reports (weekly, monthly, and quarterly) for dissemination to management and partners. 5%
• Documents and maintains processes, procedures, and workflows of the Procurement department through interviews, review of forms and procedures, organization charts, job descriptions, flow chart development work distribution chart development and other techniques. 5%
• Works to identify the source of bottlenecks, problems, and drive issues to resolution and makes recommendations to management for possible improvements and automation opportunities. 5%
• Maintains department SharePoint site, including monitoring active links and ensuring messages are up-to-date; posts requests from Procurement teams for new or edited content on a timely basis 5%
Education Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience preferred
Experience Qualifications
• Typically 2+ years Experience in a procurement role with a strong focus on administrating the use of procurement tools and systems, with a customer service excellence focus required
• Typically 2+ years Demonstrated experience in Organizational Change and high comfort level with ambiguity required
• Typically 2+ years Experience with Procurement or Finance required
• Typically 2+ years Experience working with Global teams required
Skills and Abilities
• Strong documentation (e.g., process flow, policies and procedures, system/process testing scripts) skills.
• Decision-making skills and analytical understanding
• Strong inquiry management and customer service skills
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Strong prioritization, organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast-paced and progressive environment.
• Ability to learn and develop new skills.
• Ability to follow up on pending issues, take initiative and call out problems.
• Deep technical capability along with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to understands the full P2P cycle quickly.
• Ability to communicate across multiple organizations and levels, fostering and developing a strong working
• relationship with key cross-functional working areas to ensure stakeholders needs are taken into consideration.
Travel Requirements
Minimal to none
Work Environment
• Work in clean, pleasant, and comfortable office or home setting. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions.