Purchasing Supplier Development Buying Associate

V2Soft

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Key Responsibilities:

Execute buying Operating Procedures (OPs) including supplier set up, price variance management, and payment requisitions.
Process and manage SAP/Ariba PR/PO data
Weekly report management
Supplier follow-up to confirm data, request information, and late requests status
Document & update business process OPs to improve divisional efficiency
Manage document distribution, organization, and retention
Resolve day-to-day supplier issues related to system communication failures, payment issues, late assignments, etc.
Support company events such as North American Supplier Meeting, etc.
Overall administrative duties (travel, catering, expense reports, meeting scheduling)

Qualifications:

Associate degree or higher or 2+ years equivalent experience in a professional business environment
Minimum 1 year experience working in a direct or support role in Automotive Buying/Purchasing/Procurement
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel including ability to complete macros, pivot tables and VLOOKUP (candidates must be tested and score 80% or better)
Proficiency with PowerPoint (intermediate or above...candidates must be tested and score 80% or better)
Working experience with Microsoft Power BI (including data links, slicer manipulation, report filters and basic troubleshooting)

Added Bonus:

Bachelor's Degree or higher
Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI (including data importation, report creation and intermediate troubleshooting)
Minimum 1year experience with Microsoft Visio or Lucid, including flow chart creation and modification
Minimum 1 year Experience with SAP Ariba
Experience with gap analysis and problem identification through understanding of large data sets and procedures