Sourcing Program Lead

What you will do:

• Ensure a common understanding and adherence of Procurement processes, systems (e.g., Ariba) and tools (e.g., portfolio and project management tool) across the organization
• Develop and maintain analytics and visual reports (PowerBI) to ensure progress to our goals and help hold teams accountable
• Establish, document, maintain and train on standard processes
• Manage Procurement wide initiatives and governance to achieve yearly goals (e.g., DPO)
• Gather and address feedback through continuous improvement and lean methodologies
• Demonstrate agility and adjust to business needs, newly identified areas of opportunity, etc.
• Partner cross-functionally to address challenges and drive root cause analysis.

What you need: 

• 2-3 years of related work experience
• Preferred bachelor’s degree or related certification
• Utilize proper software to maintain project records, such as a PPM system, MS Office, Sharepoint, or Visio
• Must be able to analyze and correct complex process and/or system issues of a broad scope using independent judgment
• Excellent interpersonal communication, collaborative teamwork and ability to build trusting relationships.
• Experience in PowerBI
• Experience with SAP Ariba or comparable tool
• Experience with of Lean and continuous improvement methodologies
• Experience in leading improvement workshops (Kaizen Events) from opportunity, analysis (FMEA, Value stream mapping), root cause analysis, brainstorming for solution and implementation.