Indirect Procurement Analyst

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Position Summary:

The Indirect Procurement Analyst drives Indirect Procurement’s efforts to optimize Source-to-Pay (S2P) processes and delivers a world-class experience for internal end users via S2P applications. Leads North American review of potential new suppliers in an effort to drive spend toward preferred supplier agreements. Collaborates with suppliers and Finance team to drive enablement and ensure successful on-boarding. Negotiates payment terms with suppliers requesting non GFS standard terms leading to positive impact to GFS working capital.. Owns, creates and maintains punch-out catalogs within our S2P system. Maintains exceptional data expertise and ensures strong data integrity. Leads indirect spend data mining efforts and collaborates with Lead Category Buyers and business stakeholders to uncover potential opportunities for new value creation. Conducts Tier 3 Customer Market Reviews with Lead Category buyer support. Assists and drives excellence in broader procurement objectives and initiatives through strategic thinking, process improvements, and data analysis.

What you will do:

• Develops and owns S2P strategies and action plans related to supplier enablement, catalog development, contract management, data governance, and user adoption.
• Influences North American stakeholders and suppliers to ensure S2P transformation success (supplier on-boarding and adoption of SAP Ariba platform, catalog usage, availability of sourcing data, etc.).
• Seeks to deliver a world-class user experience of the S2P application by providing outstanding buying support. Engages with application users frequently to resolve buying issues and provide further education / enhanced knowledge of the application and its processes. Engages internal IT team and/or SAP Ariba team to help solve technical issues.
• Negotiates discounted payment terms with Suppliers and internal partners when requesting non GFS standard terms directly impacting the organizations working Capital.
• Accountable for collaboration with North American external partners (application teams, consulting partners, banking institutions) to drive success in supplier adoption campaigns. 
• Delivers business continuity by ensuring suppliers are set up to transact with Gordon Food Service through S2P application; ensures the usage of preferred suppliers by filtering out supply options that aren’t a network fit.
• Influences and leads stakeholder groups throughout the company (including US, Canada, Stores, Specialty Companies and Strategic Alliances) to ensure stakeholder consistent usage of preferred suppliers. Develops communication strategy and tactics to ensure engagement with key stakeholder groups including GFS Operations teams. Escalates missed value/savings opportunities, engaging appropriate managers and leaders when needed in order to drive adoption.
• Support Tier 3 Competitive Market Reviews with Lead Category Buyer support in their defined product/service categories, including development of negotiation strategies, tactics, and execution plans to achieve desired outcomes, as well as the accurate transfer of negotiation points into a signed agreement and archived into the agreement system.

• Develops effective tools and reporting (to be used in Leadership-level report-outs) to track progress toward S2P transformation goals. 

• Accountable for data collection and analysis; distills information into usable reporting for Lead Category Buyer’s usage, including Competitive Market Review (CMR) process.
• Owns analysis of indirect spend (data mining)  to categorize spend and identify potential new category review opportunities.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

When you will work: 

• Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm. 
• Hybrid Work Schedule: 4 days in office, 1 day from home.

What you will bring to the table:

• Three years previous experience in any of supply chain, finance, or applicable equivalent with demonstrated ability to develop business acumen in previous role(s).
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance, Supply Chain or related required.
• Must have excellent analytical skills and be detail oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills.  
• Technology - advanced Excel knowledge (ie. pivot tables, vlook-ups, macros, formula creation)
• Must be detail oriented with a commitment to a high level of accuracy.

• Ability to communicate, collaborate, and learn from other departments to ensure continuity of work and project coordination. 
• Demonstrates the ability to identify opportunities for process improvement including opportunities for automation.

• Demonstrates the ability to comprehend and improve business processes.  

• Must have excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, and good organizational and problem solving skills.  
• Must have the ability to multi-task, prioritize and be able to work independently and within a team environment.
• Builds knowledge of industry trends and new advancements specific to Source to Pay cycle 
• Develops solutions to a variety of problems of large scope and complexity.  Refers to policies and practices for guidance.