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Strategic Operational Sourcing Specialist
6-month contract, extension possible
Location: Remote
$24-26/hr
Must Haves:
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
Strategic Operational Sourcing Specialist
1455 Market St. San Francisco, CA 10001 San Francisco, CA 10001 US
Posted: 05/30/2023
2023-05-30
2023-07-09
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Category: Procurement/Supply Chain
Job Number: 566926
Country: United States
Is job remote?: Yes
Job Description
Strategic Operational Sourcing Specialist
6-month contract, extension possible
Location: Remote
$24-26/hr
Must Haves:
- Bachelor's degree
- At least 2 years of procurement, strategic sourcing, and/or contract management experience, preferably in a high-growth technology environment.
- Familiarity with Procurement/Source-to-Pay processes
- Tech industry experience
- Oracle
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- monitor supplier data and performance with limited guidance.
- use existing frameworks to solve purchasing and supplier problems and identify areas with a focus on process improvements.
- design solutions for diverse user identities, backgrounds, viewpoints, and cultures.
- offer guidance to and share knowledge with your teammates and collaborators.
- work within one or more teams to communicate knowledge related to a broad set of purchasing tasks.
- plan and execute prioritized project work, selecting appropriate methods to most effectively achieve assigned sourcing objectives.
- are expected to uphold, champion, and exemplify Block values.
- Provide Stakeholders and DRI’s with Sourcing Support for Vendor Engagement Requests through the Source to Pay Process that are lower spend & lower risk.
- Ensure Vendor Engagement Requests include all necessary contracts, templates, documents, and information needed for review.
- Deliver project work with limited assistance and can project manage small sub-working groups independently.
- Revise spend classification as required.
- Identify and track trends impacting sourcing strategies for spend category and/or region under purview, such as high impact/risk commodities/categories, that adversely impact company position.
- Support contract development, including an understanding of legal and contract requirements and use of existing templates, and maintain contract templates/supplier contract repository.
- Identify and recommend creative ways to improve on solutions to defined purchasing problems via selection of better methods/tools.
- Understand and comply with the procurement organization’s regulatory policies and controls, the company’s Code of Conduct and policies, and external regulatory policies and laws. (e.g., record-keeping).
- Recognize and resolve various issues and note patterns to improve existing processes.
- Execute with a focus on striving towards your Objective & Key Results (OKR’s)
- Work within one or more teams to communicate knowledge related to a broad set of purchasing tasks.
- Participate in the Procurement teams discussions constructively, for example, by asking questions or providing feedback.
- Minimum 2-5 years of procurement, strategic sourcing, and/or contract management experience, preferably in a high-growth technology environment.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited top tier university
- Effective Empathy and Emotional Intelligence.
- Familiarity with Procurement | Source-to-Pay Processes.
- An ability to influence others, including senior management in a very fast paced environment.
- Superior stakeholder customer service, relationship management, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with Oracle is a plus.