Supply Chain - Purchase and Fulfilment Specialist II, IPS Ordering Fulfillment Team

Key job responsibilities

• Work with vendors globally to obtain and set up quotes for spare parts within the SLAs.
• Ensure quotes are available in required tools on day 28 of each month and validate if quotes are set up appropriately for each region and currency.
• Proactively identify new APNs ingested for spares using internal tools/processes and work with vendors to obtain and ensure quotes are uploaded.
• Create Purchase Requisitions and Orders for spare parts per demand ingested via different tools per SLAs.
• Maintain knowledge in procure to pay processes, tools, and GL string coding.
• Monitor PR/PO creation per SLAs and publish weekly dashboard.
• Create mechanisms to track spending/budgets and trigger requests if funds are below threshold.
• Must have advanced MS-Excel skills and be able to manage huge data sets using AI tools.
• Flexible to accommodate working across different time zones, since it’s a global team.
• Analyze PO data from numerous databases (using Excel, SQL, and/or other data management systems) and perform ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed with ability to dive in and quickly understand root cause and identify scalable solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field.
• Experience in procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations.
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python.
• Experience in global supply chain management, managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience in data centers, infrastructure service providers, or related technology companies.
• Experience in a procurement organization performing vendor management, contract management, negotiating complex purchases, and bidding.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience using strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional inputs, meeting deadlines, and effectively managing competing priorities.
• Experience working in a fast-paced work environment.
• Experience working in fast-paced environments, and managing workload even during times of stress, or escalated activity.