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The Procurement Buyer Senior Specialist is responsible for managing and administering a range of Procurement activities, including but not limited to purchase requisitions, spot buys, reporting, compliance checks and policy enforcement. A Procurement Buyer Senior Specialist is expected to be the subject matter expert.
 

Responsibilities: 

• Review, validate, and approve requisitions outside of catalogs within the clients procurement operating system.
• Ensure compliance with Procurement policies, category guidelines, and budget approvals.
• Provide guidance to requisitioners.
• Execute spot buys as required.
• Engage with spot buyers to ensure adherence to sourcing rules and approval limits.
• Ensure purchases comply with policies and procedures.
• Provide training and support as required.
• Ensure data accuracy within the client’s procurement operating system.
• Perform data analysis to determine trends.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system issues as required.
• Provide guidance to stakeholders on best practices.
• Recommend and support implementation of process improvements to enhance efficiency and user experience.
• Communicate effectively with the client on a timely basis and provide excellent customer service regarding procurement related items.
• Monitor chats, emails, and systems to stay up to date and respond to any requests timely.
• Escalate unresolved issues to management timely and follow through the issues until final resolution.

Basic Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree is required preferably in business, finance, accounting, or supply chain.
• 2+ years of experience in Finance or Procurement or Supply Chain or Source to Pay.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in business, finance, accounting, or supply chain.
• Purchasing or supply chain domain experience.
• Prior experience with Coupa and NetSuite.

Professional Skill Requirements:

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including supplier-facing interactions.
• Proficiency with MS Excel, Google Sheets and reporting tools for supplier data analysis.
• Problem-solving mindset with attention to detail and process compliance.
• Written and spoken ability to communicate in English for Accenture interaction.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent customer service.
• Time management and organization skills.
• Ability to work in a multicultural and diverse environment.
• A natural ability to adapt to change.
• Leadership skills.

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