Sr Procurement Ops Professional

We are looking for a Sr Procurement Ops Professional to support the Strategic Sourcing team with execution of Sourcing strategy and drive key enterprise initiatives.

The Procurement team at Target works across the business to maximize every resource, asset, and relationship. As a Sr Procurement Ops Professional, you will promote best practices across the company, provide expert integrated business planning and stakeholder management for all indirect items and services, apply intelligent rate, demand, and specification levers to source, negotiate, and contract services while sustainably lowering costs, propel the business with accurate and comprehensive demand forecasting, financial planning, and item setup, and change the game for our internal online catalog end users by making the entire buying process faster and simpler.

Primary Functions

• Execute RFX events (RFIs/RFPs/RFQs) and auctions within agreed timeline based on sourcing requirements for a project
• Effectively plan and prioritize workload for timely and accurate delivery
• Support vendors by resolving their queries on event participation and conduct troubleshooting of technical issues faced by vendors
• Conduct on-boarding sessions for new vendors and support with system setups
• Train and guide Sourcing Leads and ensure adherence to best practices and Standard Operating procedures
• Create and maintain training documents and SOPs for new and existing processes
• Strive for continuous process improvement to achieve operational excellence
• Support reporting requirements for Strategic Sourcing team whenever required
• Be the primary point of contact for partners and collaborate with teams across the organization for projects and process requirements

Requirements

• 6-8 years procurement experience with record of increased responsibility and/or complexity
• Ability to think strategically with excellent quantitative skills
• Proficiency in creation of dashboards and reports (Greenfield, DOMO, Excel)
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Passion for owning processes end-to-end by actively communicating with US partners
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders to solve a problem
• Advanced systems knowledge of SAP - Ariba, Microsoft Office, and other systems