Description
The Procurement Service Center Analyst is responsible for executing supplier commodity buying activities from requisition to payment in support of global Procurement Service Center goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute simple to moderate transactional buying activities for assigned countries, regions, or business areas.
- Manage the purchase order lifecycle from requisition through completion.
- Maintain pricing and purchasing data accurately within applicable systems.
- Coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery and resolve purchase order-related issues.
- Perform purchasing reporting activities as required.
- Meet daily productivity targets established by the Procurement Service Center Supervisor for assigned product categories or plants.
- Resolve simple to moderate exceptions, including match exceptions and GR/IR issues, and respond to supplier and stakeholder inquiries.
- Follow clearly defined procedures and sourcing guidelines in accordance with Sourcing Policy.
- Ensure adherence to internal Procurement business rules and SOX controls.
- Participate in process improvement and automation initiatives, including Lean Six Sigma projects.
- Support Procurement Service Center initiatives and 3M-wide activities.
- Work flexible hours as needed to support global procurement requirements.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
- Typically 1–2 years of experience in sourcing or transactional procurement activities.
- Excellent communication skills; fluency in English required. Additional languages may be required depending on assignment.
- Strong customer service orientation with a focus on quality.
- Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
- Knowledge of sourcing principles.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
- Structured and organized approach to workload management with strong attention to detail.
- Team-oriented and collaborative.
- Experience with ERP/PeopleSoft, sourcing tools, and procurement applications is an advantage.