Procurement Lead adapting global strategies for Northern Europe at Brink's. Driving sourcing execution and supplier performance while ensuring compliance with regulations.
About the role
- Procurement Associate managing vendor relationships and analyzing procurement finances. Collaborating on vendor KPIs and facilitating end-to-end vendor management processes.
Responsibilities
- Determines cost of operations by establishing standard costs; reviews historical data and benchmark market costs to ensure costs are reasonable
- Identifies financial status by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.
- Improves financial status by analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending actions to management.
- Reconciles transactions by comparing and correcting data.
- Recommends actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; studies proposed changes in methods and materials.
- Protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
- Reports budget vs actual expenditures by presenting comparative reports of procurement transactions.
- Guides cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; providing trends and forecasts, explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions.
- Analyzes all billing procedures of vendors and identifies opportunities for the Company’s benefits.
- Provides assistance to the Supervisor - WPE Procurement on a reportorial and administrative support capacity.
- Collaborates with the Supervisor - WPE Procurement to prepare vendors’ KPIs and SLAs.
- Spearheads end-to-end vendor management processes; Handles vendor requirements, State of Work (SOW), Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA), and Vendor Accreditation.
- Researches profitable suppliers and initiates procurement partnerships; follows sets guidelines in partnership acquisition to ensure full compliance to all legal requirements.
- Supports monthly and quarterly reconciliation of reports with Finance team.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of progressive work-related experience.
- Has experience in Procurement financial analyses.
- Developing Standards related with procurement Spend management, planning and strategy; Supply Chain Management Reporting
- Research Results
- Familiar with Google Sheets, Sage Intact Acctg or similar system
- Has experience in contract and vendor management
- Ticketing system
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Adherence to government-mandated benefits
- Retirement Savings Program with Company Matching
- Life Insurance
- HMO on day 1
- Paid time off, birthday leave
- Bonus and incentive plans
- Opportunities for skills training and personal and professional development
- Employee Referral Program
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