Procurement associate

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

3d

About The Position

Entry level procurement role, which supports the delivery of end-to-end category management at a local, regional - and when appropriate - a global level. The majority of this portfolio will be regional and/or local in nature and includes working with stakeholders (functional, procurement and supplier), to execute end to-end category management key activities and support functions. Opportunity to develop basic procurement skills through progressively challenging assignments on the path to a procurement profession. This job comprises of five key activities: Category analytics and project identification. Leading RFI/RFQ/RFP activities for Medium to Low Spend. Cost program support. Database management and supplier due diligence support. Contract administration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree completed by June 30th of the program year.
• GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling)
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font)
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
• Experience with Smart by GEP or other database system
• Experience with SAP, Ariba and/or Oracle purchasing systems

Responsibilities

• Utilizes data from the system to provide benchmarks, financial analysis, and spend analysis for assigned business units for planning and decision-making
• Analyzes data to identify areas of opportunity and potential projects and develops business case in alignment with assigned internal business unit
• Tracks and coordinate project plans including goals, strategy, resource scheduling, and timelines
• Effectively project manages work to schedule; managing risk, opportunities, resources
• Manages competing priorities and is able to deliver on multiple task
• Leads the RFx Activities for Medium to Low Value Spend
• Prepares RFx packages, conducting the RFx events as well as follow up activities with the partnership of the Category Management Team
• Collaborates with and aligns all supporting functions needed for the procurement process including but not limited to Accounting, Finance, Tax, Strategic Sourcing Category Managers, external vendors and other supporting functions
• Performs operational procurement activities
• Responsible for providing project coordination and transactional procurement for their assigned internal business units
• Supports cash flow program communication and process flow
• Works cross-functionally to develop work flow and procedure documents
• Supports database management team to ensure databases (contract, spend and supplier) are up to date
• Supports supplier due diligence during supplier selection and onboarding, consulting with Category and Assistant Category Managers while managing stakeholder expectations
• Supports ongoing supplier assurance with direct interaction with suppliers, ensuring all periodics are in place and knowing when to escalate
• Analyzes existing systems/processes to determine more efficient processing methods or to identify errors
• Catalogue and system item management
• Oversees simple contract variations and statements of work, working with stakeholders and informing and consulting Category and Assistant Category Managers.
• Analyzes existing systems/processes to determine more efficient processing methods or to identify errors

Benefits

• To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/bene

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level