Procurement Specialist

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta•Brookhaven, GA

About The Position

Reporting to the Manager of Procurement, this position supports transactional and strategic activities of the procurement department. The procurement specialist will focus on tracking and managing procure-to-pay process metrics and will act as the functional support for Workday Procurement module.

Requirements

Minimum 3 Years Experience in Supply Chain or Procurement in any industry
Workday experience
Ability to lead projects independently
Analytical thinking to review data and find root cause for problem solving
In-depth knowledge of purchasing processes and ability to identify and tackle issues independently
Ability to work with multiple teams including sourcing, accounts payable, distribution to resolve issues
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Nice To Haves

Experience as a functional resource on any ERP system
Experience working with Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO)
Experience with working in Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX)
Experience with resolving price and invoice discrepancies
Experience in Healthcare Supply Chain
Experience with working on multiple systems

Responsibilities

Track and maintain procurement operational metrics to ensure quality, efficiency, and timeliness across all procurement operations.
Identify opportunities for improvement in procurement operational metrics including price exceptions, match exceptions, open orders, order acknowledgements, backorders etc.
Support the Manager, Procurement to develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures and other procurement operational documents.
Collaborate with strategic sourcing specialist and data team to minimize price variance on Purchase Order transactions.
Establish partnership with key departments such as accounts payable, distribution, sourcing, and optimization team to mitigate any operational issues.
Serve as functional resource for Workday Procurement module. Become proficient at Workday procurement business processes to act as the super user.
As a functional resource for Workday, participate and execute end user testing for new business processes and configurations.
Provide training to staff members, internal and external customers on Workday procurement business processes.
Function as a Subject Matter Expert for Workday Procurement module.
Participate in ad-hoc projects as needed.
Support routine procurement functions on as-needed basis including but not limited to – buyer functions, capital, and service purchase order creation.