Procurement Specialist
Company: Kantar
Location: Norwalk
Posted on: August 8, 2022
Job Description:
Procurement SpecialistNorwalk, MerrittKantar is the world's
leading marketing data and analytics company. We have a complete,
unique and rounded understanding of how people think, feel and act;
globally and locally in over 90 markets. By combining the deep
expertise of our people, our data resources and benchmarks and our
innovative analytics and technology, we help our clients understand
people and inspire growth.The Procurement Specialist will support
best in-class procurement practices across Kantar, reporting to a
regional Procurement Manager. You will be managing regional
sourcing activities, reporting on KPI and metrics, training,
managing communications, and managing stakeholder engagement
strategy for procurement and related processes (e.g. Sourcing,
Supplier Relationship Management, procurement policy), support of
Governance & Reporting (incl. KPIs) at function level, Training,
Knowledge Management, etc. You will be driving these elements
according to the blueprint, strategy and development roadmap for
the new procurement operating model and the related process and
systems landscape to support this in the most efficient and
effective way.Core to the position is to facilitate best in class
sourcing and successful roll-out of a spend management platform
across North America. You will analyze spend and performance data
and translate the information into key insights for procurement
resources and stakeholders. This will be used as basis to drive
change management, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation. You
will support the Procurement Managers on delivering the new
operating model and deploying best-in-class procurement
processes.CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support ongoing sourcing activities and regional category
strategies
- Help to define, track and report on performance KPIs across the
Kantar Procurement network and internal business units
- Monitor and report on function level KPIs, to be developed in
alignment with regional stakeholders
- Become subject matter expert in Coupa and conduct user training
as needed
- Facilitate new vendor inquiries
- Triage stakeholder requests for assistance in areas related to
procurement.
- Collaborate with stakeholders throughout the procurement
process
- Collect and handle comprehensive feedback from procurement
practitioners and the business to ensure continuous improvement of
the procurement methodologies, tools and templates, and drive best
practice
- Support the regional Procurement team to drive achievement of
organizational and performance objectives, by identifying
opportunities for improvement and development while fostering a
high-performance cultureKEY OUTCOMES
- Support in the adoption of procurement tools and processes into
the wider business landscape
- Own key procurement process and communications within the
region to ensure wider business adoption.
- Executing Kantar's Procurement Excellence responsibilities and
objectives as part of Kantar Procurement and the related
development roadmap, to drive continuous improvement in procurement
related processes and capability
- Management of a regional deposit of knowledge and technology
that enables the Procurement team and related stakeholders to
deploy best-in-class procurement process, systems, templates and
infrastructure.PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Ability to think strategically; facilitation, interpersonal and
negotiation skills are required. Process oriented and ability to
support the Procurement Excellence team in the delivery of its core
capabilities.
- Bachelor's degree required. Candidate must have 3+ years of
relevant experience with a strong focus procurement
source-to-contract and procure-to-pay end-to-end process and system
enablement and sourcing.
- Ability to collaborate with and influence key stakeholders and
business leaders a must. Candidates must possess a thorough
knowledge of the global and regional characteristics of the
procurement source-to-contract and procure-to-pay end-to-end
process and the capability requirements plus related topics and
relevant developments.
- Candidates must also be highly customer service oriented, have
proven business partnering ability, possess strong analytic
ability, be able to make sound, fact-based business decisions and
be systems / technology literate.
- 3+ years of experience working within a corporate Procurement
environment - ideally with international, global experience across
procurement source-to-contract and procure-to-pay end-to-end
process and system enablement
- Demonstrated project management experience to support
Procurement operations.
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills to support
Pipeline prioritisation and resource allocation
- Demonstrated knowledge in procurement process and systems best
practices and their application in a complex and global
environment
- Excellent analytical, presentation, communication,
interpersonal and influencing skills
- Proven ability to work in a global setting on multiple
locations and with a complex business partner structure
- A self-starter - Comfortable taking ownership of the full
process and systems landscape supporting procurement, without high
levels of oversight from CPO
- Action oriented and solution minded team player with high
degree of self-management
- Ability to complete tasks accurately with strong attention to
detail and statistical analysisBenefitsWe provide a comprehensive,
highly competitive benefits package, including
- Extended health, dental, vision care, disability, life
insurance
- EAP (employee assistance program)
- Wellness account
- Retirement plan (RRSP/DPSP) with employer match
- FlexTime Off programAt Kantar we have an integrated way of
rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent
set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market
competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where
your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what
you deliver. We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion
and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live
in. Apply for a career that's out of the ordinary and join us. We
want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive
working environment where people feel included, accepted, and are
allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and
wellbeing is taken into consideration. We want to create a more
diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally
representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial
outcomes.At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a
richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth
of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and
diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of
society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race,
religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity,
disability, marital status or any other legally protected
characteristics.PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to
this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us
to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited
("Kantar"). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS
(Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the
purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being
shared with the hiring manager.The salary range for this role in
Connecticut is $96,900 - $161,600. Your final base salary will be
determined based on several factors which may include but are not
limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education
and/or certifications. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated
against on the basis of disability.
Keywords: Kantar, New England , Procurement Specialist, Other , Norwalk, Northeast
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