Procurement Operations Specialist (Contract)

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What's the role?

At Bloomberg Finance we are committed to providing world-class support to our business partners by providing insight on business performance, financial oversight and thought leadership.

As a Global Department delivering top quality service and advice, our resourceful and dynamic Procurement Department is looking for a Procurement Operations Specialist to join the team on a 12 month contract. You'll build and manage relationships with our internal clients and the vendors who support our exciting and varied requirements across the whole Americas region. Showing a good understanding of procurement principles, excellent customer service skills, and an eye for detail, you'll be part of a team supporting multiple internal stakeholders, from a wide spectrum of departments with many and varied needs, in a dynamic and demanding environment.

We'll trust you to:

-Create Purchase Orders and manage supplier documentation in Ariba/SAP

-Support the supplier onboarding process

-Consult and coordinate with Finance Controllers to ensure accurate information in purchase orders and similar documents

-Collaborate with Accounts Payable to resolve any supplier payment issues

-Ensure adherence to the purchasing policies and thresholds set by the Global Procurement Team

-Provide guidance on the sourcing and purchasing process to stakeholders

-Respond to Stakeholder requests in an accurate and timely manner

-Build strong and lasting relationships with internal stakeholders and key suppliers to understand their businesses and needs

-Communicate the impact of market changes and potential effects on suppliers to stakeholders

-Provide support to the rest of the team to make sure we deliver first class customer service

-Understand specifications and requirements for products and services as requested by stakeholders through proposals or quotes

-Collaborate with colleagues in your team and with stakeholders to understand sourcing strategies and support a robust strategic sourcing pipeline

-Support regional sourcing opportunities, including RFPs, direct negotiations, etc. as necessary

You'll need to have:

- 2+ experience in procurement operations or accounts payable or supply chain roles, with strong consideration given to previous SAP/ERP systems knowledge

-Customer Service skills, including issue resolution, problem solving, timely delivery, ownership of tasks, etc.

-Excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail

-Strong stakeholder engagement abilities

-Basic project management skills

-Basic negotiation skills

-Good supplier management skills

-General understanding of logistics and transportation as applied to procurement operations

-Education to degree level, CIPS or combination of education and work experience

-Ability to interact effectively in a cross-functional environment with multiple levels of stakeholders

-Ability to learn new applications relevant to the role

We'd love to see:

-SAP or other ERP systems knowledge

-Understanding of purchasing principles

-Understanding of accounting principles

-Bloomberg Terminal knowledge

-BA/BS

-CPP/CIPS/CPM

Does this sound like you? 

Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know that the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/what-we-do/