Purchasing Buyer

Job Title: Purchasing Buyer
Location: Kansas City, KS , 61265 (Onsite)
Job Duration: 6+ Months of Contract with possible extension or permanent but not guaranteed


Shift: 1st Shift

Job Description:

• Leads and executes specific processes within the Source-to-Pay Ecosystem, including sourcing recommendations, contracts, pricing, procurement and/or payments, analysis, and governance.
• Expert in policies, stewardship, compliance, controls, master data work processes, specific industries, and technical systems.
• Typical work includes effectively engaging and managing internal stakeholders and supplier relationships, owning definition and execution of sourcing, procurement, and payment tactics.
• Utilizing technical solutions to transform work processes for improved effectiveness and efficiency.
• Facilitating contract execution end-to-end from sourcing choices recommendation through supplier payments; accountable for delivery of fundamentals such as supply assurance, value creation, and compliance to policies.
• Ability to shift and influence external industries as well as internal senior

leadership; demonstrating integrative thinking across ecosystems and stakeholders; accountability for global and/or regional business results. Key skills; negotiations, relationship management, leadership, analytical skills, and advanced written and oral communication skills
 
Must have:

• Effective use of Microsoft Excel and Word. (for Coupa and SAP reports) - including snagging images for P2P communications.
• Ability to insert picture, objects, and call-out into documents for troubleshooting, training, etc.
• Established COUPA skills - GR-IR variance reporting, root cause identification, understands invoice flow, running reports in Coupa for blocked or unposted, create/view Requisitions and
• Purchase Orders, analyze Purchase Order History, access a Requisition from a Purchase Order, access Purchase Order Text Determine if a Purchase Order is open or closed, identify the Buyer of the Purchase Order, view line-item GR/IR Control and explain the different set ups, view line-item Quantity and Price and explain the different set ups, effectively train Coupa Requisitioners - approvers – and Confirmation of Goods or Services in SAP/ Coupa, effectively train Coupa Originators, Identify the need for Emergency, FI, Rush & SSJ and effectively coach users on the best Effectively navigate and direct end user to Job aids, etc., run and effectively analyze Coupa reports, effectively troubleshoot and resolve Past Due Open Order Report, effectively oversee
• Coupa User Access Control, ensure SOX compliance in all work processes and execute

compensating controls as needed, effectively able to identify internal control risk areas and work process conflicts, create training materials to provide targeted training on various subject matters

• Close Experience with P2P transaction flow across COUPA, SAP, and other related systems close High personal standards/passion for excellence - ability to work with others to get results very good communication skills.
• SAP skills in cost, purchasing, and/or production execution-warehouse management