Associate Manager, Procurement Operations

The J.M. Smucker Co.; Orrville (OH); Híbrido; USD 95.000 - 125.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The J.M. Smucker Company in Orrville, OH is seeking an Associate Manager, Procurement Operations to ensure reliable day-to-day procurement processes and drive improvements across direct materials.

You will lead issue escalations, coordinate cross-functional initiatives, and serve as a subject matter expert for Procurement while partnering with IS, Plant Ops, Supply Planning, and Accounts Payable. Responsibilities include translating business needs into technical requirements, guiding system

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 5 years in purchase-to-pay, supply chain, or relevant shared services experience.
• Ability to learn and thoroughly understand complex business processes, systems, and data.
• Project experience leading or contributing to end-to-end projects, including planning, execution, delivery, and hyper-care.
• Ability to critically/analytically think and problem solve with urgency and accuracy.
• Experience in Spotfire/Tableau or other data visualization tools.

Responsabilidades

• Act as escalation point for direct material procurement system, process, data, and operational issues.
• Evaluate business impact and coordinate resolution, recommending next steps.
• Serve as liaison between IS and business users for technical resources.
• Lead department and cross-functional projects from planning through implementation and support.
• Translate business needs into clearly defined requirements for the technical team.
• Assist in configurations, monitoring, and validation of integrations and automated workflows.
• Provide recommendations to cross-functional partners as SME for procurement.
• Identify opportunities to improve core processes and implement practical solutions.
• Coordinate and run business testing for system upgrades and enhancements.
• Develop and deliver training, documentation, and readiness for process changes.
• Support reporting and analytics development using Excel, Spotfire, and Tableau.

Conocimientos

Analytical thinking

Communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

Spotfire

Tableau

Excel

Oracle

SAP

Descripción del empleo

Associate Manager, Procurement Operations### Associate Manager, Procurement OperationsApply: Hybrid: Orrville, OH: Full time: Posted Today: 116139**Your opportunity as the Associate Manager, Procurement Operations**This individual will be responsible for ensuring reliable day-to-day operations and driving improvements to direct material Procurement processes, systems, data, and reporting. Responsibilities include issue escalations, leading departmental iniatives, and representing Procurement as a subject matter expert. This role is highly cross functional, and will partner closely with IS, Plant Operations, Supply Planning, Contract Manufacturing, Warehousing, Transportation, and Accounts Payable. **Location:** Orrville, OH Corporate Offices **Work Arrangements:** Hybrid – onsite a minimum of 9 days a month primarily during core weeks as determined by the Company; maybe more as business needs requires. **In this role you will:*** Act as point of escalation for direct material Procurement system, process, data, and operational issues* Evaluate the business impact and criticality of issues, coordinate resolution, and recommend next steps* Act as a liaison between our IS team and business users when technical resources are required* Lead department and cross-functional projects and initiatives from planning through implementation into ongoing support* Work with stakeholders to translate business needs into clearly defined requirements for technical team* Assist in basic configurations, monitoring, and validating of integrations and automated workflows* Acts as point of contact and subject matter expert to provide knowledgeable recommendations and advice to cross-functional partners* Help to identify improvement opportunities that exist in our current core processes/systems. Work to develop practical solution options and implement the identified improvements* Coordinate and run business testing for system upgrades and enhancements* Develop and deliver training, documentation, communications and readiness for process and system changes* Support the development and enhancements of reporting and analytics using various platforms such as Excel, Spotfire, and Tableau* Act as point of contact to facilitate the setup and onboarding of new copackers* Build team capability through coaching, knowledge sharing, and mentoring of Analysts, Senior Analysts **What we are looking for:**Minimum Requirements:* Bachelor’s degree* Minimum of 5 years of purchase-to-pay, supply chain, or relevant shared services experience* Ability to learn and thoroughly understand complex business processes, systems, and data* Project experience leading or contributing to end-to-end projects, including planning, execution, delivery, and hyper-care* Ability to critically/analytically think and problem solve with urgency and accuracy* Experience in Spotfire/Tableau or other data visualization tools Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:* Strong organizational and attention-to-detail skills* Experience working with various supply chain processes* Strong communication and interpersonal skills with customer focus* Ability to handle multiple tasks across various functions and prioritize* Proficiency in ERP/purchasing systems (Oracle, SAP, etc.)* Self-motivated; Self-directed work style demonstrating ability to implement **The Right Place for You**We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.