Procurement Associate - RFx & Category Analytics

Walgreens; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 63,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens in Chicago is seeking an entry level Procurement Associate to support end-to-end category management across local and regional levels. You will work with stakeholders to execute RFx activities, perform data analysis, and assist with contract administration.

This role offers growth toward a procurement profession with exposure to supplier due diligence, spend analytics, and project coordination as you develop basic procurement skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree completed by June 30th of the program year.
• GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling)
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font)
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).

Responsibilities

• Utilizes data from the system to provide benchmarks, financial analysis, and spend analysis forassigned business units for planning and decision-making
• Analyzes data to identify areas of opportunity and potential projects and develops business casein alignment with assigned internal business unit
• Tracks and coordinate project plans including goals, strategy, resource scheduling, and timelines
• Effectively project manages work to schedule; managing risk, opportunities, resources
• Manages competing priorities and is able to deliver on multiple task
• Leads the RFx Activities for Medium to Low Value Spend
• Prepares RFx packages, conducting the RFx events as well as follow up activities with thepartnership of the Category Management Team
• Collaborates with and aligns all supporting functions needed for the procurement processincluding but not limited to Accounting, Finance, Tax, Strategic Sourcing Category Managers,external vendors and other supporting functions
• Performs operational procurement activities
• Responsible for providing project coordination and transactional procurement for their assignedinternal business units
• Supports cash flow program communication and process flow
• Works cross-functionally to develop work flow and procedure documents
• Supports database management team to ensure databases (contract, spend and supplier) are upto date
• Supports supplier due diligence during supplier selection and onboarding, consulting withCategory and Assistant Category Managers while managing stakeholder expectations
• Supports ongoing supplier assurance with direct interaction with suppliers, ensuring all periodicsare in place and knowing when to escal
• Analyzes existing systems/processes to determine more efficient processing methods or toidentify errors
• Catalogue and system item management
• Oversees simple contract variations and statements of work, working with stakeholders and informing and consulting Category and Assistant Category Managers.

Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

Walgreens in Chicago is seeking an entry level Procurement Associate to support end-to-end category management across local and regional levels. You will work with stakeholders to execute RFx activities, perform data analysis, and assist with contract administration.

This role offers growth toward a procurement profession with exposure to supplier due diligence, spend analytics, and project coordination as you develop basic procurement skills.