Procurement Ops Lead - Build Central Buy Desk (Remote)

Boeing Employees Credit Union; Idaho; Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Company Match (up to 3%)

4% annual 401(k) contribution by BECU

Medical, Dental and Vision (family)

PTO Program + Exchange Program

Tuition Reimbursement Program

BECU Cares volunteer time off + donor匹

Job summary

Boeing Employees Credit Union (BECU) is seeking a Manager, Procurement Operations to lead a centralized Buy Desk and transform procurement across Strategic Sourcing. You will drive standardized processes, governance, and analytics while partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver value and control.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on program execution in a large financial services setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, or related discipline.
• 4+ years in procurement, purchasing operations, strategic sourcing, procure-to-pay, vendor management, or related discipline, including at least 1 year of people leadership.
• Experience interpreting vendor agreements (MSA, SOW, pricing, SLAs) and translating into operational transactions and controls.
• Experience analyzing procurement data, spend data, developing performance measures, and communicating findings to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead BECU's centralized Buy Desk within Strategic Sourcing, building a scalable procurement operating model that simplifies purchasing, strengthens controls, and improves the employee buying experience.
• Lead procurement operations team, establishing clear priorities, service standards, performance expectations, and growth opportunities.
• Design and implement standardized procurement processes, including requisition intake, purchase order management, guided buying, vendor master governance, workflow approvals, and issue resolution.
• Oversee day-to-day purchasing operations, ensuring purchase orders align with vendor agreements, approved pricing, scope, contractual terms, and funding requirements.
• Develop guided buying practices that direct purchasing activity toward preferred vendors, approved catalogs, and established contracts while reducing unnecessary vendor creation, purchasing exceptions, and operational inefficiencies.
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Accounts Payable, Finance, Legal, Risk, Technology, Facilities, and business leaders to resolve purchasing challenges, strengthen governance, and improve enterprise procurement processes.
• Lead procurement transformation and change management initiatives, including workflow design, stakeholder engagement, system testing, communications, training, adoption, and ongoing process stabilization.
• Develop and monitor procurement performance metrics, vendor and spend analytics, and operational reporting to improve purchasing visibility, identify trends, measure compliance, and uncover opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact for procurement operations, balancing business needs with operational efficiency, service excellence, and enterprise controls.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Procurement operations

Vendor management

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, or related discipline

Tools

Procure-to-Pay systems

Job description

Boeing Employees Credit Union (BECU) is seeking a Manager, Procurement Operations to lead a centralized Buy Desk and transform procurement across Strategic Sourcing. You will drive standardized processes, governance, and analytics while partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver value and control.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on program execution in a large financial services setting.