Procurement Systems Analyst

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

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We're strong, innovative and growing.

We invest in our people. We provide opportunities for employees to grow themselves, their career and in turn, our business.

We care. We make a positive difference in our communities. Nationally, thousands have benefitted from our support of research and programs to fight childhood cancer.

Each year, our Foundation, employees and financial representatives donate time, talent and financial support to causes they're passionate about.

Summary :

This role will require a process-oriented individual with strong communication and collaboration skills, along with process and system understanding.

Responsible for providing support for the Intake to Pay (I2P) process with internal team members, business owners and functional peers across the NM organization.

Ability to take a results-driven approach to delivering the desired outcomes in a fast pace and dynamic environment while adapt to the changing procurement process.

Job Responsibilities :

• Demonstrated knowledge of the Intake to Pay process and systems, including how it enables other stakeholder processes throughout the company.
• Support / educate stakeholders with Sourcing and Procurement process and system questions.
• Participate in defining system configuration and procedures to enable the business process
• Leverage defined reports to carry out tasks to govern and improve data quality for Purchase Requisitions and Orders, Contracts, Supplier information.
• Understand how system configuration enables the business process
• Support ongoing innovation, process improvements to deliver increasing efficiency in supplier related processes.
• Build strong working relationships with various cross functional groups (such as Law, Risk Assurance, etc.) across the enterprise, to establish efficiencies in the process.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in Business, Accounting / Finance, MIS, MITM, Engineering or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 1-3 years of relevant process design, procedure development, and system configuration experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence required.
• Demonstrated flexibility to adjust and respond to changing business needs by effectively managing and prioritizing concurrent assignments.
• Demonstrated strong analytical abilities in decision making and effective problem solving; ability to exercise judgment and discretion when making decisions in a timely manner, with limited information and guidance.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Work, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Proficiency with information systems and applications.
• Strong research, analytical, problem solving, planning and organization skills required as well as a high degree of personal initiative and motivation
• Previous experience in category management, strategic sourcing, and supplier management experience.

Benefits :

Great pay package, 401K, Company sponsored retirement plan, Educational assistance, Performance based incentive pay, Medical, dental and vision insurance, Parental leave, Caregiver time off .and more

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Compensation Range : Pay Range - Start :

Pay Range - Start : $47,600.00

$47,600.00

Pay Range - End : $88,400.00

$88,400.00

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