Indirect Procurement Analyst

Welcome to Gordon Food Service We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share.

Here's a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry.

What sets us apart?

A generous 401(k) matching program that is above industry standards, Financial Rewards for Performance, Low-cost Benefit options for your family, health, and future, as well as a Culture of Integrity and Respect.

Essential functions of the role :

Develops and owns S2P strategies and action plans related to supplier enablement, catalog development, contract management, data governance, and user adoption.

Influences stakeholders and suppliers to ensure S2P transformation success (supplier on-boarding and adoption of SAP Ariba platform, catalog usage, availability of sourcing data, etc.).

Seeks to deliver a world-class user experience of the S2P application by providing outstanding buying support. Engages with application users frequently to resolve buying issues and provide further education / enhanced knowledge of the application and its processes.

Engages internal IT team and / or SAP Ariba team to help solve technical issues.

Accountable for collaboration with external partners (application teams, consulting partners, banking institutions) to drive success in supplier adoption campaigns.

Delivers business continuity by ensuring suppliers are set up to transact with Gordon Food Service through S2P application;

ensures the usage of preferred suppliers by filtering out supply options that aren’t a network fit.

Owns direct contact with suppliers and follow through (collaborating with Finance for administrative on-boarding).

Influences and leads stakeholder groups throughout the company (including US, Canada, Stores, and Strategic Alliances) to ensure stakeholder consistent usage of preferred suppliers.

Develops communication strategy and tactics to ensure engagement with key stakeholder groups including GFS Operations teams.

Escalates missed value / savings opportunities, engaging appropriate managers and leaders when needed in order to drive adoption.

Develops effective tools and reporting (to be used in Leadership-level report-outs) to track progress toward S2P transformation goals.

Develops and owns PCard strategy; fully accountable for establishing an effective and efficient PCard program in collaboration with GFS Finance.

Influences stakeholders, suppliers, and GFS Finance to ensure PCard program success (maximized PCard spend, strong supplier and user adoption, consistent preferred supplier compliance).

Accountable for data collection and analysis; distills information into usable reporting for Indirect Category Manager and Lead Category Buyer usage, including Competitive Market Review (CMR) process.

Owns analysis of indirect spend (data mining) to categorize spend and identify potential new category review opportunities.

Owns monitoring of PCard purchasing activity to identify potential indirect compliance issues (purchases through non-preferred suppliers) and collaborates with internal stakeholders to address and remedy missed opportunities, escalating to Leadership when needed.

Develops effective tools and reporting (to be used in Leadership-level report-outs) to track PCard spend and performance against rebate goals.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Our ideal candidate will have :

2+ years previous experience in any of supply chain, finance, or applicable equivalent with demonstrated ability to develop business acumen in previous role(s)

Internships and college classes may be considered in lieu of experience

Advanced knowledge of Excel (ie. pivot tables, vlook-ups, macros, formula creation)

Customer service experience

Experience with S2P applications such as SAP Ariba, Ivalua, Coupa, etc.

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain or related field