Procurement Buyer/Analyst, North America

About the Role

The North America Buyer is responsible for supporting day-to-day procurement operations through efficient purchase order processing, supplier enablement, spend compliance monitoring, and procurement analytics. This role serves as a key link between business stakeholders, suppliers, and the procurement organization, ensuring purchasing activities are executed in accordance with company policies, procurement standards, and financial controls. The position will leverage SAP, reporting tools, and analytical capabilities to support procurement performance tracking, process excellence initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, manage, and track purchase orders and purchase requisitions within SAP.
• Support Source-to-Pay (S2P) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes to ensure timely and accurate procurement transactions.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding activities and maintain vendor master data integrity.
• Collect and evaluate supplier quotations and support bid comparison activities.
• Monitor contract and catalog compliance while promoting procurement policy adherence.
• Resolve purchasing, invoice, receipt, and payment-related issues in collaboration with suppliers, Accounts Payable, and business stakeholders.
• Provide procurement support to internal customers and manage purchasing requests in a timely manner.
• Assist with supplier performance follow-up and supplier relationship management activities.
• Extract, analyze, and validate procurement data from SAP and other reporting systems.
• Develop, maintain, and distribute procurement KPI reports, dashboards, and scorecards.
• Perform spend analysis, compliance reporting, and trend identification to support business decisions.
• Support savings tracking and procurement performance measurement initiatives.
• Conduct data cleansing and validation activities to improve reporting accuracy and data quality.
• Prepare presentations, reports, and analytical summaries for procurement leadership and stakeholders.
• Support process documentation, SOP development, and procurement governance activities.
• Assist in implementing procurement excellence, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support change management, training coordination, and communication activities related to new processes or tools.
• Collaborate effectively with procurement, finance, supply chain, and business teams on cross-functional projects.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience working with SAP or a comparable ERP procurement system.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, and data analysis techniques.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business Administration, Finance, Operations, Analytics, or a related discipline.
• 0-3 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, finance, operations, or an analytical business role.
• Understanding of purchasing processes, procurement policies, and supplier management activities.
• Experience coordinating activities across multiple stakeholders and business functions.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.