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What Freddie Mac Has to Offer:
Freddie Mac makes home possible for millions of families and individuals by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Benefits include:
Job Type
Full Time
Job Details
At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation. Position Overview The Source-to-Pay Process & Technology Senior will play an integral role in our continued journey of transforming ESC into a leading procurement organization and strategic business partner. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Source-to-Pay Process & Technology, you will serve as change agent and problem solver, working to drive efficiencies, reduce waste, and increase value within and across a variety of functional supply chain areas, such as Source-to-Contract, Procure-to-Order, Invoice-to-Pay, Supplier Risk Management, and Contingent Worker Management through the use of enabling technology. This exciting role is largely project based and will provide you with a breadth of experiences – no day will be same. Our Impact Enterprise Supply Chain (ESC) unlocks value from our supply network to enable growth, innovation, and an outstanding customer experience. We seek to improve customer experience, minimize total cost of ownership (TCO), and mitigate third-party risk in order to build, enable, and sustain value for our business partners and suppliers. The Supply Chain Business Process & Technology team serves as a horizontal support function supporting the various delivery verticals (e.g., Category Management, Procurement Operations, Accounts Payable) within ESC. We serve as the center of excellence and thought leadership function within the department, exploring ways to drive efficiencies and productivity through improvements in people, process, and technology. Your Impact In this role, you will:
- Lead and/or support a variety of transformational projects within the Source-to-Pay space, often times involving the use of enabling technology
- Perform a variety of diverse tasks, including process design, system configuration, functional testing, and training delivery
- Partner with the delivery teams to diagnose pain points / bottlenecks and devise and implement a plan for resolution
- Be a key contributor to the Change Control Board (CCB) process by evaluating and prioritizing change/enhancement requests, weighing return on investment against level of effort, and their implementation by in a structured manner by following ESC’s change management methodology
- Review new functionality made available within our procurement software tools during periodic system releases, evaluate how / if it can be utilized to improve our processes and lead the implementation of these changes
- Deliver training and support change management activities for internal ESC and business partners – once an improvement has been made, socialize it, reduce time for adoption, and make it stick
- Create, maintain, and update documentation of our processes, including process flows, process narratives, and job aids
- Gather and analyze data to develop and test hypotheses
- 5-10 years of experience working in a supply chain / procurement organization or equivalent experience in a similar consulting role
- In-depth understanding of the source-to-pay lifecycle, including handoffs, touchpoints, and tradeoffs
- Understanding of SaaS-based procurement technologies and how they can be leveraged to drive efficiencies – deep technical knowledge is not required, however, must be able to “speak the language”
- Track record of high performance in previous roles
- BA/BS degree in supply chain management, operations management, engineering, or similar preferred
- Prior experience and/or familiarity with cloud-based source-to-pay systems (e.g., Workday P2P, Workday Strategic Sourcing (formerly Scout RFP), Coupa, Ariba, preferred
- Hands on category management or sourcing experience with indirect categories a plus
- Ability to think critically and problem solve, using data to support your perspective when appropriate – an analytical, methodical thought process is required
- Excellent verbal and written communications – ability to synthesize and summarize complex problems and clearly and succinctly explain the “so what?”
- Positive, upbeat personality and ability to empathize with business partners’ point of view to drive and influence change
- Must be able to work well in a team environment, both in a lead and contributory role
- Ability to be proactive, think ahead, and “manage up”
- Ability to delve into the detailed minutiae of a specific task or process while maintaining perspective of its impact on the larger end-to-end process and “big picture” strategy
About the Company
Freddie Mac
Mclean, VA, United States
Careers with Impact Our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970,... Read more