Who we want:

Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.

Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.

Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

What you will do:

You will be a part of the Indirect Procurement function, reporting into the IP Strategy & Programs team supporting, processes, tools, enhancements, expansion and the execution of transportation analytics and bids.  Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Develop reports, analyze spend, aggregate data and apply sourcing and indirect procurement (IP) methodologies and tools to drive preferred supplier utilization and continuous improvement opportunities.

• Support transportation procurement and supplier process optimization.

• Liaise with stakeholders for IP Coupa operations support for internal, executing bid events, external, and interdepartmental process excellence, customer support, problem solving, supplier management and project management

• Provide end user and supplier support.

• Actively liaise and troubleshoot issues with cross functional teams to drive process improvements relative to Coupa, logistics rate data integration, the Stryker buying process and sub processes and IP operations.

• Manage internal supplier support processes, troubleshoot data discrepancies, and interface failure resolution. Coordinate with suppliers, technical resources, and data experts for resolution to deliver long term solutions and mitigate future risk.

• Establish subject matter expertise within Coupa, the Sourcing Optimization Module, and related tools and processes.

• Actively support IP category teams and leaders with Coupa RFx and analytics support to enable functional KPI achievement. Utilize and administer sourcing events using a data-table based sourcing system (Coupa Sourcing Optimization).

What you need:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree required (Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance/Accounting or related field)

• 2 years of experience in supply chain, transportation, logistics, indirect or direct purchasing organization, or supporting functions.

Preferred

• 2 years experience in procurement systems and data based sourcing tools (Coupa Sourcing Optimization, JAGGAER, Ariba, SAP, etc).

• 2 years working with large data sets, data analytics, Excel, PowerBI, Tableau.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

• SQL/coding experience.