KION is looking for key talent to join our winning team. Currently, we are looking to add a Procurement Process Excellence Specialist to join the Global Procurement Governance and Process Excellence team. This is an exciting opportunity for experienced change agent to drive overall Process Excellence activities that will push our organizational performance to world-class. The ideal candidate will have experience in leading procurement organizations and processes, as well as demonstrated capability in process improvement/administrative lean/system optimization. This position includes working with global Procurement talent and cross-functional groups to map the end-to-end process and define all inputs, outputs, and stakeholders across the organization. In addition, you will define and implement appropriate process enhancements to address identified gaps and support consistency across the global procurement organization.
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The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $82,000-$130,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
Tasks and Qualifications:
This is What You Will do in This Role:
The Procurement Process Excellence Specialist provides support to drive process/systems improvements and compliance within Global Procurement Functions. Applicants need experience within a procurement governance role and/or procurement process/policies. SAP system experience is required.
Overall, you will develop global business process design and documentation for Procurement to provide solutions that enhance the enterprise's competitive edge. This responsibility will be achieved by:
- Analyzing current processes to understand strengths and weaknesses
- translating Procurement's current and future business requirements into functional specs for the IT organization
- Lead the identification of Procurement-relevant technology tools and solutions
- Determining opportunities to automate processes and functions, and
- Developing and tracking appropriate KPIs for Procurement processes
What We are Looking For:
- University or Advanced Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or other related field
- Preferred 6-8 years of direct experience in Procurement/Purchasing roles
- Proficient to expert-level data analysis and reporting skills
- Strong utilization of MS Office (Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Experience working in and/or using SAP (superuser preferred) or other ERP system
- Proficient written and spoken English capability is required; preference for multilingual
- Process mapping experience required
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong communication skills, written, spoken, and presentation
- Demonstrated collaboration across a heavily matrixed organization
- Ability to work in fast paced, dynamic environment and build strong internal and cross-functional relationships
- Experience with Shared services preferred
- Ability to travel up to 25%