Specialist, Sourcing

Responsibilities

• Essential Duties & Responsibilities
• Provide analytical and process improvement support to corporate sourcing group up to and including data analysis, internal reporting and overall process improvement recommendations.
• Communicate with suppliers and internal customers regarding status of orders; work with both parties to resolve any issues.
• Partnering / problem solving with Accounts Payables and Suppliers to troubleshoot and resolve vendor invoice issues that have occurred in P2P systems.
• Assist Sourcing Managers with managing, testing, reporting and updating for all sourcing systems, including SAP, Ariba and other sourcing systems.
• Provide coaching and guidance to other Avient locations on the purchasing process.
• Lead and participate in lean six sigma initiatives as assigned.
• This position will offer the opportunity to obtain LSS Green Belt certification.
• Must be able to make logical and sound decisions working in a fast paced office environment.
• Support other sourcing related projects and tasks as assigned.
• Physical/Environ. Demands
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time (up to 60% of the work day). Must be able to traverse to/from required meetings. Must be able to input data into a computer. Typically work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate.