Procurement Operations Analyst

Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.

Why join Coupa?
Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.

Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.

Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.

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The Impact of Procurement Analyst to Coupa:
The Procurement Analyst will serve as an operational expert within the Procurement team. They will support all procurement activities including category planning, managing contract execution, punch-out catalogs, and vendor relationship management. They will liaise with external suppliers, internal stakeholders, and be responsible for the management and fulfillment of day-to-day procurement activities and service-level agreements.

This role will promote visibility and the advancement of our procurement process, further accelerating value delivery across the business and the execution of our strategic objectives.

What You'll Do:

• Support the sourcing and procurement organization in meeting our goals and objectives for the overall business strategy
• Support the development and implementation of procurement strategies and policies, delivering cost savings based on sourcing strategies and compliance management
• Support the financial analysis of various portfolios, including market price benchmarking and total cost analysis
• Shows excellent judgement regarding standard operating procedures to help expedite results and meet timelines
• Ensure consistent application of procurement processes across constituent groups
• Measure compliance by end users to procurement policies and contracts
• Identify opportunities to standardize purchasing requirements
• Identify and evaluate suppliers; analyze quotes from a TCO perspective
• Partner with internal business units to support contracts, renewals, and new spend requests
• Work with the Coupa Supplier Community to drive e-invoicing and usage of the CSP (Coupa Supplier Portal)
• Assist internal customers (Coupa employees) with a wide range of tasks related to the overall P2P life cycle
• Support the Procurement team by providing timely and accurate assistance on relevant topics and initiatives as required
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to think strategically and make recommendations

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

• 1-3 years of experience in Procurement, Operational Management, Business Administration/Business Operations, Purchasing, or Process Management
• Excellent analytical, verbal, and written skills with high attention to detail
• Excellent internal relationship-building skills – your ability to partner with other parts of the organization will be critical to your success
• Strong customer service skills, and technical knowledge of P2P/ERP systems
• Understanding of basic contractual terms is preferred
• Experience or interest in ESG is a plus

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