Purchasing Operations Specialist (Temp)

Role: Fixed-term (12 months)

Purchasing Operations Specialist

As the Purchasing Operations Specialist in GBS Manila, you will be responsible for:

• Validate and process purchase requests and orders, manage vendor communications, and handle invoice queries.
• Process high volumes of PR/PO creation in SAP, ensuring accuracy and compliance with policies.
• Address non-compliant documents while meeting KPIs and SLAs.
• Organize workload to meet daily targets and support the P2P team.
• Propose and support process and system improvements for optimization and automation.
• Perform JSOX controls, escalate failures, and handle ad-hoc tasks and projects.

Requirements:

• University degree (Business or Finance)
• Proven experience of working in a Purchasing, Finance / budgeting position Proven ability to process high volumes with high accuracy to tight / moving deadlines; Experience of working with Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and Service Level Agreements (SLA's); Experience in a Shared Service Centers is a plus.
• Strong command of English Language. Knowledge of languages of the markets within the GBS scope is a plus.
• Understand Purchase to Pay (P2P) end to end processes; Structured with attention to details Customer-centric Strong analytical skills; Able to support process improvements initiatives; Able to recommend solutions for problems; Able to make decisions under pressure, work to tight deadlines; Proficient SAP User; Proficient Microsoft Excel user; Support Team objectives.