Procurement Excellence

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Position Summary

The Procurement Excellence Lead will support procurement operations, contract management, supplier management, data governance, and cost analysis in Syracuse, NY. This role will help strengthen contract visibility, procurement KPIs, dashboards, cost reduction tracking, and reporting tools while providing data-driven insights to support decision-making and cross-functional accountability.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Establish procurement standards, improve operational visibility, and drive accountability across procurement processes, with emphasis on contract management, supplier performance, reporting discipline, and cross-functional execution.
• Serve as the technical owner for procurement KPIs, metrics, dashboards, and reporting tools, including development, maintenance, and continuous improvement.
• Own procurement contract tracking and visibility, including contract data accuracy, obligation tracking, renewal and expiration awareness, KPI linkage, risk identification, and escalation of gaps or issues with supporting analysis.
• Lead assigned procurement initiatives and new supplier contract activities, coordinating stakeholders through RFQ support, vendor selection, NDA execution, contract review, negotiation support, and launch readiness.
• Establish supplier performance scorecards and review cadences, including supplier business reviews, to define meaningful metrics, interpret performance trends, and recommend actions that improve supplier accountability and business outcomes.
• Initiate vendor setup activities, coordinate required information across stakeholders, and establish data tracking, KPI, and governance expectations for new vendors.
• Lead invoicing governance by coordinating monthly invoice review meetings, owning invoicing trackers, establishing invoice-related KPIs and metrics, analyzing issue trends, and driving timely resolution with internal stakeholders and vendors.
• Prepare supplier and category spend analyses, monitor contract activity, track savings and cost reduction plans against goals, and identify cost avoidance, cost reduction, or process improvement opportunities.