What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Specialist position at Credit Karma?
We are looking for a person who is passionate about process improvement while being a face of Procurement for our employees and vendors. The ideal candidate will have some technical familiarity with understanding Procure-to-Pay (P2P) platforms, overall strong experience in invoicing/payments/receiving, as well as a contract drafting and information security/ compliance understanding. Furthermore, the successful candidate should have experience in a prior tactical and operational role. This role will be 80% day-to-day operational support of Purchase Requisitions, fielding employee requests and releasing documents for eSignature. The remaining 20% will be dedicated to overall process improvement and eProcurement tool recommendations and enhancements gleamed from business user engagements.
If you have an interest in driving company-wide change, leading spend optimization through innovative policies and system solutions, then this role could be for you!
What You'll Do:
- Be a point of contact between employees and vendors, setting expectations on purchases/payment
- Review and process Third Party Risk intake requests. Work with legal, compliance, security, and FP&A on a daily basis by initiating the NDA, third-party vendor compliance, and contractual components while streamlining the process over time.
- Partner with the Procurement Manager II and Sr. Procurement specialist to define and revise process flows to improve the E2E metrics for source to pay
- Coach, educate and train employees on the receiving process and support Accounts Payable for notable end of month receiving activities
- Harness the eProcurement analytics platform to understand where to focus improve spend under management and which business groups to train in creating purchase order requests
- Focus on day-to-day operational activities to ensure quick response times to employees and vendors as well as timely Purchase Requisition review and approvals
- Lead and foster business engagement with Marketing, HR, Facilities and other G&A teams in supporting their requests and managing improvement feedback
Basic Minimum Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in a business operations role, vendor management office, or operational procurement team
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, or equivalent relevant work experience
- Understanding of legal contracting and compliance process and having worked closely with such teams
- Understanding of Procure-to-Pay processes, including but not limited to eProcurement, prepaid, accruals, fixed assets, strategic sourcing, and IT equipment expense management
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to communicate effectively with personnel across multiple levels of the organization
- Have a customer service, customer first attitude by going above and beyond to help employees through Procurement/financial processes
- Prior experience working in or with Accounting, FP&A and Accounts Payable teams is nice to have
- Ability to deal with ambiguity in a dynamic fast-paced business environment
- A motivated self-starter & owner attitude
