Procurement Analyst

As a Procurement Operations Specialist at BlackLine, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our procurement operations. Your responsibilities will involve managing key administrative processes, supporting vendor relationships, ensuring compliance, and contributing to strategic vendor negotiations. If you are passionate about procurement, possess strong attention to detail, and excel at working cross-functionally, we are excited to hear from you. Your main tasks will include working closely with Procurement Managers to provide insightful deal analysis, collecting, synthesizing, and summarizing data from multiple sources to support decision-making, developing and maintaining strong relationships with vendors, conducting vendor risk assessments, managing vendor master data, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulations, and assisting in the creation, storage, and maintenance of contracts. You will also partner with business stakeholders to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the procurement lifecycle, provide training on procurement policies and procedures, manage the routing of DocuSign agreements for approval, monitor contracts for renewal, expiration, or amendments, standardize procurement processes through SOPs, and lead procurement-related projects from initiation to completion. To be successful in this role, you should have at least 2 years of experience in procurement, operations, data analysis, supply chain, finance, accounting, or related fields with a focus on process management and compliance. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent education is required. Additionally, you should possess strong analytical skills, project management skills, attention to detail, communication skills, and organizational skills. Experience with vendor master data management, contract management, or procurement compliance is a plus. Preferred qualifications include experience administering P2P platforms such as Coupa, SAP Ariba, or Oracle Procurement Cloud, as well as experience in developing, documenting, and implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for procurement processes. Join us at BlackLine, a technology-based company that values innovation, diversity, and continuous learning. We offer a culture where your unique qualities are embraced, and professional development opportunities are abundant. Be part of a dynamic team that is shaping the future of Finance Automation and making a difference in the world of modern finance.,