Procurement Manager

Job Description

Your Future Evolves Here Evolent Health has a bold mission to change the health of the nation by changing the way health care is delivered. Our pursuit of this mission is the driving force that brings us to work each day. We believe in embracing new ideas, challenging ourselves and failing forward. We respect and celebrate individual talents and team wins. We have fun while working hard and Evolenteers often make a difference working in everything from scrubs to jeans. Are we growing? Absolutely and Globally. In 2021 we grew our teams by almost 50% and continue to grow even more in 2022. Are we recognized as a company you are supported by for your career and growth, and a great place to work? Definitely. Evolent Health International (Pune, India) has been certified as “Great Places to Work” in 2021. In 2020 and 2021 Evolent in the U.S. was both named Best Company for Women to Advance list by Parity.org and earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI). This index is the nation's foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. We recognize employees that live our values, give back to our communities each year, and are champions for bringing our whole selves to work each day. If you’re looking for a place where your work can be personally and professionally rewarding, don’t just join a company with a mission. Join a mission with a company behind it. What You’ll Be Doing: The Procurement Managers works closely with the Assistant Finance controller and VP Finance. The Procurement Manager is responsible for running the day-to-day Procurement function out of Evolent’s India offices and leads a team of 5. Procurement Strategy and Vision Work with the AFC and VP of Finance to build out and execute the overall strategy for Procurement at Evolent Lead Evolent’s efforts on cost optimization wherever possible Create a seamless procurement experience for employees on Workday Drive the automation and process improvement agenda for Procurement Contracts Obtain contractual verbiage on major spends to drive a culture of zero-risk for Evolent India and Philippine on contractual obligations Enter legacy contracts in Workday to create a single source of truth for all contracts (one-time project) Enter and maintain new Evolent India and Philippine contracts in Workday and build a process to include sufficient terms and conditions to safeguard Evolent’s interests Supplier administration and onboarding Review payment terms for every new supplier Build processes to mitigate risk of onboarding fraudulent suppliers Maintain documentation for new suppliers and ensure compliance under SOX regulations. Update the SOP and SOX narratives with the changes if any in the procedures & processes. Purchase Orders Oversee the requisition to PO process Monitor efficiency and turn-around times for requisitions and PO’s Review, maintain and issue new PO’s in Workday to suppliers Coordinate change order requests from the business Review all open and aged PO’s to optimize spend commitments Expediting the orders as per the urgency of requirement to ensure timely delivery of goods/services by supplier Follow up with requestor to ensure timely approval of PO’s. Reporting and analytics Provide information to Accounting for accurate accruals at close of period Prepare actionable insights on spend management for senior leadership Deliver customer service and stakeholder delight for overall process Skill Set Requirements The Experience You’ll Need (Required): A minimum 7+ years of experience in Procurement and supplier admin area in a large or mid-sized company. Preferable US based MNC. Must understand Supplier compliance and due diligence requirement and should have worked for vendor master creation for international vendors (especially US) Strong excel and analytics skills with the ability to get into the detail Strong stakeholder management, customer delight with a continuous improvement mindset, problem anticipation and solution. Excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills, and the ability to influence others. Experience with any of the standard ERPs used for Procurement like – Workday, Oracle, Ariba Experience with a US based MNC will be a big+ Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to convey business requirements and technical needs in a clear, concise, and effective manner Academic Qualification CA / MBA degree in Accounting or Finance Mandatory Requirements: Employees must have a high-speed broadband internet connection with a minimum speed of 50 Mbps and the ability to set up a wired connection to their home network to ensure effective remote work. These requirements may be updated as needed by the business. Evolent Health is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status . Show more Show less