Specialist, Sourcing

The Sourcing Specialist will be actively involved in projects and analysis that will drive process improvement for the sourcing organisation. Other position responsibilities include the support of category managers and functional directors in the execution of category level strategies inclusive of supplier transaction level issue resolution and overall supplier performance measurement. This position may manage one or more categories with an estimated annual spend of between $0-20M.

**Essential Duties & Responsibilities **

• Provide analytical and process improvement support to corporate sourcing group up to and including data analysis, internal reporting and overall process improvement recommendations.

• Communicate with suppliers and internal customers regarding status of orders; work with both parties to resolve any issues.

• Partnering / problem solving with Accounts Payables and Suppliers to troubleshoot and resolve vendor invoice issues that have occurred in P2P systems.

• Assist Sourcing Managers with managing, testing, reporting and updating for all sourcing systems, including SAP, Ariba and other sourcing systems.

• Provide coaching and guidance to other Avient locations on the purchasing process.

• Lead and participate in lean six sigma initiatives as assigned.

• This position will offer the opportunity to obtain LSS Green Belt certification.

• Must be able to make logical and sound decisions working in a fast paced office environment.

• Support other sourcing related projects and tasks as assigned.

Physical/Environ. Demands

Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time (up to 60% of the work day). Must be able to traverse to/from required meetings. Must be able to input data into a computer. Typically work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate.