Procurement Operations Specialist

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Skills you'll use

What you'll do

• Monitor and manage the purchase order process for both local and global purchasing needs through Columbia’s procurement system, ensuring accuracy of pricing, documentation, and compliance prior to order release.
• Serve as a point of contact for internal stakeholders and suppliers regarding procurement processes, providing guidance and resolving inquiries. Provide training, coaching, and hands‑on support to business partners to improve process understanding, reduce rework, and drive adoption of procurement tools and standard ways of working.
• Partner closely with Accounts Payable and requesting departments to ensure accuracy of P2P process, and resolve purchasing, invoicing and receiving issues. Act as an operational bridge across upstream and downstream partners to prevent errors, reduce cycle time, and improve end‑to‑end P2P outcomes.
• Support new supplier onboarding, including intake, validation, and registration. Coordinate supplier enablement and catalog programs. Coordinate with category management and sourcing teams to ensure timely supplier setup to support sourcing activities.
• Participate in and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement function including identification of recurring issues and opportunities to simplify the process.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of procurement operational objectives.
• ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Indicate additional specific requirements if applicable.

Who can apply

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, or related field preferred.
• Related Experience
• 5–7 years of experience in procurement operations, purchasing, or related roles. Experience with eProcurement systems (e.g., Ariba) preferred.
• Additional Education or Specific Certification
• English Language Proficiency.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (i.e. software applications, programming languages, etc.)
• - Strong customer service mindset and ability to build relationships.
• - Knowledge of purchasing best practices and processes.
• - Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• - Strong problem-solving mindset.

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