Procurement Associate

Your Job

An IT Procurement Associate should bring experience in Procurement, Supply Chain and Customer Service skills. High attention to detail, critical thinking and excellent written and verbal communication skills are key attributes for this role.

What You Will Do

• Assist customers with questions and/or status updates related to orders, coordination of product returns, and ownership of backorder notification process.
• Develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with business partners, customers, and suppliers.
• Provide backup/support for the Wichita stockroom (i.e., maintaining inventory, processing hardware returns, and handling hardware checkout).
• Shared email box management.
• Assist with software license checks and license key delivery
• Proactively provide solutions, manage expectations and outcomes with and customers and suppliers.
• Actively and consistently identify opportunities to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Ability to effectively work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple competing priorities.
  
  
  

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree and 1-3 years of experience in supply chain management, Procurement Operations, or IT procurement
• Experience in working closely with suppliers and Vendor Management
• Able to add value, reduce costs and business improvements.
• Able to apply critical thinking to solve complex problems.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills with an ability to relay complex information between multiple parties.
• Strong Attention to detail and Prioritization
• Experience using Microsoft Applications (Outlook, Excel, SharePoint).
  
  
  

What Will Put You Ahead:

• A passion for leveraging new technologies to transform business processes.
• Strong conceptual, analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Experience in procurement of IT hardware and software.
• Experience with ServiceNow and Ariba/Coupa procurement software.
• Experience in IT Asset Management
  
  
  

Who We Are

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

As a Koch company, Koch Global Services (KGS) provides consulting and transactional services for Koch companies in the areas of human resources, information technology, finance, accounting as well as project, facilities, and property management. Our think tank of problem-solvers and idea-makers transform work life for 122,000 employees around the globe. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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