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Lead day-to-day procurement operations and a team of analysts, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant delivery across Coupa transactions, supplier enablement, contract administration, reporting, and audit support. The role owns workload management, service quality, stakeholder communication, coaching, and continuous improvement.Job Description:\nKey responsibilities:\nProcess and oversee purchase requisitions in Coupa, ensuring compliance with procurement policies.\nCoupa Supplier Enablement:\n- Review and approve new supplier requests\n- Perform due diligence reviews for new and existing suppliers, coordinating with business owners to collect and validate required information\n- Provide end user support and training on new supplier requests.\nCoordinate contract administration processes, including document workflow management, contract renewal monitoring, and intake and assignment of new requests through Planner Board and LawVu systems\nProvide general procurement support for business users and suppliers, resolving routine inquiries and escalating complex issues appropriately\nStakeholder Alignment & Development - Cross-Functional Collaboration\nCoordinate with US-based procurement leadership to prioritize workload, clarify requirements, and escalate issues or risks in a timely manner\nRespond to basic business user and supplier inquiries with professionalism and accuracy, providing clear communication regarding procurement timelines and status\nSupport procurement excellence by documenting workflows, identifying process improvement opportunities, and assisting with implementation of approved recommendations\nParticipate in training and knowledge transfer activities to build analyst expertise and support organizational continuity\nLead, coach, and develop procurement analysts through regular guidance, knowledge sharing, and performance feedback\nAllocate work, monitor capacity and priorities, and ensure service levels, accuracy, and turnaround commitments are achieved.\nPerform due diligence for new and existing suppliers, coordinating with business owners to validate required information.\nReview complex or high-risk transactions, provide approvals within authority, and 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