Approve 90% of Shopping carts/Purchase requisitions within average time of 24 hours.
Monitor, analyze and resolve purchase order invoice exceptions created in the Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) tool daily.
Document root cause of exception trends and lessons learned to prevent future occurrence of non-routine processing and improve existing processes.
Partner with Finance to resolve outstanding reconciliation items in the goods receipt/invoice receipt clearing account.
Interpret purchase order exception data to opportunities to improve the purchase order structure.
Liaise between Accounts Payable, Finance, EY business users, Sourcing Managers and EY suppliers.
Prepare status reports and operational statistics to capture monthly metrics.
Participate in weekly meetings with respective Accounts Payable team to audit aged exceptions, evaluate exception clearing performance, and document training opportunities.
Responsible to achieve regional targets as per SLAs and defined department goals.

Proficiency in both English and Japanese languages, both verbally and in writing, is required.
Bachelor’s degree required. Any procurement and supply chain related certificated are added advantage
Good level of knowledge and understanding of the S2P Process is desired
Knowledge of SAP SRM, ECC, VIM and Ariba Network is preferred
Should be a good team player, good team working capabilities
preferably experience from working in a virtual/global team
Culturally sensitive, capable of handling interactions with a “global mind set”
Strong oral and written communication skills
Communication with external third parties (suppliers) that might also be a client to EY is required
Good interpersonal skills – able to handle conflict situations and resolve issues satisfactorily
Ability to organize own work and work independently
Excellent organization, analytical and problem-solving skills
Positive, can-do attitude and good business acumen
+5 years of working experience
Lean Process Management mind set
provide suggestions to improve service delivery, process efficiency, automations, and innovation.

Senior Procurement Analyst, S2P Operations

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