The Opportunity

Looking for a new Procurement opportunity and want to join an organization in a growth mode? We need a top procurement Procure-to-Pay expert who has proven experience managing a team of buyers using; SAP & Ariba Guided Buying coupled with providing support, training, and mentoring to fellow team members on our Procurement Procure-to-Pay processes.

The Procurement Team

Our Vision & Mission:

The MassMutual Procurement vision is to be a trusted partner, who proactively engages with the enterprise to create sustainable supplier value. We enable business strategy through leading operational, process, governance, cost and risk management excellence.

As the Purchasing Manager you will play a critical role in helping to drive our transformation to become best in class for contract lifecycle management and Source-to-Pay processes. Your experience and Procurement expertise will help us achieve our transformation objectives and to optimize our team performance to support the changes we are making.

The Impact

If you are a procurement pro that has prior implementation experience, understands Source-to-Pay processes, and collaborates across the enterprise with our functional business partners, keep reading!

As the Purchasing Manager your day to day would look like but is not limited to:

• Coaching and training your team along with training P2P System Support peers and other Procurement areas like Contract and Compliance, Category, Sourcing, Diversity and Supplier Relationship Management

• Ensuring a positive, consistent user experience by maintaining and supporting our critical procurement tool connections to Icertis (CLM) Service Now, and SAP for a seamless process with the Procurement Tool Administrator

• Being part of the team that has a deep understanding of our functional business partner's needs and can help guide their decisions and actions to support their business strategy. You will help build and support ongoing initiatives that proactively support their functional business goals.

• Leveraging available data and analytics to monitor and regularly report on usage of Procure-to-Pay (P2P) tools and implement plans for improving tool usage/value

• Conducting regularly scheduled maintenance of the Ariba platform and requisite data elements.

• Managing key data by liaising with the business to assess additions, removals, and changes of business objects (suppliers, users, items, accounts, etc.)

• Serving as liaison between Procurement and Accounts Payable and ensuring a seamless end-to-end Procurement experience for key stakeholders

• Assessing implications of new software releases, configuring accordingly, and supporting and determining necessary change management with the team

• Delivering on ad hoc requests, special projects, reporting, and status inquiries

• Partnering and collaborating with other technical and non-technical MassMutual teams as needed, i.e., Legal, IT, Cash Operations, Procurement and Finance Departments

The Minimum Qualifications

• A minimum of 6 years procurement experience, including management responsibility in Procure to Pay, procurement and/or AP operations

• At least 2+ years experience managing others

• Ability to troubleshoot and make sound decisions in response to rapidly changing often complicated situations

• Prior experience being a P2P lead

• Demonstrated ability to understand complex end to end processes

The Ideal Qualifications

• Skilled as an outstanding coach, mentor, and motivator of professionals with a dedication to hiring, retaining, and developing talent within an inclusive environment

• Demonstrated commitment to improving business opportunities and diversity among its vendors by promoting minority-owned business

• Able to clearly and effectively communicate up, down, and across a decentralized matrix organization

• Proven change management skills and ability to affect change

• Exceptional negotiation and problem-solving skills

• Excellent analytical skills and quantitative approach to decision making

• Proven skills to deliver high quality customer service

What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team

• Regular meetings with the Procurement Team

• Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager

• Access to mentorship opportunities

• Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups

• Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms

• Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits

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MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status.

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