Procurement Specialist II

Job Description:

About the position:

• We are seeking a detail-oriented Procurement Specialist II to join our team. This role is crucial to our procurement function, responsible for managing and analyzing data related to our third-party costs. The insights derived from this data play an important role in understanding profitability across the company and managing spend with service providers. 

• This role supports Purchase Order and contract workflow creation and maintenance throughout the year, coordinating and aligning with stakeholders budgetary amounts into the Purchase orders, placing on time new orders, engaging with Accounts Payables to keep the process running smoothly. The role also engages in supplier management, project coordination, process improvement efforts, among other activities.

What will the Procurement Specialist II be doing?

• Data Management: Collect, maintain, and analyze data on third-party costs to support profitability analysis.

• Invoice Validation: Review and validate invoices from third-party vendors, ensuring accuracy against contract terms.

• Stakeholder Coordination: Act as a liaison between procurement, finance, and other departments, ensuring all stakeholders have accurate, up-to-date information regarding third-party costs and contract compliance.

• Purchase Order management: Create, coordinate, manage purchase orders and their continuity in the P2P process.

• Contract workflows: Supports contract workflows and its approvals, aligned and linked with the corresponding purchase orders.

• Assessing competitiveness between suppliers and recommending action from it.

• Process Improvement: Identify and recommend process enhancements within procurement to improve data accuracy and efficiency.

• Participate in Global Procurement projects, seeking to identify improvement opportunities to maximize the benefit to Remitly.

• Aim for the stars when setting goals and always keep continuous improvement in mind, whether for personal development or process improvement.

Position requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Industrial Eng., Foreign Trade or related careers.

• At least two years of work experience in Purchasing, Finance or Accounting.

• Excellent communications skill in English, will be communicating with globally diverse teams and top management key stakeholders.

• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies.

• Proficiency in spreadsheet and data analysis tools (e.g. Excel or similar).

• Experience with data visualization and reporting tools (e.g. Tableau or similar); experience in SQL is highly preferred.

• Familiarity with procurement processes and contract management.

• Ability to perform multiple tasks with great precision and a high degree of urgency with minimal supervision.

• Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced, dynamic environments where decisions are made without compromising customer experience or financial loss.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with SQL and database tools for advanced data analysis.

• Experience in process improvement and documentation.

• Certification in Data Analysis, Accounting, Finance, Purchasing.

• Continuous improvement certification: Lean, Six Sigma, or similar.

Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.