Procurement Contractor Full Time

The Supplier Management Associate supports AvalonBay’s Enterprise Procurement & Supplier Management department. This position will support SRM and Sourcing t teams leading/assisting on daily activities for Supplier Management and Procurement activities. This individual will be responsible for building relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers assisting with mediation of issue resolution and monitoring of supplier performance. Work with SRM Manager and business stakeholders and/or other staff to run reports on supplier data, identifying trends, and providing insights to support decision-making within the Sourcing & SRM teams. . Communicating with internal teams and suppliers, providing updates on project status, and facilitating meetings. May recommend changes to business processes or policies.

Essential Job Functions:

• Facilitate effective communication between internal business users and external suppliers to drive positive outcomes to resolve supplier performance issues identified by business or supplier. Work with Strategic Sourcing as appropriate to put together plans to resolve contractual or other issues
• Perform supplier data analysis in support of SRM team or management and proactively identify trends and opportunity areas in supplier performance.
• Support the supplier onboarding process including access issues reported by suppliers or internal teams to ensure suppliers have system access and can navigate the procure to pay system.
• Review and address supplier issues related to the procure to pay process and escalate to internal teams accordingly.
• Oversee the acquisitions and dispositions process for reviewing and updating contracts for communities being acquired/disposed, taking appropriate action to update documents and ensure contract teams update and load contracts into the database as applicable.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• BS/BA degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or related fields

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

Minimum Requirements:

• 1-2 years equivalent experience in procurement, contracts, or supplier management
• Exceptional communication and teamwork skills with both internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a rapidly changing environment
• Competence in reading, understanding, and interpreting contract language, including scope of work and service levels.
• Strong analytics and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products – Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Preferred

• Exposure to hospitality or property management industries
• Experience with Procure to Pay systems

Physical Demands:

• Normal office environment

Working Environment:

• Normal office environment

Source: Avalon Bay Career Page

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