Centralized Vendor Analyst  

• You’ll be part of a group of sourcing experts that have as our mission buying all goods and services for the Americas region.
• Our core business is transactional Buying for 3rd Party, and other specialized operations that support the sourcing process.
• We bring operational excellence thru simplified and cost-efficient processes

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• As a Procurement Service Center - Centralized Vendor Analyst in 3M Global Service Center, you will be responsible to evaluate, analyses and provide maintenance to the vendors globally.
• As a Procurement Service Center - Centralized Vendor Analyst in 3M Global Service Center, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
• Act as the subject matter expert for the vendors creations and maintenance process into the Procurement Service Center to drive process excellence across the organization.
• Strongly contribute with the strategic pillars of the Service Center.
• Understanding of business processes, business data, and how to turn data into useful and actionable information to the success of this role.
• Support action plans for Procurement Teams.
• Identify problems, map processes, analyze data and provide solutions to address root cause(s).
• Maintains connection with Procurement Service Center Teams in GSC, deploying plants, sourcing partners and local supervisors, and APL.
• Identify process gaps/ improvements and advice standard procedure changes to Global Procurement Service Center Team.

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor degree of University/College Education.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements that stretch beyond direct area of responsibility.
• 2+ years of experience working in similar roles
• Customer service experience.
• Demonstrated detailed orientation and working with operational processes

Soft skills:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills strives for win-win.
• Detail oriented, self-directed and have strong independent problem-solving skills.
• Proactive attitude and analytical skills.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment

Technical skills:

• ERP knowledge (SAP, PS, Oracle, and other Legacy System) is a must.
• Advanced/ Fluent English level:
• Intermediate/ Advanced Excel skills
• We are looking for a person that implements and has strong alignment with 3M culture and values
• Customer at our core: Think like and with the costumer
• Innovating boldly: Pioneer solutions and processes
• Powered by inclusion: Cultivate connected community
• Winning with agility: Collaborate efficiently
• Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
• Strong organization, project leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Able to deal with high degree of ambiguity, maintain composure and negotiate solutions in challenging and stressful situations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, plus an ability to auto motivate.
• Ability to solve complex problems where in-depth analysis and evaluation of various factors is required
• Flexible to support EMEA and US time zone (midshift and graveyard)