Red Wing Shoe Company
Red Wing Shoe Company was built on America’s great promise; if one worked hard enough, one could achieve anything. In 1905, Mr. Charles Beckman founded the Red Wing Shoe Company. As a Main Street shoe store owner, he recognized the need for comfortable and durable work boots. Word of the quality and comfort built into every pair spread quickly and the company prospered. One hundred plus years later, the company is still located in Red Wing, Minnesota. Red Wing products consistently perform in environments spanning from the Mideast oil fields to the Midwest corn fields and still deliver on Mr. Beckman’s original promise of building a work boot that would be as tough as the customer who wore them. Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. continues to be a privately-held corporation based in Red Wing, Minnesota. The Red Wing Shoes brand is distributed in more than 110 countries around the globe, including over 4,000 U.S. retail locations serving both consumer and industrial customers. With over 2,000 employees, Red Wing is famous for its premium quality work and safety footwear.
Headquarter Location:
Red Wing, MN
Red Wing Shoe Company is hiring a Remote Sr. Software Procurement Analyst
Job Description
As a Sourcing Analyst within our Business Technology category, you will bring your process improvement and collaboration skills with your strong attention to detail to contract, procure and ensure proper payments for the needs of IT and other corporate functions. You’ll drive improvement in existing processes through better leveraging of technology, data and analytics. Reporting through the data and analytics group, you will use and grow your strong knowledge of Excel, data, and Power BI to take them to new levels and provide new insights to the IT leadership team. You’ll be an important member of the team to identify and drive cost-saving opportunities. Primary responsibilities include:
Drive transformation in BT licensing, payments and analytics:
- Establish ServiceNow Vendor Management solution as the primary focal point of all data and processes regarding contracts and payments
- Re-engineer processes to eliminate duplication of effort within IT and with partner organizations like finance (AP)
- Implement best practices in procurement, incorporating automation and innovation where applicable.
- Identify vendor KPIs; collect data and provide insight to leadership on problem vendors
- Improve reporting through use of Power BI utilizing data from ServiceNow and ERP
- Further improve contract management of cloud services and drive cost optimization opportunities
- Improve cross-functional collaboration by facilitating communication between IT, legal, finance, marketing, and other business units.
Facilitate new and renewal contracts and other purchases:
- Assist IT leadership by facilitating creation of new purchase orders and contracts and onboarding of new vendors
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with vendors and ensure renewals are handled properly
- Assist Project Managers in setting up capital projects and tracking spend to them.
- Maintain the IT corporate credit card by purchasing items and submitting expense reports as needed
Ensure payments are made with proper financial controls:
- Review invoices and route for approval and payment
- Troubleshoot contracts and invoices and drive to resolution
Facilitate the IT Finance Function
- Prepare documents and analyses in preparation for annual budgeting
- Lead discussions by bringing forward proposed actions / plans for each vendor for the following year
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) from four-year college or university and five to seven years related experience/training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- 5+ years of experience in contracts and payments management, preferably within IT and software licensing
- Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and improve processes
- Strong knowledge of contract law and payment processing
- Strong knowledge of Excel, working knowledge of data and solutions like Power BI
- Experience with a Vendor Management Solution such as ServiceNow
- Excellent communication
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Desire to grow skillset to include contract negotiation and risk management
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