Associate, Procurement Operations

<p><strong> </strong><strong>Who We Are:</strong></p> <p><em>Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. We develop and publish products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, and Zynga. Our strategy is to create hit entertainment experiences, delivered on every platform relevant to our audience through a variety of sound business models. Our pillars - creativity, innovation, and efficiency - guide us as we strive to create the highest quality, most captivating experiences for our consumers. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at </em><a href="http://www.take2games.com/"><em>http://www.take2games.com</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p><strong>The Challenge</strong></p> <p>Global Procurement provides strategic sourcing, category management, and procurement operations expertise to support T2 and its labels.</p> <p>A key member of the Global Procurement team, the Procurement Operations Associate is responsible for the onboarding of suppliers and active management of the supplier database across the labels globally. Additionally, the Procurement Operations Associate will assist in local agreements, purchase orders and other operations tasks.</p> <p><strong>What You’ll Take On</strong></p> <ul> <li>Onboard new suppliers and customers onto T2’s P2P platform – JD Edwards</li> <li>Train business stakeholders on the supplier onboarding process, use of the form / onboarding portal, etc.</li> <li>Maintain the current supplier database, making updates and removing outdated information as required</li> <li>Help build the strategy, communications plan, obtain stakeholder alignment, and execute the centralization of supplier onboarding across all T2 regions</li> <li>Identify areas of opportunity to improve the current supplier/customer onboarding process including technology, along with integration into the larger P2P process</li> <li>Review assigned purchase requisitions and contracts to ensure appropriate purchasing method/structure, authorization, and policy compliance</li> <li>Create purchase orders in compliance with contract terms and manage the purchase order through its lifecycle</li> <li>Be accountable for researching and resolving Receiving and Accounts Payable issues for assigned purchase order and departments</li> <li>Provide assistance, guidance, and training to stakeholders throughout the business on procurement related topics</li> <li>Build strong relationships with our global partners and suppliers to foster collaboration, and open communication</li> <li>Support process improvement and change initiatives across the procurement to pay cycle including adoption of the ServiceNow Source-to-Pay orchestration tool – Procurement Center</li> </ul> <p><strong>What You Bring </strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Business, or relevant field of study is preferred and 1-3 years of buying, supply chain, procurement, or other related experience</li> <li>Demonstrated experience in managing a high volume of requests and providing related administrative support within a large organization</li> <li>Strong analytical, oral, and written communication skills across global contexts</li> <li>Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment</li> <li>Experience with JD Edwards, ServiceNow and other P2P platforms is a plus<em> </em></li> </ul> <p><strong>What We Offer You: </strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><u>Great Company Culture</u></strong>. We pride ourselves as being one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.</li> <li><strong><u>Growth</u></strong>: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environ ... (truncated, view full listing at source)