Procurement Operations Leader, Buy Desk

About this role

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The Procurement Operations Leader, Buy Desk is responsible for owning the end-to-end purchase requisition and purchase order lifecycle — ensuring every transaction is accurately set up, fully documented, properly authorized, and compliant with procurement policy. This role serves as a critical operational bridge between business requestors, strategic sourcing, accounts payable, and suppliers, while driving process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement across the procure-to-pay workflow.

Operating with a high degree of ownership and attention to detail, this individual will build scalable, repeatable operating standards for the Buy Desk function — ensuring the organization can transact efficiently, compliantly, and at speed.

The impact you will have:

Purchase Requisition Review & Compliance

• Review incoming purchase requisitions to ensure accurate set-up in alignment with the associated scope of work or order form, including:

• Product or service description

• Quantity and unit pricing

• Total amount and budget alignment

• Service start and end dates

• Payment terms and conditions

• Validate that all required supporting documentation is attached to or referenced within the purchase requisition (e.g., statements of work, order forms, quotes, executed contracts).

• Ensure purchase requisitions are routed through and approved by all designated authorized individuals in accordance with the organization's delegation of authority matrix.

• Identify and resolve requisition discrepancies or missing information before progressing to PO issuance.

• Serve as the first line of review for policy compliance, spend thresholds, and approval requirements.

Purchase Order Management

• Own end-to-end PO lifecycle from creation and approval routing through receipt confirmation and closure.

• Manage a high-volume daily transaction queue with accuracy, consistency, and speed.

• Resolve PO discrepancies, invoice mismatches, and delivery exceptions in coordination with Accounts Payable and suppliers.

Strategic Sourcing Support

• Partner with the strategic sourcing team to support post-contract execution activities, including:

• Accurate metadata management into the contract management system upon contract execution

• Uploading fully executed documents to the contract repository in a timely and organized manner

• Ensuring contract records are complete, accurate, and audit-ready

• Maintain and update supplier records, onboard new vendors through the standard intake process, and ensure approved supplier lists remain current.

Process Improvement & Automation

• Identify manual or repetitive tasks within the Buy Desk workflow and champion automation and streamlining initiatives.

• Support configuration and adoption of procurement technology platforms (e-procurement, intake tools, catalog management).

• Build and maintain SOPs, workflow guides, and buying channel configurations to enable consistent, scalable execution.

• Drive continuous improvement across the procure-to-pay cycle using data-driven insights.

Reporting & Data Integrity

• Track and report on key Buy Desk metrics: transaction volume, requisition cycle times, PO compliance rates, and approval turnaround.

• Flag policy exceptions and support audit readiness through disciplined data hygiene practices.

• Contribute procurement operations data to leadership reporting and cross-functional dashboards.

What we look for:

Required

• 5+ years of experience in procurement operations, purchasing, or procure-to-pay functions.

• Demonstrated experience reviewing, processing, and managing high-volume purchase requisitions and purchase orders.

• Strong understanding of PO lifecycle, approval workflows, and delegation of authority frameworks.

• Experience validating supporting procurement documentation such as statements of work, order forms, contracts, and quotes.

• Hands-on proficiency with ERP or e-procurement platforms (Coupa, Ariba, SAP, Oracle, or similar).

• Exceptional attention to detail with a process-oriented, high-ownership mindset.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.

Preferred

• Experience supporting strategic sourcing teams with contract metadata management and repository administration.

• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems.

• Background in AP workflows,