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Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.Role DefinitionSupports the execution of designing, developing, deploying, and monitoring procurement capabilities to provide business solutions that are globally effective & applicable.ResponsibilitiesLeading projects associated with lean processes, global market understanding, tools, and systems.Designs and develops solutions, collaborates with senior stakeholders and business users to collect voice-of-business/voice-of-customer, business requirements, and prepares implementation plans for successful deployment.Contributes to strategic initiatives such as the development of standardized best practices, offerings, services and development of associated tools and training.Serves as the lead technical representative for a respective discipline and will work directly with a wide range of procurement and enterprise representatives, including presenting recommendations to senior leaders.Degree RequirementDegree requiredSkill DescriptorsData Analytics: Knowledge of techniques and processes for inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data; ability to discover useful information, draw logical conclusions, and support decision-making.Level Working Knowledge:Collects required data through various data sources and documents them for evaluating trends and activities.Assists in preparing charts, graphs, tables, and other tools to represent the results obtained from data analysis.Researches business-related data, analyzes, interprets, and presents findings to management.Recognizes and assesses problems, opportunities, and methods for improving existing business performance.Utilizes designated data analysis software to analyze the data.Negotiating: Knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across the organization and with external vendors and clients in a constructive and collaborative manner.Level Expert:Leads complex, high-impact or volatile negotiations involving high business risks.Advocates a win-win approach to negotiating.Explains appropriateness of using adversarial negotiating versus joint problem-solving techniques.Overcomes resistance to the negotiation process.Teaches others the subtleties of negotiating strategic or high-impact agreements.Negotiates complex matters involving multiple parties