Sr Purchasing Assistant - CocaCola - Atlanta, GA

Position Overview:
About The Coca-Cola Company

Everyone knows Coca-Cola. It’s the best-known product in the world. We’ve been making it since 1886 and it still tastes the same. As a business, The Coca-Cola Company is constantly evolving – we develop new products, acquire great brands and pioneer new ways of doing things. We sell four of the world’s top five non-alcoholic sparkling drinks (Coke, Coke light, Sprite and Fanta) and 3,600+ products in over 200 countries, including water, juices, energy drinks, and even tea and coffee. Altogether, that adds up to more than 1.9 billion drinks around the globe every day.

Global Business Services (GBS)

GBS is The Coca-Cola Company’s multi-functional internal shared-services organization providing a wide range of transactional services across all Coca-Cola business units within functional areas such as: Finance and Procurement Operations, Human Resources Operations, Workplace Strategy and Operations, Controls and Compliance, Change Practice, Operational Excellence, Data Governance, User Experience and Content, and Creative Business Solutions. Our GBS main locations are Warsaw (Poland), Drogheda (Ireland), Buenos Aires (Argentina), San José (Costa Rica), Manila (Philippines), and Atlanta (Georgia, USA).

We offer our associates:
The Coca-Cola Company’s extraordinary heritage, our leading brands and the global scale of what we do.

The challenge of meaningful work – our unique global system offers constant opportunities to develop world-class skills and a truly international career.

A unique culture where people do what they love and live their values.

The kind of competitive compensation you would expect from a world leader.

At The Coca-Cola Company, our people have their own formula for turning passion into action. Together, that’s how we push the world’s greatest brands to new heights. What’s your secret formula?

Sr. Purchasing Assistant Atlanta, GA

Position Overview

We are seeking a dynamic, financially minded, client focused Sr. Purchasing Assistant to join our Procure To Pay team! You will be responsible for processing procurement requests for our internal client ensuring their transactions are executed with accuracy and timeliness. You will ensure our clients financial transactions remain in balance by conducting regular monitoring of their transactions. You will also collect and analyze data from our clients to report their accruals each month to ensure their transactions align to company reporting standards. We are hiring “Multiple Openings!”

Key Responsibilities

Purchase Requisition/Shopping cart creation and validate data to ensure proper PO creation, i.e. UNSPC codes, G/L accounts

Purchase Order maintenance(i.e. creation, changes, GR/IR , closures)

Review, facilitate and respond to operational procurement inquiries for the clients# Facilitate the goods receipt process and/or create goods receipts

Work with Accounts Payable to clear blocked invoices and/or issues which delay timely payment of invoices to the vendor

Prepare monthly accrual reports and analyze data to ensure accuracy.

Actively participate in monthly accrual meeting with Finance clients. Follow up with business clients and Finance on outstanding items to finalize report in a very short period of time.

Prepare and review monthly PO reports extracting data from SAP to report out monthly to clients

Analyze and determine POs to be closed according to the Company’s policy procedures, and internal controls

Serve as a subject matter expert on various procurement related business processes, works with team to ensure compliance and consistency to deliver results

Serve as initial point of contact for Purchasing Assistants for first step issue resolution, working with internal and external client to resolve issues# Routinely update and document standard operating procedures for team

Communicate effectively with relevant stakeholders (i.e. business client, management, Finance clients )

Outline and identify purchase orders with open commitments and reconcile out of balance Purchase Orders (GR/IR) to minimize audit risk for business

Compile, analyze, and submit data to auditors when requested for our clients Technical Skills

Intermediate Excel skills (i.e. pivot tables, v-lookups, formulas, etc)

Must have the ability to create PowerPoint presentations for small audiences

Must be able to facilitate meetings regarding P2P Procurement process, tools, and reporting

Information Systems. Knowledge and use of SAP to extract and query data to generate necessary data

Ability to access, analyze, and information in a manner that adds value to the organization

Reconciliation. Ability to compare data from various data sources and identify inconsistencies or variances

Basic Financial Analysis: The ability to analyze financial data (e.g., validity of data including accrual reporting) This includes creating spreadsheets, explaining variances, identifying issues, and making appropriate recommendations.

Accounting Principles. Knowledge of basic accounting principles (i.e., debit and credit) around transactional processes (e.g.,accruals, derivatives, benefit plans, marketing programs

Procurement Principles. Knowledge of the procurement process (i.e., purchase requisition/order creation, GR/IR reconciliation, data validation), around transactional processes. Additionally, the individual should be able to work with minimal supervision, maintain a high degree of accuracy, detail oriented, and be results oriented with the ability to effectively plan and organize while handling changing priorities.

Education: U niversity Degree in Business Administration or Finance preferred Related Work Experience

Related Experience:
7+ years Functional Competencies Procurement Knowledge

SAP, SRM or other ERP system used for purchasing

Microsoft Office-Excel, PowerPoint, Access Customer Relationship Management/Core Service Excellence Operational Excellence Core Competencies

Leadership Behaviors

DRIVE INNOVATION : Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business

COLLABORATE WITH SYSTEM, CUSTOMERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS : Develop and leverage relationships with stakeholders to appropriately stretch and impact the System (Company and Bottler).

ACT LIKE AN OWNER : Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders.

INSPIRE OTHERS : Inspire people to deliver our mission and 2020 Vision, demonstrate passion for the business and give people a reason to believe anything is possible.

DEVELOP SELF AND OTHERS : Develop self and support others’ development to achieve full potential. That sounds appealing? Then start now – TASTE THE FEELING . Please submit your application (CV and Cover Letter) in English.

Honesty and integrity have always been cornerstone values of The Coca-Cola Company. Our passion for people of integrity mirrors our spirited drive for total quality in our brands. These and other elements allow the company to sustain strategic practices and drive business performance. The Personnel Integrity Assurance Program is another step toward making The Coca-Cola Company the premier workplace. This process includes a pre-employment background investigation that applies to all applicants

employees

and contractors of the company. The scope of this inquiry may cover such elements as education

employment history

a criminal history check

reference checks

and a pre-employment drug screen. Designated countries or sensitive positions within the company may have more stringent standards.

At The Coca-Cola Company you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.