Procurement Category Manager

Pay: $70-100/hr based on experience

Position Title: Project Manager, Procurement - Payment Terms

Length of Initial Contract: ASAP – 12/31/2025

Location: Hybrid in North Chicago - 3 days Onsite/2 days Remote

Top 3 – 5 Skills Needed for each role

1. Organizational skills

2. Finance or Procurement background

3. Must understand Payment Terms and associated products (SCF/DD/V-Card)

4.Excellent follow-up

5.Succinct and timely communications

Purpose:

The Project Manager, Procurement – Payment Terms Office is responsible for implementation activities for the Weighted Average Payment Terms (WAPT) initiative to improve Working Capital. The Project Manager will interact with banking partners, Treasury, Finance, Corporate Disbursements Office (CDO), Business Technology Solutions (BTS), and Procurement to assure a smooth implementation of related programs. This position reports to the Shared Services Director, Category Management within Procurement.

Responsibilities:

• Represent Procurement through implementation of Supply Chain Financing (SCF), Dynamic Discounting (DD), Virtual Card payment programs on all implementation calls

• Assure timely delivery of Procurement decision needed for implementation activities

• Develop communications and educational materials for internal and external parties on available payment programs

• Develop mechanism to measure and report impact of the above programs

• Assure alignment with business partners when delivering decisions

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

• Project Management (PMP) certification or relevant experience

• Knowledge of SAP, banking systems and processes

• Minimum 8 years of progressive and related experience

• CPA or MBA a plus

• Strong financial, analytical and problem-solving skills

• Proficient Excel skills