Procurement Operations, Senior Officer(K-JESS)

The JESS Procurement Senior Officer will be responsible for facilitating and supporting the procurement process for indirect spend.

***Only applications submitted via the link for the respective roles will be considered.***

Job Title: JESS Procurement Senior Officer

Location: Kingston, Jamaica

Overview: KPMG Jamaica has a delivery center named “Jamaica Extended Support Services (JESS)” operating from Kingston, which is contracted to provide back-office support to its member firm KPMG United States (“the Client”). The Clients’ procurement function is expanding operations at JESS to support multiple Procurement processes. Team members within the delivery center work with Client’s stakeholders under a team extension model to support Client’s back-office operations.


Job Summary: The JESS Procurement Senior Officer will be responsible for facilitating and supporting the procurement process for indirect spend including technology, publications and subscriptions, office supplies, branded merchandise, and other indirect categories utilizing the Coupa platform. You will liaise with various departments (e.g., Legal, Risk, Finance, Brand, IT) to ensure purchases meet firm standards and appropriate internal procedures are followed prior to purchase. You will engage Sourcing category teams to ensure purchases adhere to category strategies while maintaining documents to support the transaction in the appropriate repository.


The JESS Procurement Senior Officer reports primarily to the JESS Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Team Lead but will also take direction from other Managers, Clients, and team members who are accountable for supported work.


Job Responsibilities:

• Fulfill Clients’ purchase requests submitted through the Coupa P2P platform or Purchasing mailboxes.
• Respond to all inquiries submitted to email boxes and direct purchase requests to Coupa when required.
• Support the enablement of suppliers on the Coupa P2P platform.
• Conduct due diligence assessment on all assigned tasks to ensure accurate execution.
• Educate end users on how to submit proper purchase requests when the need arises.
• Educate end users on Firm policies.
• Identify and escalate areas for process improvements or increased efficiency.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies:

Education/Experience:

• ​Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics/Supply Chain Management or Equivalent Professional Accreditation.
• 1 - 3 years relevant work experience within Purchasing/Procurement Operations or a similar process.
• Proficiency and knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint, etc.).

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Special Conditions:

• Expected to work in a fast-paced team environment.
• Will be working primarily in a paperless environment and expected to be using information systems for the entire workday to access data or perform activities.
• May be required to work extended hours periodically or on public holidays.

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