Regional Payment Specialist

About the team The Procurement Team plays a critical role in the business and is responsible for the strategy design and end-to-end processes involved in the purchase of goods and services in a sustainable and financially viable way in compliance with business standards. We are responsible for sourcing and onboarding of new vendors, supporting the development of key company systems and processes, maintaining a strategic overview of project procurement management activities and ensuring that purchasing contracts and arrangements are fulfilled in strict accordance with legal requirements, project requirements, and business policies and procedures.

• Capable of thinking about problems from the essence, sorting out, constructing, and optimizing various work-related processes;
• Develop a standard operating system, set reasonable SLA assessment metrics, and ensure the standardization and efficiency of processes;
• Automation Improvement: Utilize systems and tools to identify automation opportunities in relevant processes, continuously increase the proportion of automated operations, and enhance the organization's staff efficiency;
• Collaborate closely with each procurement team to identify issues and pain points in execution and propose targeted process optimization solutions;
• Collaborate with cross-functional areas of business such as finance and internal control to devise specific action plans and responsibility assignments, and drive the implementation of XFN projects;
• Ensure that all procurement activities comply with company policies and procurement systems by monitoring the implementation results of payments, thereby reducing compliance risks;
• Identify and assess latent risks in the payment process, and collaborate with the internal control team to develop corresponding control measures;
• Proactively identify payment pain points of suppliers and explore actionable solutions for improvement;
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Monitor the achievement of payment metrics through Data Analysis, regularly submit reports, and provide feedback on improvement suggestions to the team;
• Project Management: Devise plans and programs, coordinate resources from all parties, supervise project progress, and ensure the effective implementation of various projects is rapidly promoted;
• Team Management: Coordinate with operations on POC and assist in the management of BPO vendors.

Minimum Qualification(s)

• Bachelor's degree or above;
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in procurement, supply chain, finance, etc.;
• Familiar with the entire process and system of centralized procurement payment.

Preferred Qualification(s)

• Have clear logical thinking and data-driven capabilities, be able to conduct problem analysis and task decomposition, have strong self-motivation, excellent stress resistance, and be willing to accept challenges and changes;
• Possess good communication and collaboration skills, be able to clearly express opinions in cross-team cooperation, effectively listen to and understand others, promote all parties to reach consensus, and jointly achieve goals;
• Possess team management and leadership skills, and be able to motivate team members to achieve common goals.