Procurement Compliance Specialist

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

May include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Support development of procurement policies and procedures ensuring compliance with Regulatory, ESG and CSR requirements in line with industrial, supplier, and competitive industry practices.
• Support Audit organization with procurement related audits providing procurement specific intelligence and validation of findings.
• Audit/monitor procurement processes ensuring compliance with procurement and company policies and procedures. 
• Establish and support data collection and information management supporting Regulatory, ESG, CSR and procurement requirements including recommending and establishing third party support if required.  
• Work with HSE to monitor evolving trends related to upstream and downstream GHG emissions reporting and decarbonization strategies for our supply chain.  Engage with internal teams regarding development and implementation of energy strategies including procurement of renewable energy. 
• Lead and support submission of procurement related information directly or through another Greene Tweed function in support of regulatory, legal, CSR or ESG requirements.
• Assist Internal Audit and Legal review of supplier and procurement process and procedures.
• Monitor applicable laws, regulations, and standards impacting procurement and advise procurement leadership of new or changing requirements. 
• In collaboration with cross company functions such as legal, trade compliance, technical, audit and procurement, make recommendations to address/meet requirements resulting from changes in applicable laws, regulations, and standards impacting procurement.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Risk, Audit, Business Units and Supplier Relationship Managers to create visibility to, and understanding of, key Supplier and Procurement risk areas.
• Drive and manage Procurement Corporate Social Responsibility programs, policies, and processes; monitor operational compliance and perform continuous improvement updates as needed.
• Drive and manage Procurement Environmental, Social and Governance programs, policies, and processes; monitor operational compliance and perform continuous improvement updates as needed.
• Develop and maintain procurement compliance, ESG, and CSR dashboards and reporting to support leadership, audit committees, and external disclosure requirements.
• Support responses to customer related inquiries on Greene Tweed’s procurement conformance to Regulatory, ESG and CSR requirements

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications:

• B.S. in business, technical or related field, or progressive experience in procurement acceptable to management.  Master’s degree in Supply Chain or Business is beneficial.

Skills and Experience:

• 5 + years of relevant experience in procurement manufacturing industries or progressive experience acceptable to management.
• Data analysis
• Knowledge of sustainability reporting frameworks (GRI and SASB) and familiarity with ESG databases.
• Knowledge of Scope 3 practices and methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of the end-to-end procurement process and supporting software systems
• Strong written & verbal communication skills, as well as effective presentation skills with the ability to influence all levels of employees and management, both inside the company and externally with suppliers 
• Strong Microsoft Power Point, Word and Excel skills. Strong analytical skills required
• Procurement related knowledge in SAP/ S4H highly desired.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills with strong attention to detail and data accuracy
• Knowledge of supplier management programs including supplier audits desired
• Ability to make decisions or recommendations that are “data based” and align decisions with organization and cross-functional strategies.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to touch, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Note:  This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor.  All requirements are subject to change and updates.

We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more, to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Greene, Tweed is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.

Drug Free Workplace:

Greene, Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace.  Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal, state, and local laws.

NOTE: Greene, Tweed is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities, unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at GT without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Greene, Tweed, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Greene, Tweed as a result of the referral or through other means.