Procurement Risk, Sustainability & Programs Specialist

Job Description Essential Functions & Responsibilities
1. Risk & Resilience Management

• Support the development, execution, and continuous improvement of supplier risk and resilience programs across North America.

• Monitor supplier, operational, regulatory, financial, and supply continuity risks and provide insights to category and business teams.

• Support risk assessment processes, mitigation planning, and crisis response activities when required.

• Maintain risk monitoring tools, dashboards, and reporting to enable proactive decision-making.

• Partner with category teams and cross-functional stakeholders to identify vulnerabilities and drive mitigation actions.

• Support the execution of responsible sourcing, sustainability, supplier inclusion, and ESG initiatives across the Procurement organization.

• Coordinate supplier sustainability assessments, data collection activities, and compliance reporting requirements.

• Track progress against sustainability commitments, including packaging sustainability, environmental compliance, and responsible sourcing objectives.

• Partner with Sustainability, R&D, Legal, and external suppliers to ensure alignment with evolving regulatory and customer requirements.

• Support supplier engagement activities related to sustainability performance improvement.

• Support the deployment and governance of strategic Procurement initiatives and transformation programs.

• Coordinate project plans, milestones, governance forums, and stakeholder communications to ensure successful execution.

• Maintain Procurement policies, procedures, playbooks, and operating guidelines.

• Track key performance indicators (KPIs), program milestones, risks, and action plans.

• Prepare executive summaries, presentations, and reporting materials for Procurement leadership.

• Leverage procurement systems, reporting tools, automation, and emerging digital technologies to improve transparency and decision-making.

• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and analytics to support risk management, sustainability performance, supplier insights, and program governance.

• Ensure data quality, consistency, and governance standards across reporting processes.

• Identify process improvement opportunities and support implementation of automation, AI, and digital solutions that enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

• Translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations for business stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sustainability, Engineering, Operational Excellence, Data Analytics, or a related field.

• 1-2 years of experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Risk Management, Program Management, Data Analytics, or related business functions.

• Experience supporting cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives.

• Experience analyzing data and developing business insights to support decision-making.

• Exposure to supplier management, sustainability programs, governance processes, or procurement operations preferred.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar reporting tools preferred.

• Familiarity with source-to-pay systems, supplier management platforms, or procurement technologies.

• A I proficiency, including the ability to effectively leverage generative AI and automation tools to enhance productivity, analysis, and decision-making.

• Strong project management and organizational skills.

• Good communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Curiosity,…