Job Description

It’s Time For A Change...

Your Future Evolves H ere

Evolent Health has a bold mission to change the health of the nation by changing the way health care is delivered. Our pursuit of this mission is the driving power that brings us to work each day. We believe in embracing new ideas, testing ourselves and failing forward. We respect and celebrate individual talents and team wins. We have fun while working hard and Evolenteers often make a difference in everything from scrubs to jeans.

Are we growing? Absolutely. We have seen about 30% average growth over the last three years. Are we recognized? Definitely. We were named one of “Becker’s 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and are proud to be recognized as a leader in driving important Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) efforts: Evolent achieved a 95% score on its first-ever submission to the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index ; was named on the Best Companies for Women to Advance List 2020 by Parity.org ; and we publish an annual Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report to share our progress on how we’re building an equitable workplace . We recognize employees that live our values, give back to our communities each year, and are champions for bringing our whole selves to work each day. If you’re looking for a place where your work can be personally and professionally rewarding, don’t just join a company with a mission. Join a mission with a company behind it.

Position summary & Essential functions

The Procurement Specialist reports to the Procurement Manager. The Specialist, Procurement is responsible for running the day-to-day Procurement and supplier admin operations for Evolent Health LLC and Evolent Health International.

The Procurement Specialist will act as a right hand to the Procurement Manager and will assist on every facet of the day-to-day Procurement operations.

Essential functions

• Process PRs into PO’s in workday in accordance with guidelines as per the SLA and deal effectively with any queries raised by stakeholders
• Ensure content quality for PR, PO or any relevant document under P2P operations
• Flag the requisitions falling out of budgeted spend
• Expediting the orders as per the urgency of requirement to ensure timely delivery of goods/services by supplier
• Updates/ top-up to PO’s based on requests from the business
• Monthly review of all open PO’s to optimize commitments
• Follow up with requestor to ensure timely approval of PO’s.
• Provide information to accounting for accurate accruals
• Review the current Supplier database and check for the existing documents available
• Map supplier compliance and identify the missing information or documents
• Connect with suppliers via email and phone to collect or verify the information or relevant documents
• Ensure the vendor master data is 100% accurate and in line with SOX regulations
• Maintain documentation for new suppliers and ensure compliance under SOX regulations.
• Update the SOP and SOX narratives with the changes if any in the procedures & processes.
• Onboard and manage the suppliers approved by business in Workday
• Maintain bank and address information details. Also maintain the log updated to confirm supplier information every 18 months
• Manage stakeholders spend requirements and priorities by managing Procurement activities efficiently
• Able to advise stakeholders on Procurement and vendor master procedures/guidelines
• Deliver customer service and stakeholder delight for overall process

Skill Set Requirements

The Experience You’ll Need (Required):

• A minimum 5+ years of experience in Procurement and supplier admin area in a large or mid-sized company
• Must understand Supplier compliance and due diligence requirement and should have worked for vendor master creation for international vendors (especially US)
• Tactical/transactional sourcing with excellent negotiation skills
• Strong excel and analytics skills with the ability to get into the detail
• Strong stakeholder management, customer delight with continuous improvement mindset, problem anticipation and solution.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills, and the ability to influence others.
• Experience with any of the standard ERPs used for Procurement like – Workday, Oracle, Ariba
• Finishing Touches (Preferred):
• Experience with a US based MNC will be a big+
• Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to convey business requirements and technical needs in a clear, concise, and effective manner

Academic Qualification

CA / MBA degree in Accounting or Finance

Physical demand:

Include the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving. For example, while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Why Join Evolent?

Named among Forbes’ 2014 America’s Most Promising Companies and Glassdoor’s 2015 Best Places to Work, Evolent provides an opportunity to work with top talent in an organization committed to career development. While we come from a variety of backgrounds, we pursue a singular mission: to change the health of the nation by changing the way health care is delivered