Procurement Compliance Specialist

Job Summary: The Procurement Compliance Specialist is a member of the North

America Procurement Operations Team. Your main responsibility is to ensure

procurement team compliance with internal Bel policies, industry standards, and

procurement best practices. You will promote compliance by 1) communicating

directly with vendors and internal cross-functional parters, 2) managing KPI data,

and 3) educating and training stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

● Policy expertise: Serve as subject matter expert for procurement

aspects of Bel policies governing: procurement practices, supplier

quality, legal compliance and Corporate Social Responsibility

commitments.

● Defect management: Own supplier communication regarding

material defects: Coordinate strategy with buyers. Coordinate root

cause analysis conversations with quality. Coordinate claims prep and

timely recovery.

● Qualification: Coordinate sample request process: Liaise between

buyer, supplier, R&D, regulatory, collect and share Supplier Quality Food

Safety documentation (specification form, Certificate of Analysis, risk

assessment, etc).

● Documentation: Collect food safety qualification documentation, coordinate assessment

with quality and regulatory, maintain document repositories, and

monitor/update expired documentation.

● Maintain and track legal document repository (contracts,

non-disclosure agreements, etc). Work with legal team to

develop/improve legal templates.

● Collect and maintain documentation related to USMCA (United

States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) compliance for finished good export

to Canada.

● Relationships: Will have strong relationships with local and corporate

purchasing and cross-functional teams (especially quality, supply chain,

finance, and legal).

● Performance: Coordinate and/or track supplier audits, supplier

evaluations and Corporate Social Responsibility metrics. Support

category leads for business & supplier performance reviews and

reporting.

● Training: Write process instructions to support adherence to policy.

Lead and track training sessions for procurement and cross-functional

teams.

● Other: Participate actively in the purchasing community.

● In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, the employee may be

assigned other duties as needed to support the needs of the

department and organization

Experience:

● Bachelor's degree in Procurement Management, Business Administration,

Quality Management, Supply Chain Management or related field preferred

● Equivalent of 5 years of relevant work experience in a similar role

● Microsoft Office (especially Excel, Power Point, Teams, SharePoint)

● Preferred experience with SAP, PowerBI,or equivalent

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions:

● Physical requirements & Working Conditions: Work is performed in hybrid

office environment. Hours of work will generally be during regular business

hours and average at least 40 hours a week. At times there will be some

variation in work hours due to special projects, deadlines and other

concerns. This position requires travel approximately 25% of time.

● The physical demands described here are representative of those that

must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential

functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable

individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.