Procurement Automation & Operations Specialist

About this role

Tarkett has a great opportunity for a Procurement Automation & Operations Specialist

The Procurement Automation & Operations Specialist is the automation engineering and analytics owner within Tarkett North America’s Strategic Procurement function. This Specialist backs up the Procurement Operations & Process Improvement Specialist on PR/PO execution and leads automation building — Power Automate, RPA, AI Builder, Copilot Studio, and BOT solutions — along with procurement reporting, savings tracking, price impact, PPI, and market intelligence across all procurement categories.

On the execution side, this role is a trained, capable backup to the Procurement Operations & Process Improvement Specialist on PR/PO — covering overflow, absence, and surge volume. The primary contribution is automation engineering in Power Automate and ownership of the savings tracker (Finance-facing), plus price impact, PPI, market intelligence, and procurement reporting outputs that serve a broad audience including Procurement leadership, Finance, and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is a capable automation builder with solid procurement knowledge and experience — someone who can cover PR/PO when needed but whose primary contribution is building automations in Power Automate and owning reporting, savings, and pricing analytics — someone who identifies inefficiency, builds the solution, and sustains it. Both competencies are required from day one.

Your skills we value:

PR/PO Execution — Backup & Overflow • Serves as trained backup to the Procurement Operations & Process Improvement Specialist on PR/PO execution — covers overflow, absence, and surge volume across all procurement categories. • Maintains full SAP/SRM buying proficiency to execute PR/PO independently when covering for the Procurement Operations & Process Improvement Specialist; applies procurement policy and buying judgment consistent with established standards. •  Owns Investment Approval Form (IAF) workflow coordination with Finance and Project Owners; routes non-contracted spend decisions in partnership with Category Managers.

Automation Engineering — Primary Function • Designs, builds, validates, deploys, and sustains automation solutions using Power Automate, RPA platforms (Precisely Automate Studio, UiPath), AI Builder, Copilot Studio, and BOT solutions — translating scoped requirements from the Procurement Operations & Process Improvement Specialist into working, sustained solutions targeting the highest-friction P2P workflows. • Owns the full automation lifecycle: current-state process documentation, solution design, build, UAT, deployment, and ongoing bot monitoring and maintenance. • Surfaces automation opportunities from daily operational work; develops structured proposals for the Procurement Operations & Process Improvement Specialist to evaluate and prioritize. • Executes automation and process improvement projects as assigned by the Process Improvement leads - owns delivery from kickoff through sustainment with no abandoned projects. • Integrates AI and machine learning capabilities (document intelligence, NLP, AI-assisted decision logic) with RPA bots to handle unstructured data and exception logic in P2P workflows. • Supports Celonis-driven improvement initiatives by providing operational transaction context and executing assigned corrective process actions.

Digital Transformation Contribution • Contributes directly to Tarkett's digital procurement system implementation — supports current-state documentation, process readiness, and data quality work required for platform deployment. • Maintains comprehensive SOP and process map library in SharePoint; ensures documentation precedes any process change or automation deployment. • Monitors P2P KPI dashboards; surfaces exception trends, performance anomalies, and systemic issues with supporting data to the Process Improvement lead. • Provides SAP/SRM subject matter expertise on procurement master data: purchasing info records, outline agreements, and supplier setup coordination. • Supports maintenance of the Tarkett SharePoint Procurement site, MS Teams procurement files, and supplier contract storage system.

Procurement Reporting • Own and produce the monthly procurement reporting package — delivered on time, accurate, and formatted for leadership consumption. • Produce spend analytics and spend reporting; identify trends, anomalies, and areas of concentration that inform category and sourcing strategy. • Continuously improve reporting outputs as team needs evolve; proactively suggest new analyses and views that add decision-making value; partner with the Procurement Analytics & Data Governance Specialist on Power BI data accuracy and model changes.

Savings, Pricing & Market Intelligence

• Own the procurement savings tracker — design, build, and maintain the authoritative record of captured and validated savings across categories; produce regular savings reports for leadership with consistent, defensible methodology. • Track and report price impact — monitor and quantify the financial impact of price changes across the indirect spend portfolio; identify variances and provide analysis to support category and sourcing decisions. • Track and report PPI (Product Price Index) movements relevant to Tarkett’s indirect spend categories; integrate PPI data into market intelligence outputs and savings validation methodology. • Compile and maintain market intelligence — aggregate external category data, pricing indices, and supplier market inputs on a regular cadence to support procurement strategy and sourcing decisions. • Own the monthly Finance alignment call — prepare materials, present savings and price impact data, and maintain a clear record of commitments and follow-up items.

• Performs other duties as required.

Experience & Education Required: • Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or a related field. •  3+ years of hands-on ERP procurement experi

Similar jobs

• Procurement Specialist — ABB · Richmond, Virginia, United States
• Procurement Specialist — cbh (Cherrybekaert) · Louisville, KY
• Procurement Specialist — Rosendin · Office AZ Tempe
• Procurement Specialist — Rosendin · Office CA Sacramento
• Procurement Specialist — Rosendin · Office OR Hillsboro and Trimet District
• Procurement Specialist — KSB · Richmond, VA
• Procurement Specialist — Equipmentsharecom · Kansas City, MO
• Procurement Specialist — Silgan · Brookfield, WI