This role is hy-flex with occasional visits to our offices in Red Wing, MN.

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Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit family atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Focus on our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviors of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

As a Sourcing Analyst within our Business Technology category, you will bring your process improvement and collaboration skills with your strong attention to detail to contract, procure and ensure proper payments for the needs of IT and other corporate functions.  You’ll drive improvement in existing processes through better leveraging of technology, data and analytics.  Reporting through the data and analytics group, you will use and grow your strong knowledge of Excel, data, and Power BI to take them to new levels and provide new insights to the IT leadership team. You’ll be an important member of the team to identify and drive cost-saving opportunities.  Primary responsibilities include:

Drive transformation in BT licensing, payments and analytics:

• Establish ServiceNow Vendor Management solution as the primary focal point of all data and processes regarding contracts and payments
• Re-engineer processes to eliminate duplication of effort within IT and with partner organizations like finance (AP)
• Implement best practices in procurement, incorporating automation and innovation where applicable.
• Identify vendor KPIs; collect data and provide insight to leadership on problem vendors
• Improve reporting through use of Power BI utilizing data from ServiceNow and ERP
• Further improve contract management of cloud services and drive cost optimization opportunities
• Improve cross-functional collaboration by facilitating communication between IT, legal, finance, marketing, and other business units.

Facilitate new and renewal contracts and other purchases:

• Assist IT leadership by facilitating creation of new purchase orders and contracts and onboarding of new vendors
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with vendors and ensure renewals are handled properly
• Assist Project Managers in setting up capital projects and tracking spend to them.
• Maintain the IT corporate credit card by purchasing items and submitting expense reports as needed

Ensure payments are made with proper financial controls:

• Review invoices and route for approval and payment
• Troubleshoot contracts and invoices and drive to resolution

Facilitate the IT Finance Function

• Prepare documents and analyses in preparation for annual budgeting
• Lead discussions by bringing forward proposed actions / plans for each vendor for the following year

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) from four-year college or university and five to seven years related experience/training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of experience in contracts and payments management, preferably within IT and software licensing
• Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate and improve processes
• Strong knowledge of contract law and payment processing
• Strong knowledge of Excel, working knowledge of data and solutions like Power BI
• Experience with a Vendor Management Solution such as ServiceNow
• Excellent communication
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Desire to grow skillset to include contract negotiation and risk management

Red Wing Shoes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Individuals with disabilities needing assistance in completing an application may contact [email protected] or call 651-388-8211.

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All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory results of a background check.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)