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Description
We believe that inclusion helps us thrive and grow at United across our team-oriented Finance teams consisting of Financial Planning & Analysis, Internal Audit, Treasury, Global Procurement, Controllership, Investor Relations and more. These teams provide the financial fuel that keeps our operation running from providing detailed analyses of financial planning, performance, and forecasts to managing our investments and financial strategies. Our Finance team plays an integral role in making our airline profitable and successful by meeting our financial goals.
Job overview and responsibilities
The Global Sourcing organization at United Airlines is responsible for procuring goods and services and developing/ managing relationships with third-party providers with the objective of reducing total cost and risk to the company while improving levels of quality, service, and technology.
The primary responsibility for an Associate Category Specialist in the India Knowledge Center (IKC) of United Airlines is to provide procurement support to category managers in the US based team, leading strategic sourcing initiatives for a designated category. This position will focus on providing support to the following designated categories: IT Hardware, Software, Telecom, and Corporate Services. The type of support will include spend analytics, supply market analysis, RFX administration, contract/SOW redlining, etc. with the goal of capturing total cost of ownership (TCO) savings and driving process efficiencies.
Develop knowledge and expertise in the assigned spend categories
Drive savings by working with category manager while ensuring user needs are met
Support management of re