Blackboard Careers

Procurement & Supply Chain Analyst

Remote - United States

About the Role

Blackboard’s Procurement team works across the entire organization to create and manage effective center-led procurement processes, enhance vendor relationships, and partner with internal clients to ensure cost effective vendor contracts. As Procurement & Supply Chain Analyst, you will be primarily responsible for helping drive the transformation of the procurement efforts into a cost-effective and process-efficient best practices function serving the entire company.

What You Will Do

• Acting as primary operator of Procure-to-Pay system (Oracle Cloud)
  • Issuing Firm Fixed Price, Time, Material, and Labor Hour Requisitions and Purchase Orders upon requests/approval from internal stakeholders
  • Registering new vendors, coordinating the gathering and inputting of all required documents
  • Working with accounts payable (AP) to resolve invoice issues
• Drafting test Requisitions and Purchase Orders as well as reviewing other system functionality in test systems during periods of system upgrade
• Analyzing, organizing, and presenting spend data from system reports as necessary
• Performing periodic Strategic Sourcing spend analyses including:
  • Mapping supply chain procurement processes for one or more areas of Anthology consulting with business leaders
  • Recommending cost savings possibilities based upon new sources, substitutions, or consolidation opportunities
  • Developing business cases and presenting recommendations to business leaders
  • Implementing approved process changes

• Coordinating all activities related to procurement of a commodity or service, from intent to purchase through the delivery of commodity or service
• Conducting supplier analyses, evaluating potential vendors, and supporting the vendor qualification process by utilizing metrics, tools, and processes to optimize sourcing and supplier activities

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Economics, or related field
• 2-5 years of professional work-related experience in a relevant technical discipline where analysis of key data drives decisions of financial significance
• Excellent prioritization, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Advanced technical experience with Microsoft Office Suite especially Excel
• Ability to engage with managers within and outside of the company
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Preferred Skills and Experience

• MBA or master’s degree in Finance
• Experience negotiating contract terms and conditions
• Experience with RFPs
• Experience navigating an ERP system

About Blackboard

Blackboard is a leading EdTech company and SaaS provider that delivers the digital environment for transformational teaching and learning. We serve thousands of institutions with the industry's most AI-advanced LMS, Blackboard Ally for accessibility, and institutional effectiveness solutions that put educators and learners at the center. We're an education company that builds technology. Learn more at blackboard.com.

The expected salary range for this position is $65,300 - $73,500. The range reflects base salary only and does not include additional compensation such as company bonus or benefits. Placement within the pay range will depend on a variety of factors, such as experience, skills, internal parity, and location.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the role is based at the time of hire and must maintain that authorization for the duration of employment. The company does not provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this position.

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.    

Blackboard is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.