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Title: Sr. Procurement Specialist Location: Kennewick, WA About Lamb Weston We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 9,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people. We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow. We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world! Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries. Job Description Summary Drives implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for end users and key project stakeholders. Interfaces with all areas required for the success of the project including end users, technology services and client services. Supports the definition of project scope and objectives. Develops detailed work plans, schedules, and status reports. Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables. Job Description Manages the integration of vendor tasks and reviews vendor deliverables. Provides technical and analytical guidance to project team. Recommends and takes action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems. Some of the strategic initiatives that this role will be driving are: * Development and management of Procurement Knowledge management SharePoint * Drives implementation of capability development plan, coordinating timely delivery and reporting * of the required training modules * Implementation of Strategic Sourcing, Category Management and Supplier Relationship * Management (SRM) processes * Drive project teams in identifying, defining, and resolving system and business process problems, distinguishing between symptoms and root causes. * Responsible for directing and managing project scope, planning and implementation consistent with established project priorities. * Lead procurement knowledge management platform is up to date with all relevant information required by our business stakeholders * Support the implementation of our capability development plan * Support training for systems implementation including Project Transformation (ERP implementation) * Guide the development of sound business cases to justify effort. Interacts with cross-functional groups and possibly third-party vendors in the implementation of projects; verify that project efforts deliver intended business benefits. * Provide regular status reporting, milestone progress on the overall projects. * Prepare and maintain project status within required tools and standards * Provide risk assessments on project - identify and outline mitigation steps with team leads and functional owners, and ensure issues are escalated on time and to the right stakeholders * Assist with continuous development efforts of the team at large, bringing best practices frominternal and external groups. * Development and implementation of Procurement processes * On-going support for sourcing, category management and SRM. * Additional duties as assigned by manager. Basic & Preferred Qualifications * 4+ years of experience in P