Jeremy Torres, MBA

Operations Associate

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States10 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 8+ years in strategic procurement and category management.
  • Proven track record in supplier relationship building.
  • Strong commitment to continuous learning and process improvement.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Procurement Specialist with expertise in strategic sourcing and supplier management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic SourcingSupplier Management

Other Skills

Contract NegotiationCategory ManagementProject ManagementLeadershipFundraisingResearchEvent PlanningMicrosoft OfficeSocial MediaTime ManagementPowerPointFirst ResponderVolunteeringOrganizationMicrosoft Word

About

8+ year procurement professional passionate about bringing value-driven solutions to the teams, communities, and clients I serve. I strive for kaizen, to be open-minded, positive, empathetic, collaborative, adaptable, and to be a continuous learner so I can further develop myself and better support those around me. Strategic Procurement | Category Management | Supplier Relationship Building | Procurement Transformation | Negotiations & Contracts | Project Management | Process Mapping & Improvement | Workflow Design & Implementation Gallup Clifton Strengths: Achiever, Adaptability, Responsibility, Relator, and Consistent

Experience

10 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs
Current Experience

Eightfold

Procurement Manager

May 2024Present · 2 yrs · Santa Clara, California, United States · Remote

Anaplan

Senior Procurement Analyst

Feb 2022May 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

  • Category lead responsible for managing indirect spend for G&A Sourcing which includes supporting teams across Real Estate, Facilities/Workplace Services, Travel, Legal, Finance, Tax, Accounting as well as support for GTM and HR categories.
Strategic SourcingSupplier Management

Wns procurement

Sourcing Associate

Jan 2018Jan 2022 · 4 yrs · Bellevue, Washington, United States

Slalom

Financial Operations Analyst

Jan 2017Jan 2018 · 1 yr · Seattle, Washington, United States

  • Handled billing and PO procedures for MN/AWS clients ensuring relationships were sustained through a high level of customer service meeting necessary deliverables/requests.
  • Coordinated with Engagement Management Operations to help oversee tracking of when billing milestones and project goals were met.
  • Collaborated with account team collecting necessary billing information from client to ensure proper set up of contracts, SOWs, and engagements is administered.
  • Audited and approved billable expense reports making sure internal employees submit properly adhering to Slalom’s travel and expense reimbursement policy.
  • Prepared reports using Power Query which include, but not limited to, rates, hours, fixed fees, expense, and time listings, by extracting data from SQL.

Talking rain beverage company®

2 roles

Sales Operations Analyst

Promoted

Oct 2016Sep 2017 · 11 mos

  • Provided daily analysis and forecasted for the Mid-West, Northeast, New York City, and West Coast regional sales teams.
  • Analyzed and forecasted monthly case volume budget for the sales team delivering daily ad-hoc reports to help increase awareness of
  • market trends and goals.
  • Created a report to measure the impact of Talking Rain’s first Marketing campaign Be Not Bland which includes ROI, merchandise efficiency, and sales lift from our top accounts (Sam’s Club, Kroger, Amazon, Costco, Target, and more).
  • Developed sales decks for team members out in the field who presented to current and potential customers using summarized data from internal IRI dashboard and Power BI.
  • Supported marketing team providing ad-hoc reporting for branded performance which included KPIs and sales trends.

Accounts Payable Specialist

Jun 2015Sep 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Coded the general ledger to ensure that all accounts payable invoices were correctly processed according to various team’s budgets and products, along with coordinating the invoice approval process.
  • Worked closely with procurement establishing discount payment terms, and oversaw that payment was properly made via daily ACH pulls after proper reconciliation was administered.
  • Collaborated with the vendor management team to ensure supplier statements were reconciled and any invoicing issues were solved in a timely manner.

Education

Washington State University

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Finance

Aug 2020Dec 2022

Hartwick College

Bachelor of Science - BS — Double Major - Business Administration & Sociology

Jan 2011Jan 2015

Central Kitsap High School

High School Diploma

Jan 2008Jan 2011

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