Finance Support - Purchase Requisitions

Barilla is an Italian family-owned food company. Established in 1877, it's now an international Group present in more than 100 countries. A world leader in the markets of pasta and ready-to-use sauces in continental Europe, bakery products in Italy and crispbread in Scandinavia, the Barilla Group is recognized worldwide as a symbol of Italian know-how.

"Good for You, Good for the Planet" is Barilla's purpose and only way each person in the Group works and of which is ambassador. It means caring for the wellbeing of people and the planet in everything Barilla does, from the field to consumption; it also means promoting open and transparent working relationships in the communities Barilla is part of.

Job Purpose: This position ensures excellence in SAP financial purchase requisition management for various business teams/areas ensuring accurate coding, proper approvals, timely processing and overall compliance with Barilla's purchasing policy and procedures.

Key Accountabilities

1. Work effectively with designated business teams and/or Procurement Managers/Buyers to ensure alignment on procurement needs
2. Support the end-to-end purchase requisition process, including:
   
   
   
   1. Gathering all necessary data for purchase requisitions.
   2. Creating purchase requisitions in SAP.
   3. Verifying that all required data is accurately provided.
   4. Securing necessary approvals in a timely manner.
   5. Maintaining purchasing records, including entry sheets, as assigned.
   6. Assisting with the submission of invoices to the Delivery Center
   
   
   
   
3. Support Buyers with new vendor setup
4. Ensure compliance with internal accounting policies and procedures
5. Work with cross-functional team to resolve issues
6. Coordinate invoice status inquiries with accounts payable team to ensure accurate processing
7. Backfill responsibilities

Requires highly accurate data entry, strong attention to detail & deadlines, high level of proficiency working with enterprise financial applications, specifically SAP

Additional Information:

• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• 3+ years' experience in Accounts Payable and workflow environment
• SAP experience a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task and maintain attention to detail
• Strong capability to work in teams and build good working relationships
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint,)

Key Challenges:

• Adapting quickly to changes in internal financial processes

Barilla is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of Barilla to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to characteristics including, but not limited to, age, race, color, culture, ethnicity, nationality, faith, religion, gender, pregnancy, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran or protected veteran status, political opinions, health, or disability.

Target compensation $55,000 - $60,000