GAQ127R93 The Procurement Operations Leader, Buy Desk is responsible for owning the end-to-end purchase requisition and purchase order lifecycle — ensuring every transaction is accurately set up, fully documented, properly authorized, and compliant with procurement policy. This role serves as a critical operational bridge between business requestors, strategic sourcing, accounts payable, and suppliers, while driving process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement across the procure-to-pay workflow. Operating with a high degree of ownership and attention to detail, this individual will build scalable, repeatable operating standards for the Buy Desk function — ensuring the organization can transact efficiently, compliantly, and at speed. The impact you will have: Purchase Requisition Review & Compliance Review incoming purchase requisitions to ensure accurate set-up in alignment with the associated scope of work or order form, including: Product or service description Quantity and unit pricing Total amount and budget alignment Service start and end dates Payment terms and conditions Validate that all required supporting documentation is attached to or referenced within the purchase requisition (e.g., statements of work, order forms, quotes, executed contracts). Ensure purchase requisitions are routed through and approved by all designated authorized individuals in accordance with the organization's delegation of authority matrix. Identify and resolve requisition discrepancies or missing information before progressing to PO issuance. Serve as the first line of review for policy compliance, spend thresholds, and approval requirements. Purchase Order Management Own end-to-end PO lifecycle from creation and approval routing through receipt confirmation and closure. Manage a high-volume daily transaction queue with accuracy, consistency, and speed. Resolve PO discrepancies, invoice mismatches, and delivery exceptions in coordination wit