Analyst, Procurement Jobs

Job Responsibilities
Supports Category Leads in the development of sourcing strategy

• Identifies the correct sources of information (market reports, internet sources…) and set up the channels to get the right information to the right person
• Collects data on internal factors such as spend and stakeholder requirement analysis
• Collects data on external factors such as industry and market dynamics, and products/services trends
• Conducts analysis on internal and external data

Provides analytical support for the Procurement Group

• Assists in the development of On-boarding “ways of working” documentation for new procurement staff.
• Assist in the development for initiating and successfully completing the onboarding process for new suppliers
• Maintain RFI/RFQ reporting from procurement group. Create management reporting on saving projects for the department.

Supports Category Leader in implementing contract & ensuring contract compliance

• Supports the procure to pay process and improvements, as needed, for preferred vendors
• Supports in identifying opportunities and actions for continuous improvement by means of analysis of supplier performance and internal KPI data
• Supports in collecting and consolidating data on contract compliance and supplier performance
• Supports Sales and Marketing groups in fact based cost trends by direct procurement segments (primary, secondary and raw materials) Understand commodity trends and how they effect costs.

Manage systems data maintenance for category management.

• Maintains procurement data fields within SAP and ensures data integrity.

Experience & Education
Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related discipline preferred

Experience

• Experience with SAP preferred
• 2 years minimum experience within a procurement, data analytics, or similar field required

Skills

• Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems.
• Database: Relational database experience, Informix, MySQL, SQL Server is a plus
• Outstanding technical and analytical skills
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Ability to manage and update large datasets accurately from multiple inputs and track changes
• Ability to use advanced equations and functions within Microsoft Excel (Index-Match, Calculated Fields in Pivot tables, -Writing Macros)
• Ability to write/run queries in Access is a plus
• Strong applied mathematical and statistical skills - ability to summarize and interpret large volumes of data into management reports clearly, concisely, and visually.