Procurement Data Analyst

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• The data analyst works with the commodity strategy owners to understand the data requirements for their projects, acquire the necessary data, and perform data transformation and analytics.
• Responsible for the maintaining spend reporting solution to ensure that the reporting maintains data integrity for decision making purposes. The analyst will establish mappings, and work with technical resources to resolve data and interface issues.
• Responsible to develop and maintain Power BI and SharePoint solutions to track spend and Market Intelligence for key commodity areas to support business forecasts and “go to market” strategies.
• Consults with cross-departmental teams and team members to evaluate and specify interfaces between various systems to ensure synchronization of functionality and optimized operation and performance.
• Understands the procurement business processes and how these relate to the requirements for building reports, data and KPIs.

Key Objectives

• Assist in achieving Procurement targets inclusive of cost, innovation, quality, and supplier performance by providing relevant data for decision making.
• Establish and maintain key organizational KPI’s to track the Procurement team on top business objectives
• Support preparation for commercial / non-commercial events to meet objectives, including, but not limited to RFP/RFI’s, Kaizen workshops and Working Capital/Inventory Workshops.
• Interface with Procurement Operations Managers at each manufacturing site in the U.S. to develop in depth understanding of purchasing processes, critical material sourcing and savings initiatives.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Accounting, Data Science/Analytics, Marketing/Communications, Economics, Mathematics, or Engineering from an accredited Institution.
• 3 years of experience in data analytics, purchasing and/or supply chain management
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA in Business Administration/Economics or similar.
• Expertise in Excel, Power Point, Sharepoint and Power BI
• Familiarity with Oracle database structures and SQL for troubleshooting with IT
• Decision-making.
• Strong Communication skills.
• Innovative, Strategic thinker.
• Customer-oriented.