Strategic Sourcing Analyst II

Primary Function of Position

• Supports Plastics category team with strategic sourcing initiatives, spend analytics, preparation of category reviews, supplier scorecards, and supplier business reviews, and reporting activities related to capacity, cost, risk, and supplier performance management.

• May support or lead other strategic purchasing initiatives as required.

Essential Job Duties

• Data Analytics strongly preferred

• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights, Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations using tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Excel

• Strategic Sourcing Initiatives

• Supports assigned commodity teams with preparing RFx packages

• Leads initial analysis of RFx responses from suppliers

• Supports market research and related supplier analysis for designated category team(s)

• May support implementation of sourcing or supplier-related projects

• Spend Analytics

• Completes routine spend analysis for assigned category team(s), including preparing market maps and summarizing key trends for category leads

• Ensures accuracy of master data related to commodity classifications for designated category team(s)

• Conducts ad hoc spend analysis, including at the part, supplier, and sub-commodity level

• Category Reviews

• Supports assigned category team(s) with preparing annual category reviews as well as quarterly checkpoints

• Monitors key sources of commodity intelligence for assigned categories

• Reporting Management

• Capacity: leads routine reviews of capacity metrics for assigned commodity teams to ensure data is complete and required projects have been initiated.

• Cost: Reviews standard tools to identify possible cost reduction opportunities and track purchase price variance. May support data gathering for monthly cost savings tracking. May lead or support project cutover management planning.

• Risk: supports administration of SCRM tool to ensure accuracy of data for assigned category team(s); may support specific risk mitigation projects.

• Supplier Performance: supports preparation of supplier scorecards and supplier business reviews. May analyze standard reporting tools to ensure data accuracy, summarize performance trends, and identify opportunities for improvement for designated categories.

• Contracts: Provides contract administration support. May provide ad hoc support for updating contract exhibits at the direction of the category leads.

• Supports ad hoc strategic sourcing initiatives as required, which could include supporting IT/automation enhancements and testing, supporting compliance related requirements, documenting processes, conducting ad hoc supply chain analysis, and generating data visualizations or leadership-level presentations.

• Identifies continuous improvement opportunities

• May mentor colleagues in the Global Supply Chain organization on Strategic Sourcing tools and processes