Data Analyst Strategic Sourcing

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

THE ROLE

Reporting to Director Sourcing, this role is responsible for:-

• maintain and provide data to support an accurate Purchase Price Variance Global Sourcing KPIs.
• manage the process to update pricing in regional ERPs as communicated by commodity teams.  
• develop regional PPV root cause countermeasure.  
• develop reports and recommendations to management to optimize efficiency and costs.
• construct models to forecast future events based on data and assumptions

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES / ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned beyond the core functions listed below.

• Manage Sourcing systems (Ariba, Project Savings Tracker, eSP, others) and processes to improve data integrity.  
• Conduct analysis of data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and communicate data to Finance to support the monthly PPV reporting cycle and annual budget.  
• Develop monthly variance reports.   
• Serve as a liaison to regional pricing and finance teams to provide or gather inputs into the planning process.
• Other tasks as assigned include: maintain pricing and other ERP data as necessary; manage Sourcing shared sites; maintain Sourcing data files;; others as necessary.

Requirements and Preferred Skills

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• 4+ years of related experience is required.
• Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Supply Chain, Business, Accounting, Finance, Statistics, or Data Science.

REQUIRED SKILLS: 

• Excellent aptitude for critical analysis and problem-solving.
• Excellent data management and data entry capability.
• Ability to manage competing demands, flexibility in varying processes, with a demonstrated capability to solve complex issues.
• Work well under pressure, achieve tight deadlines, effectively prioritize critical needs.
• Global work experience and perspective.
• Resourceful; able to obtain information necessary to be successful in this role.
• Ability to communicate effectively and develop management reporting.
• Capable collaboration skills.
• Elite Microsoft Excel skills; proficiency with MRP systems, databases, reporting software, statistical software, Ariba, and SharePoint.
• Fluent in English.