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Procurement Analyst
Woodland, CA
Job Description
The Procurement Analyst will analyze business needs and suppliers to determine optimal sourcing and purchasing strategies. They will be responsible for providing regular reporting to analyze spend by commodity, vendor relationship, business unit, and enterprise-wide; preparing market studies, business cases, and preparing benchmark pricing. The Procurement Analyst will provide support and alignment with vendor management to ensure that vendors are properly approved, and contracts address the risks created through the relationship. Communication with various levels of management throughout the company is required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions
- Exercise a high level of professionalism and confidentiality when working with staff, projects and proprietary information.
- Work closely with and establish strong working relationships between various groups including internal business units, external partners, vendors, finance and the technology team.
- Aggressively pursue, gain, and maintain knowledge of ERP features and functionality along with IT services provided by the company and various entities throughout, as well as using learned knowledge to manage key stakeholder issues.
- Independently or as part of a team, perform analysis, business case scenarios, models and requirements.
- Requirement specification development that includes:
- High-level business and user requirements, business processes, and training material in conjunction with cross-functional teams and customers
- Decomposition of high-level business and user requirements into functional and nonfunctional requirements, specified in an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by developers and others who base their work on the requirements;
- Representation of requirements using alternative views, such as analysis models (diagrams), prototypes, or scenarios, where appropriate;
- Documentation of the operational business processes.
- Manage multiple assignments, along with ongoing (core) duties, simultaneously.
- Apply lessons learned to continually support innovative department business solutions and enhancements.
- Purchase order creation and management through ERP.
- Provide monthly data reports and dashboards to management.
- Monitor and resolve issues in a timely manner with a customer-oriented approach.
- Ensure that all users, approvals, and filters are set up in accordance with procurement policies.
- Develop and implement on-going training and communication programs with internal customer groups.
- Monitor and regularly report on usage of R2P tools and develop and implement plans for improving tool usage/value.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Operations/Supply Chain, or Finance is preferred.
- Minimum 5 years’ in an analytical role (e.g. sourcing, procurement operations/consulting, or corporate process improvement/auditing).
- Experience using an enterprise resource management (ERP) solution and/or E-procurement technology preferred.
- Experience in SQL, PS query, and in manipulating large disparate data sets into single models is preferred.
Job Summary
Company
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
5+ years
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