Senior Associate Global Procurement – Data & Analytics

Role Description:

Lets do this. Lets change the world. The Senior Associate Global Procurement Data and Analytics will support the Procurement Data & Analytics group that enables the organization to make informed and data-driven decisions. This role plays a crucial part in enhancing the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and strategic impact of the digital function across the organization. This role is also responsible for supporting the maintenance of Procurement specific content utilized across several platforms including buying instructions, preferred supplier lists, spend taxonomy refresh among others. This role will be expected to provide analysis of performance across the organization, facilitate insightful reporting of key metrics, and support the assessment of new and special projects within the Digital Procurement function. This role will also support and participate in developing the analytics roadmap & assisting with driving project timelines and outcomes.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Procurement Data Management

• Drive the implementation of Procurement specific content utilized across multiple platforms including Preferred Supplier, Buying Portal, Policy Compliance, etc..
• Support maintenance of process and governance for spend taxonomy refresh.
• Support the production and development of procurement dashboard enhancements, as required.
• Work with capability and process owners to provide data extracts, advise and enable strategy and process improvement initiatives (Buying Portal, Sustainability)
• Maintain transaction and master data including working with external providers to cleanse data.

Data & Analytics Support:

• Support build phase of analytics use cases, including detailed data gathering, insights reporting, prioritization, integration, etc., with relevant stakeholders
• Understand and summarize advanced analytical techniques, including predictive analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, to gain deeper insights into procurement data
• Support the development and distribution of ad-hoc and routine reporting data
• Support project / initiatives management including timelines, stakeholder identification, objective documentation, etc.

Continuous Improvement & Compliance:

• Support continuous improvement efforts to ensure processes minimize manual effort associated with collecting and refreshing data
• Ensure that data and analytics practices within procurement adhere to relevant regulatory requirements

Key Stakeholder Management:?

• Collaborate with across Procurement and cross-functional teams to gather requirements, identify root causes behind metrics, and generate insights
• Regularly engage with appropriate Technology and third-party stakeholders to drive execution activities of analytic use cases (i.e., building dashboards, etc.)

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills:

• Experience participating on cross-functional and/or global teams
• Internal stakeholder management and strong virtual team participation
• Advanced data/information and analytics management (including cycle times, KPIs and SLAs), continuous improvement expertise, and project management skills
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyze large datasets, identify trends, and derive actionable insights
• Experience with procurement technology and software systems, such as procurement ERPs (Enterprise Resource Planning), spend analysis tools, and data visualization tools

Soft Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• Ability to navigate ambiguity
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
• Influencing and Change Management skills

Basic Qualifications:

• B.S./B.A.?

• Minimum of 2-4 years of relevant business experience

• Minimum of 1-2 years of multi-disciplined procurement experience??