Procurement Analytics Manager

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Alameda, CAtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR6752
** SUMMARY/JOB PURPOSE**:

The Procurement Analytics team within Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) enables data-driven decision-making by delivering clear analytics and reporting across team operations, vendor master data, vendor spend, source-to-pay processes, and travel & expense (T&E) workflows. The team’s objective is to improve data quality, insights, and transparency to streamline procurement processes, enhance sourcing decisions, mitigate risk, and strengthen cross-functional collaboration.  Key partners include Finance (FP&A leads forecasting and budgeting), Accounting, IT, various Business Units, and within SS&P department to implement spend management strategies.
** ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
**** Analytics Strategy & Execution
*** Support maintaining the SS&P master data to ensure data integrity, visibility, and actionable insights throughout the vendor lifecycle, including onboarding, classification, spend analysis, and relationship management.
* Perform checks to ensure record accuracy and compliance.  Collaborate with Procurement colleagues to resolve data issues.
* Conduct data-driven analysis of spend to improve visibility and support procurement decisions.
* Contribute and assist in making data improvements for classification, integrity, and enrichment.
* Contribute to standardizing team metrics & reporting.
* Manage dashboards to track team performance metrics.
* Participate in innovation to foster continuous improvements.
** Spend Management & Strategic Insights
*** Help colleagues integrate financial analytics outputs into daily workflow by supporting to adoption
* Provide data-driven financial analysis to inform vendor negotiations and category decisions.
* Analyze spend data to identify cost-saving opportunities and risks; provide actionable insights for sourcing decisions.
* Support sourcing colleagues with market research analysis
* Maintain integrity of procurement master data throughout the vendor engagement lifecycle for reliable reporting.
** Cross-Functional Collaboration & Change Management
*** Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure effective use of procurement master data, spend, and T&E data.
* Support change management strategies to drive stakeholder adoption of data attributes and reporting tools.
* Support change management strategies to drive stakeholder adoption and leadership alignment.
* Assist in tracking vendor expenses, change orders, accruals, and forecasts to ensure data integrity.
** Process Optimization & Data Integration
*** Assist in implementing solutions that enhance efficiency, improve data accuracy, and strengthen analytics capabilities by supporting configuration, testing, and documentation efforts
* Partner with SS&P Systems team to enable data integrations and upgrades supporting master data management.
* Assist in automating reports
* Deliver training and problem-solving assistance to other team members.
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* SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

*** No supervisory responsibilities.
** EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE &

SKILLS:

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* Education:

*** Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 7 years of related experience; or
* Associate’s degree and 9 years of experience; or
* Equivalent combination of education and years of experience
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* Experience:

*** Experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech is preferred.
* Hands-on experience in outside spend analytics desirable.
* Familiarity with Ariba, SAP S4 Hana, including in vendor master and procurement related modules preferred.
* Experience with Tableau or equivalent reporting applications preferred.
* Intermediate Excel experience.
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* Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

*** Intermediate technical foundation in financial spend and business process analytics and methodologies.
* Intermediate knowledge of applicable financial regulations (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, GAAP).
* Advanced understanding of the necessity of Vendor Master and PO metadata.
* Familiarity with financial and operational processes including, but not limited to budgeting, accruals, forecasting, financial…