Sr. Analyst, Strategic Sourcing - RCD

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The Sr. Analyst Strategic Sourcing and Projects (12-month contract) will join a team of others reporting to the Manager, Strategic Sourcing supporting Retail Construction and Design and Strategic Projects teams. The Analyst Strategic Sourcing and Projects will be deeply involved in conducting analysis to support category strategy development and execution with the goal of achieving cost savings targets. They will actively contribute to supplier engagement and strategic supplier relationship management.

They are required to have strong analytical skills with extensive experience using Excel in order to conduct quantitative analysis and create/maintain a category database using multiple (and sometimes ambiguous) sources of data. They will also provide recurring and ad hoc complex analytical assignments to the category management teams. The Sr. Analyst, Strategic Sourcing and Projects will also be required to conduct a detailed supply market analysis and create category and supplier profiles.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are necessary.

• Strategic Projects & Sourcing Capabilities (1-3 years of experience)
• Support the development and execution of category management strategies, processes and events for assigned categories/sub-categories
• Executing category management strategies and the strategic sourcing process (e.g. RFI, RFP, etc.)
• Support the category team in Jaggaer/Ariba/Officetrax process design, implementation and ongoing support
• Conducting complex sourcing baseline analysis and assessing category benefits (e.g. savings, risk reduction, etc.) and key performance metrics
• Analyzing supplier bids and proposals conducting advanced, multivariable cost regression analyses to prepare and assess potential sourcing scenarios
• Actively developing and managing strategic supplier relationships while managing risk and compliance through effective supplier communications/negotiations
• Use detailed market analysis to create scenarios regarding potential market development. Use insights from market analysis to support stakeholder innovation, mitigate risks for client BU, and amend category strategies or deliver additional savings
• Conducting comprehensive supply market analysis to identify sourcing opportunities
• Ability to use past data to create supplier risk profiles and quantify supplier risks/opportunities
• Support the tracking, contracting and improvement of category benefits and other key performance metrics
• Support other special procurement activities and analyses as needed by senior management
• Assist the Contracts team with the execution of various contracts across different categories.
• Support analytics for various strategic projects (e.g. create business cases, gather data, rent vs. buy analysis, etc.)
• Assist in project management of key strategic initiatives by putting together project plans, communication plans, risk mitigation plans, change management and workshop planning
• Track savings and other KPIs of completed initiatives

• A minimum of bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or…