Procurement Analyst PET

Procurement Analyst Pet

Assists the PET Category Manager and Global PET Director on various procurement activities. Conduct analytical evaluations of multiple quotations for purchase of goods/services within the assigned area of responsibility. Help in the identification to continuously reduce the total cost of ownership and secure supply for assigned commodity/category. In conjunction with category/commodity team assist in driving best performance for a set of commodities/categories in line with Amcor's strategic objectives and assuring compliance with customer related and regulatory requirements regarding the Amcor supply base.

Key Job Accountabilities

• Drive end to end process of business case creation for PET related projects including submission into GSTT.
• Extract, analyze and report mainframe / system data including providing visibility to GSTT project pipelines.
• Assist in the development of cost models, data collection and measurements to provide regarding product performance and services
• Ensure PET price sheets are up to date with up to date with index related information.
• Share up to date pricing with commercial finance teams as necessary to support BDR process.
• Support alternate material qualification projects by tracking PET related milestones, reporting to stakeholders and pulling material where used reports as needed.
• Assist in PET RFQ process through data collection and summarization for actionable tasks by upper management.
• Making customers (external and internal) and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships; creating and executing plans and solutions in collaboration with the customer
• Data extraction:
  Ability to extract and query data from systems (e.g., SAP, GSTT, GSDB, etc.) Go beyond data extraction and apply actionable insights, trends, and generating KPIs
• Data validation:
  Knowledge of and ability to understand and resolve data inconsistencies or variances
• Information systems:
  Knowledge and use of existing technical information systems (e.g. SAP, GSDB) to generate necessary data; ability to access, analyze and use information in a manner that adds value to the organization, ability to propose system enhancements based upon business needs Continuous improvement and partnering with IT enabling better data management
• Monitoring, measurement and metrics:
  Knowledge of key business drivers or measures used to gauge the effectiveness and performance of an internal group or a supplier; generate and maintain KPI and score cards
• Record retention:
  Knowledge of the policies and procedures for storing and retaining financial, nonfinancial and company documents
• Requirements planning:
  Knowledge of how to plan materials and service requirements in order to support ongoing business software applications:
  Knowledge and use of technical software applications appropriate to the specific work activities
• Strong computer skills, including knowledge of SAP systems; excellent Excel skills, strong skills in PowerPoint, Word, Access and Power BI

Strategy:

• Assist in the optimization on total cost of ownership by leveraging fact-based elements, i.e. supplier price breakdown, including processing cost obtained either through internal calculations, external benchmarking, market driven pricing, etc. to support the assigned commodity/category strategy execution to meet P+ business objectives.
• Generate and maintain TCO tools and price breakdowns for category managers and strategy discussions
• Assist in the definition, collaboration and execution of the negotiation strategy, negotiation schedule and supplier selection criteria to support the assigned commodity/category strategy execution to meet P+ business objectives.
• Assist in strategy review and adjustment in line with Amcor's strategies and P+ business objectives.
• Assist in identification of supply risks to supply/cost and develop plan to mitigate risks.

Supplier selection & approval:

• Assisting the identification, evaluation and the approval process of new suppliers that meet Amcor performance standards and compliance requirements.
• Assist in leveraging current supply base or identify new suppliers to support new product launches I initiatives.
• Assist in development global/regional contracts and/or make vs buy refresh cycle or outsourcing opportunities.

Pricing & cost:

• Understand the market(s) well enough to know who the leaders in pricing, technology and service are and drive to the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Work with functional, engineering, operations, category managers, sourcing functions, logistics and the supply base to develop target cost and low-cost alternatives. Understand all the components of related costs to know where opportunities exist that need to be addressed. Regularly organize and conduct pricing benchmarks, competitive analysis.
• Utilize, develop a broad skill set of RFQ, benchmarking and negotiation methodologies. Continuously improve staff technical, commercial and negotiation capabilities to…