Supplier Data Analyst

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day.

If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you.

The Supplier Performance Data Analyst is responsible for financial and operational data analysis, business intelligence tools and reporting in support of supplier performance management activities at Alaska Airlines (AS) and Hawaiian Airlines (HA). As an individual contributor, this role turns supplier, operational, and financial data into insight that enables the Supply Chain Operations and Material Management department to hold suppliers accountable, improve performance, and make better business decisions.

This position may be filled at either the Professional 2 or Professional 3 level depending on experience. Both levels share the same purpose and the same core responsibilities; they differ in scope, autonomy, and the complexity of the problems the analyst is expected to solve.

Operates with limited direction to deliver analysis, reporting, and recommendations that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the department. Focuses on answering defined business questions, documenting current processes, and identifying areas for improvement to drive both operational excellence and transformational change.

Serves as a subject matter expert in data analysis, business intelligence tools, and reporting. Works independently on ambiguous problems, establishes the structure and standards used for supplier reporting across the team, ensures data integrity across multiple source systems, and provides technical guidance to other analysts.

• Analyze and interpret supplier performance, operational, and financial data from internal and external sources to answer defined business questions and identify actionable insights.
• Develop, implement, and maintain reporting and dashboards that make supplier performance visible to the team and its business partners.
• Develop, monitor and maintain assigned key supply chain metrics to elevate operational performance and financial outcomes.
• Identify inefficiencies in the supply chain through user engagement, data analysis, process mapping, and on the ground observation and make recommendations for improvement.
• Perform quantitative analysis to support supplier performance reviews, business cases, negotiations and identification of financial or operational opportunities.
• Support the Supply Chain Operations & Material Management team in evaluating complex supplier deals and in crafting performance assessment models for principal suppliers.
• Document analytical methodologies, reporting logic, assumptions and data sources to support consistency and reliability.
• Partner with source system and data owners to validate data accuracy, investigate discrepancies and resolve data quality issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Independently analyze and interpret complex supplier performance, operational, and financial data from multiple internal and external sources, frame ambiguous business questions, and determine what that data means for supplier performance and business decisions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in analytics tools, visual reporting, data…