Sr. Analyst - Procurement

Sr. Analyst - Procurement

The Senior Procurement Analyst serves as the primary analytics and business intelligence resource for TPC's Procurement organization. This role transforms enterprise data into actionable business insights that improve sourcing strategies, supplier performance, contract compliance, operational efficiency, and measurable cost savings.

Working closely with Procurement leadership, Category Managers, Finance, IT, Operations, and other business stakeholders, this position develops advanced analytics, executive dashboards, financial models, and automated reporting solutions that enable data-driven decision making across the procurement lifecycle.

The Senior Procurement Analyst serves as the strategic liaison between Procurement and IT by defining business requirements, improving procurement data architecture, advancing reporting capabilities, and identifying opportunities to leverage automation and emerging technologies to improve Procurement's effectiveness and strategic value. This position owns Procurement's analytics strategy, reporting roadmap, and business intelligence capabilities while driving continuous improvement through automation, advanced analytics, and technology-enabled solutions.

Procurement Strategy & Analytics

• Lead enterprise-wide spend analytics to identify sourcing opportunities, supplier consolidation initiatives, contract leakage, maverick spend, supplier rationalization opportunities, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Transform complex enterprise data into actionable business intelligence and strategic recommendations that support Procurement leadership and Category Managers.
• Partner with Category Managers to develop category strategies, prioritize sourcing initiatives, prepare for negotiations, and identify opportunities using spend analytics, supplier performance metrics, and market intelligence.
• Develop predictive models, trend analyses, and forecasting tools that proactively identify procurement risks, pricing trends, demand patterns, and savings opportunities.
• Establish and govern Procurement KPI definitions, reporting standards, and data governance practices to ensure consistent and trusted business intelligence. Measure, validate, and communicate realized savings, cost avoidance, working capital improvements, and value creation initiatives through standardized reporting and executive dashboards.

Business Intelligence & Digital Transformation

• Design, develop, and maintain executive dashboards, business intelligence solutions, and automated reporting that provide meaningful visibility into Procurement performance.
• Develop and maintain scalable reporting architecture that integrates procurement data across Oracle ERP, Contract Management, Hyperion, Power BI, and other enterprise systems.
• Partner with IT to define business requirements, develop reporting solutions, automate manual processes, and improve Procurement's digital capabilities.
• Translate Procurement business needs into technical requirements, report specifications, dashboard designs, and user acceptance testing plans.
• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT) for reporting enhancements, system upgrades, and analytics initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, automation tools, AI-enabled analytics, and reporting solutions that improve operational efficiency and decision making.
• Champion continuous improvement of Procurement's reporting capabilities through automation, workflow optimization, and technology enhancements

Procurement Performance & Financial Analysis

• Develop and maintain Procurement scorecards, executive reporting, and KPI dashboards measuring sourcing effectiveness, supplier performance, contract compliance, and procurement efficiency.
• Analyze purchasing trends, pricing fluctuations, contract utilization, supplier performance, and category spend to identify actionable opportunities and business risks.
• Develop Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), should-cost, scenario, and financial models supporting strategic sourcing initiatives and supplier negotiations.
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses and develop business cases supporting sourcing events, supplier diversification, process improvements, and capital or operating expenditure decisions.
• Benchmark supplier pricing, procurement performance, and market trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with FP&A and Procurement leadership to align procurement performance metrics, savings initiatives, and financial objectives.
• Monitor procurement performance against established KPIs and proactively recommend corrective actions, process improvements, and sourcing strategies to improve business results.

Strategic Sourcing Support

• Serve as the primary analytics and business intelligence resource for strategic sourcing initiatives by providing spend analysis, supplier benchmarking, pricing analysis, market research, supplier evaluations, and executive decision support.
  
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