Your Job
The role supports strategic sourcing, improves process efficiency, and delivers insights through reports and dashboards using tools like Excel, SQL, and data visualization platforms. Ultimately, it helps optimize procurement strategies and enhance overall supply chain performance.
Our Team
A Procurement Intelligence team focuses on collecting, analyzing, and interpreting procurement-related data to drive informed decision-making, cost savings, and operational efficiency. This includes tracking supplier performance, identifying spending trends, forecasting demand, managing risks, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies
What You Will Do
- Data Collection & Integration – Gather procurement and spend data from multiple internal and external sources (e.g., ERP, supplier portals) and ensure data accuracy and consistency.
- Spend Analysis – Analyze purchasing patterns to identify cost-saving opportunities, maverick spend, and consolidation prospects.
- Supplier Performance Evaluation – Monitor and assess suppliers based on KPIs such as delivery performance, quality, cost, and responsiveness.
- Dashboard & Report Development – Create and maintain dashboards and reports using tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Excel to visualize procurement metrics and performance.
- Forecasting & Trend Analysis – Use historical data and market trends to predict demand, price fluctuations, and procurement needs.
- Compliance & Policy Monitoring – Ensure adherence to procurement policies by tracking deviations and highlighting non-compliant activities.
- Category & Commodity Insights – Provide deep insights into specific procurement categories or commodities to support category management and sourcing strategies.
- Risk Identification & Mitigation – Use data to identify potential supply chain risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Process Improvement Support – Identify inefficiencies in procurement processes and recommend data-driven improvements.
- Stakeholder Collaboration – Work closely with category managers, finance, and leadership teams to provide analytical support and drive informed procurement decisions
- Team Development & Mentoring – Guide and support team members in skill development, providing coaching, training, and opportunities for growth in analytics tools, procurement knowledge, and business acumen.
- Workload Planning & Resource Allocation – Effectively assign tasks based on team strengths and business priorities, ensuring balanced workloads and timely delivery of analytics projects.
- Performance Monitoring & Feedback – Set clear goals, track team performance against KPIs, and conduct regular reviews to provide constructive feedback and recognize achievements.
- Cross-functional Coordination – Facilitate collaboration between the analytics team and other functions like sourcing, finance, and IT to align objectives and deliver impactful insights.
- Process Standardization & Quality Assurance – Implement best practices and standard procedures to ensure consistency, accuracy, and reliability in all data analytics outputs across the team.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Analytics, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
- Master’s degree or MBA (preferred) with a focus on Analytics, Operations, or Procurement.
- Certifications in data analytics tools (e.g., Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or Python) are highly desirable.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Advanced Excel – Strong knowledge of formulas, pivot tables, lookups, and data modeling.
- Data Visualization Tools – Proficiency in Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.
- SQL and Database Querying – Ability to extract and manipulate large datasets from relational databases.
- ERP Systems Experience – Familiarity with SAP and Coupa for procurement and spend data.
- Data Cleaning & Automation – Using tools like Alteryx, Power Query, or scripting (e.g., Python) for process automation and data prep.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
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