Procurement Analyst

Procurement Process Mgr Business Analyst for Region AmericasLinde Inc.Tonawanda, NY, United States | req32149What You Will Enjoy DoingManage procurement business analytics, report and controlling, and master data sub-process across operating segments. Identify and analyze process improvement opportunities. Develop, implement, and manage solutions and automated workflows, digital tools, and backend processes to optimize processes, operations, and compliance. Prepare business cases and trainings for changes/enhancements to tools and processes and to drive compliance. Responsible for enhanced data transparency and quality through data mining and ETL processes, identifying savings and process improvement opportunities, including implementation, controlling, and management of key performance indicators in conjunction with operating segment and procurement center teams. Select tools, templates and technology roadmap to manage these processes. Collect, harmonize, and prioritize requirements from procurement centers/regions/countries, ensuring alignment and consistency across various reporting tools, and manage system/database integrations for information consolidation. Manage key dashboards and reports to track critical business KPIs, support decision-making, ensure policy and processes compliance, highlight improvement opportunities, and expedite spend analysis.What Makes You GreatMust have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Business Data Analytics, Engineering (any), Computer Science, or a related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related position. Alternatively, employer will accept a Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Business Data Analytics, Engineering (any), Computer Science, or a related field and one (1) year of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Must have three (3) years (or one [1] year with a Master's) of experience with: Utilizing data systems and retrieval mechanisms including, DataLake and DataWarehouse to manage procurement business analytics; Evaluating technologies for procurement processes, developing regional policies and materials, and initiating and steering projects across different operating segments; Utilizing programming languages including JavaScript, PHP, M, SQL and Python to create reports and custom dashboards; Working with Procurement Processes (Supplier and Item Registration, Contracts, Purchasing, Accounts Payable Cost Controlling and Spend, E-Auction, Asset Management) and Savings Guidelines/Reporting; Experience with Data Analytics, Data Mining, ETL (Extract, Transform and Load), Data Enrichment, Natural Language Processing and Systems Integration and backend logics to extract, consolidate, transform and manage report data through the organization using Business Analytics Best Practices; Utilizing Power Platform and Microsoft Solutions including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Query, Dataverse and Sharepoint Working with Virtual Agents, RPA and BI Tools including Tableau, Power BI, OBIEE, Kronos. TRAVEL REQT: 15% domestic and international travel required. HOURS: Full-Time; Mon-Fri (40 hours per week).Why You Will Love Working With UsLinde serves a variety of end markets including chemicals, energy & decarbonization, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals & mining. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.In this role you must learn and abide the Linde Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct by demonstrating honesty, integrity, professionalism in all communications, actions, and decisions.What We Offer You!At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.SALARY: $98,876.40 to $132,000.00/year