Strategic Sourcing Analyst

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Analyst based in the United States. The Strategic Sourcing Analyst will support global procurement strategies by combining strategic sourcing expertise, supplier management, and advanced data analytics. This role plays an important part in identifying cost-saving opportunities, strengthening supplier performance, and maintaining continuity across the supply chain. Working closely with procurement, engineering, quality, operations, finance, and regional teams, you will turn business priorities into actionable sourcing initiatives and measurable results. You will also develop reporting solutions and analytical tools that improve data accuracy, visibility, and decision-making across global procurement operations. The position offers a dynamic opportunity to influence supplier relationships, optimize manufacturing supply chains, and support business performance through data-driven recommendations. This is a full-time remote opportunity within the United States.

Accountabilities

Strategic Sourcing Execution: Support global commodity strategies by translating priorities into sourcing projects, negotiation activities, milestones, and implementation plans.

End-to-End Sourcing Activities: Manage sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification and requests for quotation (RFQs) through quotation analysis, supplier selection, implementation, and savings realization.

Spend and Market Analysis: Evaluate spending patterns, supplier quotations, market conditions, cost drivers, capacity, lead times, and demand to identify cost-reduction opportunities and potential supply risks.

Cost Optimization and Productivity: Support purchase price variance (PPV), value analysis/value engineering (VAVE), competitive bidding, supplier consolidation, resourcing, and other productivity initiatives.

Business Cases and Recommendations: Prepare sourcing recommendations, total-cost analyses, business cases, and executive-ready presentations to support strategic and commercial decisions.

Supplier Negotiations and Continuity: Support supplier negotiations, commercial terms, alternate-source development, capacity assessments, recovery plans, and business-continuity initiatives.

Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Finance, Materials, regional procurement teams, and suppliers to achieve sourcing and project objectives.

Supplier Performance Management: Support supplier scorecards, business reviews, corrective actions, supplier development plans, and escalation follow-up.

Procurement Analytics and Reporting: Develop and deliver data analytics and decision-support solutions that improve visibility, data integrity, and fact-based decision-making across procurement and supply chain operations.

Data Integration and Governance: Integrate, reconcile, and validate ERP/MRP, data warehouse, sourcing, and supplier information to improve accuracy, consistency, traceability, and accessibility.

Reporting Standards and Automation: Maintain standardized metric definitions, reporting logic, data dictionaries, and self-service reporting capabilities that establish a reliable source of truth. Automate recurring analyses and provide ad hoc decision support for sourcing, negotiations, productivity, and risk mitigation.

Project and Priority Management: Maintain accurate project trackers, savings forecasts, risk registers, sourcing documentation, and reports while managing multiple projects, analytics priorities, and supply escalations with urgency and accountability.

Requirements

Professional Experience: At least five years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, data analytics, business intelligence, or a related manufacturing environment.

Sourcing and Procurement Expertise: Experience supporting sourcing projects, supplier negotiations, PPV/VAVE initiatives, sourcing transitions, or supplier performance improvement.

Analytics and Reporting: Demonstrated experience developing analytical, reporting, or business-intelligence solutions using multiple data sources.

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

Analytical and Commercial Skills: Strong analytical, commercial, project management, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving capabilities.

Data and Reporting Tools: Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with data analytics, reporting, visualization, and business-intelligence tools. Experience with Power BI, Power Query, and DAX is preferred.

Systems and Supply Chain Knowledge: Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and manufacturing supply chains. Experience with data warehouses or SQL is an advantage.

Data Interpretation: Ability to translate complex datasets into clear insights, business implications, and practical recommendations.

Data Governance and Accuracy: Strong attention to detail, with a commitment to data integrity, documentation, governance, and repeatable processes.

Professional Certifications: CPSM, Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst, or a similar professional certification is considered a plus.

Collaboration and Organization: Ability to coordinate effectively across functions, manage competing priorities, and follow through on sourcing projects and supply-related escalations.

Benefits

Work Arrangement: Full-time remote position within the United States.

Strategic Impact: Opportunity to contribute to global procurement strategies, supplier performance, cost optimization, and supply-chain continuity.

Professional Development: Exposure to strategic sourcing, manufacturing operations, business intelligence, and global procurement initiatives.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with diverse teams across procurement, engineering, finance, quality, operations, and regional supply chain functions.

Innovation and Data-Driven Work: Opportunity to develop analytics and reporting solutions that improve operational visibility and support better business decisions.

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