Procurement Analyst, Indirect & Capex

Procurement Analyst

This is a hybrid position with 3 days a week in our Lake Forest office.

Position Summary

Novolex is seeking a highly analytical, strategic, and results-driven Procurement Analyst to join the Procurement Center of Excellence (COE) Analytical Team, supporting the Indirect and Capex vertical. This role will serve as a critical business partner across Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, IT, HR, and plant leadership to drive sourcing discipline, cost optimization, capital project support, and compliance across enterprise spend categories.

The ideal candidate will combine strong financial acumen, data analytics expertise, sourcing knowledge, and project coordination capability to develop actionable insights, support competitive bidding events, improve total cost of ownership, and strengthen supplier performance across indirect goods, services, and capital investments.

This position will play a key role in building scalable procurement analytics, supporting annual operating plan (AOP) development, enabling capital project procurement governance, and accelerating value creation across Novolex's indirect spend portfolio, including MRO, facilities, corporate services, logistics, energy, and capital equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Indirect Spend Analytics
• Strategic Sourcing & Competitive Event Support
• AOP & Spend Governance
• Supplier Performance, Risk & Contract Governance
• Data Systems, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

Qualifications

• Required
• Preferred

Why Join Novolex

This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape and modernize procurement excellence within one of the world's leading packaging companies during a critical period of transformation and growth. As part of the Procurement Center of Excellence, the Procurement Analyst will play a strategic role in strengthening indirect procurement capabilities, improving capital project sourcing discipline, increasing spend visibility, and enabling smarter enterprise investment decisions.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $70-79k + bonus + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Novolex, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

The benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid vacation, and sick days, paid parental leave, paid holidays and wellness program.