Senior Sourcing Analyst

Senior Sourcing Analyst Location: San Jose, CA (Hybrid) Key Responsibilities Negotiating favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term contracts with suppliers. Preparing and processing requisitions and purchase orders for the procurement of technical equipment, custom engineered products, systems, software or components. Acquiring and maintaining understanding of technology trends, market forces, cost trends and supplier technology road maps. Reviewing purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy and discussing defects and delivery problems with suppliers and negotiating refunds. Leading data analysis for cost reduction & supplier performance improvements. Analyzing supplier performance details and trends. Analyzing internal and external cost details to identify opportunities and build strong data driven cases to support cost negotiations. Creating cost models for supplier price structures. Developing models detailing impact on variables to cost and profit including things on volume/spend growth and impact on material price changes. Utilizing AI in modeling and analysis. Issuing RFQs, facilitating & leading auctions, and generating cost requests. Analyzing results from above and providing summary and recommendations to sourcing managers. Developing negotiation fact sets and presentations to support supplier negotiations. Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Analytics, or related business degrees. A minimum of 6 or more years’ relevant experience required. Experience in supplier selection, performance management, cost models, and presentations. Skilled in data analysis and presentation of results. Comfortable with data ambiguity and developing clarity across disparate systems. Experience leveraging AI for this scope. Ability to handle a high number of concurrent tasks in parallel. Effective communication skills – written, oral, and presentations. NO C2C CANDIDATES JBL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and E-Verify Company #J-18808-Ljbffr