Purchasing Analyst

CSP is the industry leader in the formulation and molding of lightweight, advanced composite components for the transportation industries. As an innovative, full-service Tier One supplier, we offer an entrepreneurial environment where you're only limited by your own imagination. In addition to our team-focused environment, we provide industry-leading benefits, called BENEfits4U. Our comprehensive offering includes: affordable medical, dental, and vision care; flexible spending accounts; life insurance; 401k with company match and much, much more.

• Procurement/Purchasing Team: day-to-day process execution, PO support, data stewardship, reporting.
• Finance: savings reporting, raw material index reconciliation, budget variance support.
• IT/Digital: eProcurement system data, QAD queries, dashboard maintenance.
• Legal/Trade Compliance: conflict minerals data collection and filing support, sanctions screening inputs.
• Sustainability/ESG: conflict minerals disclosure (Dodd-Frank/OECD), supplier diversity data submissions.
• Category Leaders and SSC: process support, RFx data preparation, master data maintenance.
• Plant Operations (USA & Mexico): PO compliance tracking, supplier onboarding coordination.

• Support day-to-day execution of P2P processes including PO issuance, supplier onboarding coordination, and "No PO - No Pay" compliance monitoring across plant locations.
• Maintain and update procurement process documentation, templates, and standard operating procedures under the direction of the Manager Procurement Governance & Processes.

• Serve as a functional user and data steward within Coupa (or comparable platform); maintain catalog content, supplier records, and transaction data accuracy.
• Assist with system testing, user training support, and issue resolution during and after eProcurement deployment.

• Execute SSC-level tasks including RFQ data entry, supplier onboarding documentation, PO processing, and reporting; meet defined SLAs for accuracy, cycle time, and backlog management.
• Support bilingual (English/Spanish) communication with Mexico-based plants and suppliers as needed.

• Maintain supplier and material master records in QAD and Coupa; execute data validation routines, flag exceptions, and escalate corrections per governance standards.
• Contribute to monthly data integrity scorecards and audit preparation.

• Coordinate annual CMRT (Conflict Minerals Reporting Template) data collection from the supplier base; track response rates, send follow-up communications, and escalate non-responders.
• Consolidate and validate smelter/refiner data; maintain the conflict minerals database; support preparation of the annual Dodd-Frank Section 1502 disclosure filing in coordination with Legal and Sustainability.

• Collect, validate, and maintain supplier diversity certification data (MBE, WBE, VOSB, SDVOSB, SBE, HUBZone) across the active supplier base.
• Prepare periodic diversity spend reports for OEM customer submissions and internal leadership; maintain the diversity supplier registry and track certification renewal dates.

• Monitor and record key commodity and raw material indices relevant to CSP's spend (steel, aluminum, resins, glass fiber, logistics fuel indices, etc.) on a defined cadence.
• Publish regular index movement summaries and variance alerts to Category Leaders, Finance, and Commercial teams; maintain index history logs and support price adjustment calculations under index-linked contract provisions.

• Pull, cleanse, and analyze procurement spend data from QAD and Coupa; support maintenance of spend dashboards and savings tracking reports.
• Prepare standard and ad hoc reports for the Manager and VP Procurement as required.