Sr. Business Intelligence Analyst - Procurement

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Position Summary

We are seeking a highly analytical and forward-thinking Senior Procurement Analyst focused on BI and Data Analytics to support our Strategic Sourcing and Procurement team. This position is not a traditional procurement role, it's a key partner in delivering data-driven insights, improving visibility into spend and cost drivers, and enabling more effective sourcing decisions.

This position plays a critical role in building and scaling procurement analytics, tools, and data infrastructure—in some cases from the ground up. The analyst will help advance the organization’s procurement capabilities by improving reporting, standardizing data, and supporting the adoption of modern systems and technologies.

Working closely with the Strategic Sourcing and Procurement team, this role provides the analytical foundation, market insights, and reporting needed to support category and supplier strategies, while partnering with Finance to ensure accurate tracking and realization of cost changes.

Essential Functions & Core Responsibilities

Analytics, Insights & Reporting

Provide data-driven insights and reporting to support sourcing decisions and financial planning

• Analyze spend, volume, and supplier data across categories to improve cost visibility and support sourcing decisions
• Translate demand and MRP data into clear insights, including impacts to spend, supplier capacity, and sourcing opportunities
• Develop cost models and pricing analyses, including should-cost and total cost of ownership frameworks
• Design and maintain dashboards and reporting for procurement KPIs
• Partner closely with Finance to ensure accurate tracking, validation, and actualization of cost savings and cost changes
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis related to procurement initiatives
• Develop clear, compelling presentations and slide decks, including executive updates, supplier QBRs, and sourcing insights

Data, Tools & Procurement Capability

Build and scale the data, systems, and capabilities that enable a best-in-class procurement function

• Design and maintain data structures and reporting frameworks, including spend classification, supplier hierarchies, and KPI definitions
• Develop solutions for data collection, cleansing, and analysis, including building datasets and tools where needed
• Improve tools and systems, including defining requirements, impr

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• Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
• Enthusiastic - Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task.
• Self Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of ones ability using his or her own drive or initiative.

Benefits

Eligible employees may be offered a comprehensive benefits package, which may include medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, and other company-sponsored programs. Eligibility and offerings are subject to applicable plan documents and employment status.

Physical Demands – Manufacturing

This position operates on an active plant floor, requiring candidates to remain stationary or move throughout the facility for shifts up to 8–10 hours. Essential duties involve positioning self to operate tools, using fine motor dexterity to adjust components, and lifting or transferring materials weighing 10-50 pounds depending on the position. Work is performed in a manufacturing environment requiring strict compliance with mandatory safety protocols and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

California Applicants

The compensation range above applies to work performed in California and represents the employer’s good-faith estimate of the expected salary or hourly wage range for the position.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. We consider qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.