Senior Data Analyst - Strategic Sourcing

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** JOB SUMMARY
** As a senior analyst in the Strategic Sourcing analytics team, you will utilize your sound business acumen, knowledge and experience in financial modeling and data mining to deliver business insights and provide actionable recommendations to organizational leaders in support of Sourcing decisions. The Senior Sourcing Data Analyst will provide advanced analytics, cost modeling, and market intelligence to support strategic sourcing decisions.

This role goes beyond tactical reporting and will be accountable for designing should-cost models, owning data governance, mentoring junior analysts, and presenting actionable insights to senior leadership. The Senior Analyst serves as both a technical expert and strategic partner, directly influencing supplier negotiations and sourcing outcomes.
** KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
*** Works closely with Sourcing Managers and cross functional partners in conducting research on economic trends in key supply markets, analyzing spend data, and preparing monthly status reports
* Gain a deep understanding of key Strategic Sourcing initiatives and be able to provide analytical solutions that drive the success of these initiatives.
* Support RFx preparation and execution through data collection, spend analyses, RFP bids analytics.
* Participate in the development, design and implementation of processes that collect and report data and statistics on spending by vendor and category.
* Lead data governance activities including supplier master alignment, contract metadata accuracy, and spend categorization standards across sourcing systems.
* Develop models and dashboards to help stakeholders better understand key drivers of costs (e.g. commodities prices, inflation, business environment, legislation and the global economy).
* Develop hypothesis-driven strategies based on data and analysis to reduce such costs (Cost of Goods Sold and OSG&A).
* Analyze cost increase requests from vendors and provide analysis on reasonableness of cost increase.
* Utilize Oracle Reporting & GEP Smart and other tools to collect data, provide analysis, build spend base and fact packs to supporting negotiations and bid analysis.
* Develop structured, repeatable RFP and cost-analysis playbooks, including templates, scenario models, and negotiation analytics used by Sourcing Managers.
* Conduct analyses on spend data/researching trends (i.e. commodity tracking, variance analyses, should cost & product teardowns, etc.) and work with Sourcing Managers/Buyers on options to drive cost savings with vendors.
* Build multi-scenario should-cost models incorporating commodities, freight, tariffs, FX, and component-level cost drivers to support supplier negotiation strategies.
* Mentor junior analysts and oversee work quality for consistency and accuracy.
* Collaborate with global sourcing teams (including Global Support Center India) to standardize methodologies.
* Serve as a subject matter partner to offshore teams to ensure consistent analytical methods, data quality, and reporting standards across regions.
* Conduct supplier market research and identification and build supplier bid analyses and negotiation materials.
** KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
*** Communicate findings and provide actionable recommendations in a clear and concise manner to non-technical audiences and managers
* Ability to provide suggestions and collaborate with team and stakeholders to solve problems by assessing the situation, leveraging and analyzing relevant data, identifying root cause and developing potential solutions.
* Provides guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
* Adapt to change, ability to quickly learn details of new business challenges and identify dependencies and impacts of other key initiatives.
** EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
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* EDUCATION:

** Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Business Analytics, Economics or Finance.

Master's degree is preferred but not required.
** YEARS OF RELEVANT

WORK EXPERIENCE:

** Minimum of 4+ years utilizing data analytics to drive…