Business Analyst – Purchasing

Business Analyst – Purchasing page is loaded## Business Analyst – Purchasing locations:
Windsor, COtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R18382
** General Summary
** The Purchasing Business Analyst will work with complex data sets to help the Purchasing department use data to make more informed business decisions and drive results to meet the business units’ long term strategic goals.  This role will look at all parts of the department, including operations, procurement, inventory management, vendor optimization, etc. to find trends and opportunities for improvement.  

This is an analytical role that requires analyzing data from a number of different sources and translating that data for key stakeholders.  The Purchasing Business Analyst must also have a strong understanding of general business principles.
** Principal Duties and Responsibilities
*** Develop, monitor, and adjust business KPIs as needed across all functions of the business
* Ability to work across multiple business functions and present findings in concise, unbiased way
* Ability to track projects with milestones for completion, feeding relevant information to the appropriate stakeholders during the process
* Work with other members of data team to help develop specific datasets and data science projects to meet the business unit’s needs
* Utilize pricing analysis and strategies to forecast revenues, market shares and trends
* Attend business unit meetings as needed to provide insight, feedback, and guidance to key members of the business unit
* Proactively monitor industry trends within the industry as a whole
* Analyze how larger macro-economic factors may or may not affect the business unit as a whole
* Present key findings to end-users visually, verbally and in written formats
** Job Specifications
***** Knowledge
* *** Preferred Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or other related field
* Expert user of MS Excel
* Preferred experience and knowledge of the building materials industry
* Preferred experience with Microsoft Power BI
* Preferred experience with SQL
* Advance knowledge of Microsoft Office Components including PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
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* Skills and abilities

**** Proficiency in the use of the English language in reading, writing and speaking
* Ability to successfully interact and communicate with all organizational levels and the public, including leading large-scale presentations to audiences with varying technical skills
* Ability to learn new computer software applications quickly
* Logical, process-oriented nature
* Ability to communicate clearly via phone and email with customers and co-workers
* Ability to identify and pursue opportunities for improvement in business processes
* Must work out of one of the Company's locations or the Company's corporate office
* Travel expectation is 15%
*** Conduct
* *** Self-managing; works well under little supervision
* Highly motivated and enthusiastic
* Good interpersonal skills and good communicator
* Strong organization skills and detail oriented
* Be a team player and support the Company’s goals
* Conducts in a professional manner
* Ability to pass a drug test
** Working Conditions
** Working environment is generally favorable.  Requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time. Some traveling is required.### Hourly/Salary Pay Range:
$55,000 - $75,000 annually dependent on experience  pay range may be adjusted depending on cost of living

Bonus/Incentive Pay Annual performance bonus opportunity based on Company and specific business unit ROI and PBOP achievement criteria and individual job responsibility and performance.

Benefits currently offered to our employees:
* Medical insurance
* Health savings account with company contribution
* Dental insurance
* Vision insurance
* Basic and voluntary life insurance
* Disability insurance
* 401(k) plan with company match
* Paid vacation and holidays
* Stock purchase program with employee discount
* Educational reimbursement
* Wellness programs and challenges
* Other supplemental benefits
* The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
*** We're successful.
** We've been around for more than 65 years, and we've been profitable every year since our founding. We work hard, and we know how to set and beat records.
** We're competitive.
** Our line of work is demanding, but you'll get back what you put in and have fun doing it.
** We're family.
** We care for each other and want to see each other succeed. We enjoy watching each other build great careers and take advantage of the many opportunities we have to advance. And that makes UFP Industries a great place to be.
** We work hard and smart.
** We learn and grow from each other, from experience, from trial and error, from success. We collaborate to maintain our competitive edge. And we do it all on a global scale.
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