Global Procurement Finance Analyst

Pernod Ricard - Paris, TX

- Mid Level

Remote - Paris, TX

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

About the position

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Procurement Finance Analyst to join our Centre of Excellence part of the Global procurement team. The Procurement Finance Analyst is responsible for providing financial insights, analysis, and strategic support to the procurement team to drive cost efficiency, supplier performance, and compliance with budgetary goals. This role requires a combination of financial acumen, strong data analytics skills and an understanding of procurement processes to optimize sourcing strategies and ensure robust reporting. The successful candidate will report directly to the Global Procurement Finance Manager and provide analytical support to Group CPO, Procurement Finance Director, Global Category Directors & Managers.

Responsibilities

• Support quarterly global forecast spending processes, standard cost computation and performance/pipeline review for product categories
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports for procurement and financial performance
• Analyze procurement and financial data to identify cost-saving opportunities, trends, and inefficiencies
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as spend analysis, supplier performance and budget adherence
• Identify, size, and monitor value creation initiatives, including year-over-year margin improvements, tracking variances and highlight key root cause
• Support strategy setting and initiative monitoring with local team and global category team via data collection/consolidation, analysis, and updating/challenging methodology when appropriate
• Perform regular spend database analysis and provide updates on KPIs on a monthly basis
• Follow market inflation trends and update PAF models in collaboration with product categories and third parties data source
• Review quality data accuracy with affiliates and categories related transactional invoice data as well as product attributes information data
• Provide advanced data analysis to support category strategy development following our data roadmap implementation
• Provide ad-hoc data analysis for both CPO, Procurement Finance and Global Category teams
• Serve as a referent for Procurement tools and system, sharing expertise and promoting usage and adoption
• Work closely with IT and data management teams to ensure data integrity and system integration
• Actively participate in the Procurement transformation by contributing to the implementation/improvement and training of existing digital tools and performance dashboards aligned with Procurement objectives
• Collaborate with global procurement and global finance teams to align data insights with organizational process, methodology and established practice
• Optimize internal processes, provide analytical support and manage performance reporting
• Support automation initiatives to streamline data collection, analysis, and reporting
• Evaluate and implement tools or software that enhance data analysis capabilities

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in finance, procurement, or a related analytical role
• Solid understanding of procurement processes, supply chain management, and financial principles
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• English at professional level is mandatory
• Advanced analytical skills with strong ability to analyze data and interpret results
• Strong proficiency in data analysis tools such as Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience with data visualization platforms like Tableau, Power BI or similar tools

Nice-to-haves

• High energy and the enthusiasm to challenge existing processes
• Entrepreneurial and solution-oriented mindset
• Exceptional stakeholder management at different levels
• Able to be hands-on approach and dive into details
• Strong organizational and time management abilities
• Take the lead on exploring change, implementing new Ways of Working and delivering value

Benefits

• Possibility to work from home (2 days a week)
• Very complete mutual insurance
• Attractive compensation including profit-sharing
• Possibility to train daily and grow in global Group holding various brands distributed across more than 160 markets