Saputo Cheese USA - Dallas, TX
posted 5 months ago
At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We're a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence. Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we've grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter—from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between. The Senior Procurement Analyst will collect and analyze relevant data to identify opportunities for cost reductions across spend categories to help drive effectiveness, continuous improvements, and create value throughout Saputo USA. This position will provide analysis and recommendations to help support the creation of purchasing category strategies and support the implementation of projects that help improve the overall effectiveness of our indirect spend. This person will be responsible for researching and evaluating complex data sets that will be used to create summary reports and presentations that will be communicated throughout the organization. You will create, analyze, and provide data analytics utilizing information from Ariba, SAP, and other internal programs to help support the Company's performance objectives. You must provide clear, concise, accurate data that provides a detailed overview of current category spend and overview. Summarizing and interpreting large volumes of data that can be shared across all levels of the organization is essential. This information will be used to build the current program landscape, identify future category activities, and unrealized benefits such as cost efficiencies, risk mitigation, and other key benefits. You will provide analytical and strategic support during the category life-cycle process through development, implementation, and category maintenance. This information will help drive key decisions and monitor performance. Additionally, you will assist in the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and develop a consolidated overview of the supplier proposals, assist with scoring supplier responses, and perform calculations on supplier cost and other category considerations. Collecting and analyzing data on internal factors such as spend, internal business partner requirements, as well as external factors such as supplier performance, industry and market dynamics, and products/services trends will ensure category optimization. You will support the identification of future opportunities and actions for continuous improvement by means of analysis of supplier performance and internal KPI data, industry and market dynamics, and products/services trends. Performing data analysis to support validation of potential opportunity value and prioritization is also required. You will develop and manage reports that audit supplier performance against KPIs, communicate, analyze, and maintain pricing spreadsheets, and validate supplier pricing with the appropriate Procurement category manager to ensure compliance within the contract. Supporting the Procurement team with month-end reporting and ad hoc reports, as required, is also part of your responsibilities. Lastly, you will support contract compliance through SAP & Ariba by reviewing spend data to ensure compliance with Procurement negotiated contracts, and work with cross-functional business partners to identify and articulate key business issues and opportunities that will support the organization's objectives.