This role is part of the Global Strategic Sourcing of Excellence. The identified candidate will be participating in the supporting of the Global Sourcing processes through the Data & Market Analyst role in a team environment.

Role description and key accountabilities:

The successful candidate will:

• Provide research and day-to day support to the strategic sourcing/category management team within scope of Global Category Management
• Obtain data/information as requested by the Global Category Managers from a variety of sources:
• Collect spend and budgets, price benchmarking and other analyses based on variety of sources, including systems,
• Provide insights on category spend (e.g. travel, facility management, print, office supplies) and savings opportunities based on spend analysis
• Provide information and analyses to support negotiations with suppliers.
• Occasionally take part in the meetings and negotiations with suppliers.
• Assist in developing savings tracking approach for purchasing category.
• Perform financial analysis on key suppliers to determine cost drivers and opportunities
• Analyze economic data as required to develop supply market analyses
• Evaluate project opportunities and determine financial impacts
• Prepare summaries and graphical analyses to assist the team as needed
• Request For Proposal (RFP)/Request for Quotation RFQ – support of the preparation, analysis
• Work closely with the Global Category Managers (GCM) team to prepare the various data analysis
• Support other global activities (e.g. moderation of the intranet forum/profile)
• Identify problems, determine solutions, and escalates as necessary

Requirements:

• Creative thinking/problem solving/proactive approach to identify and respond to issues
• Can do attitude
• Ability to handle multiple tasks effectively
• Educational background and/or experience in data entry, collection and analysis
• Research skills and high degree of skill in Excel, Powerpoint
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Economics
• Good written and verbal communication in English

We offer:

The opportunity to work in a multinational and multicultural company, high standards of work, friendly and dynamic work environment.