Procurement Analyst - Liquids & Prepress

About the role

The Procurement Analyst provides key analytical support and expertise as a member of the Group Procurement team.  The positionholder is responsible for data mining, analyzing, and interpreting information obtained across various business software systems, public databases, and other sources. The position collates the information to provide accurate and complete data sets as input for the development of forecasts, Requests for Quotations, negotiations, procurement strategies, order optimization, and other procurement tools. In collaboration with the category managers, the individual is involved in the development and implementation of category strategies across different Business units & Groups. 

The Procurement Analyst is directly responsible for the maintenance of spend databases and pricing updates within the business systems.

Key Job Accountabilities

 Data Management & Analytics

• Collect economic data from applicable data sources to prepare and maintain pricing trend data on key commodities for reports to the internal team as well as business leadership. Build an accurate forecast for category price movements.
• Coordinate price changes in systems through the use of published indices and manage communications with impacted sites and suppliers.
• Maintain purchase contracts and vendor master data in the GEP system.  
• Support Procurement leadership and co-workers in all data requests.  Use analytic techniques to support procurement projects. 
• Establish and maintain communication channels with leadership, key team members, and internal business units for data gathering, validation, analysis, and reporting. Use benchmarking to identify best practices and areas for next-stage improvement.
• Gather data across several source systems to populate and report progress via supplier scorecards and internal dashboards.
• Conduct market analysis through the generation of supplier lists, creation of Requests for Quotation, and identification of key evaluation data elements.  Participate in the evaluation plan to determine the feasibility of the bid/tender using qualitative techniques.  Analyst and report bid response data in suitable formats for ease of comparison and selection.
• Provide negotiation support to category managers.  Support analysis and evaluation of complex bid award scenarios. Determine savings calculations and forecasts.  Conduct scenario analyses and sensitivity analyses to obtain input or buy-in from internal stakeholders and leadership. 
• Create tender packages as well as comprehensive supplier evaluation models, such as total cost of ownership analysis, scenario modeling, financial modeling, and sensitivity analysis.
• Prepare market research reports for specific industries and categories.
• Prepare management reports (Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly) as needed  

Project Management

• Track and report savings, support procure-to-pay process improvement, and monitor cost savings as well as working capital improvements using the tracking tools (GSTT) in place.
• Identify gaps in policies, processes, and procedures that lead to incorrect data, propose solutions, and lead cross-functional teams to execute them.
• Work closely with Operations & technical team to implement TCO Projects and achieve savings on time.

• Support the Operations team to improve the process, usage, and performance of the key raw material usage in printing & lamination processes.
• Work closely with suppliers to support operational efficiencies and maintain performance parameters & quality.

Negotiation

• Support the Category team in enhancing  the relationship with suppliers in an innovative way to maximize value for Amcor in accordance with the global category strategy and regional implementation
• Support negotiation process, content, and results. Provided relevant data  for effective negotiations & reaching the desired outcome of a negotiation

Relationship Management

• Support cross-functional teams to run TCO projects and implement improved operational and commercial supply outcomes for the business and customers
• Collaborate closely with relevant departments to ensure understanding and compliance with key procurement strategies

Financial Planning

• Support developing budgets and targets based on aggressive, well-founded, realistic, and forward-oriented goals
• Ensure that financial resource allocation is cost-effective and aligned with strategic and operational plans
• Support building an accurate forecast for Category price movements
• Track and report savings, support procure-to-pay process improvement within the Category area, monitor TCO improvement, as well as working capital improvement using the tracking tools in place
• Provide periodic and ad hoc reports and forecasts on performance against plan and potential in following up on KPIs and reporting on trends

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s level or Masters degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, or equivalent
• Around 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience in a similar position
• SAP and/or other ERP systems experience is an advantage
• Proficient user of  Microsoft Excel required (experience with pivot tables, v-lookups, programming, macros, sorts, and filters)
• Experience with Power BI, QlikView, Tableau, Alteryx, or similar tools to analyze large data sets is an advantage.
• Relevant experience in a company with a mature procurement function/manufacturing organization preferred.
• Experience in the selection, preparation and execution of commercial agreements
• Financial acumen and familiarity with business accounting terms as an advantage