Supply Market Intelligence Analyst / Senior Analyst

Summary

The Supply Market Intelligence Analyst / Senior Analyst provides consultative support by interpreting supplier trends, commodity volatility and market conditions in an effort to identify and drive procurement opportunities and strategies. Gathers, compiles and presents strategic market intelligence to drive a fact-based procurement decision-making process. Forecasts and provides recommendations for managing category and commodity cost model risk. Educates stakeholders, peers, and external suppliers on issues germane to supply chain strategies and market behaviors. Develops and delivers presentations and reports on key research findings. Consults with the Procurement team using vendor management analytics and supplier risk assessments to drive Supplier Relationship Management and category strategies.

Minimum Requirements

Supply Market Intelligence Analyst 

• A four year Bachelor's degree in business, finance, supply chain, economics, engineering or other job related discipline from an accredited college or university
• Plus three (3) years of experience in market research, data analytics, data modeling, business analysis and/or experience in procurement positions. 
• In lieu of bachelors degree, combination of college coursework and experience equaling seven (7) years in market research, data analytics, data modeling, business analysis and/or experience in procurement positions.

Supply Market Intelligence Senior Analyst 

• A four year Bachelor's degree in business, finance, supply chain, economics, engineering or other job related discipline from an accredited college or university
• Plus five (5) years of experience in market research, data analytics, data modeling, business analysis and/or experience in procurement positions.
• In lieu of bachelor's degree, combination of college coursework and experience equaling nine (9) years in market research, data analytics, data modeling, business analysis and/or experience in procurement positions.

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications:

• MBA or master's degree in job related discipline.
• Power BI, Power Apps, and SQL knowledge. 
• Professional certification (e.g., CPP, CPSM).
• Skills to gather, analyze, and synthesize information, strong process skills that enable parallel gathering and analysis of broad data sets, networking and social skills to work with a broad set of contacts across the organization, quantitative market analysis and modeling skills, including advanced financial and capability analysis of suppliers, knowledge of corporate strategy concepts and ability to extract strategic insights and make recommendations from market data, excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills; and advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office applications.

Major Accountabilities

1) Provides analytical and consultative supply market intelligence support to internal supply chain and business unit stakeholders by developing and recommending fact-based procurement strategies.

2) Researches supply markets for information related to innovation, pending/changing industry regulations, commodity volatility, constraints, and best practices associated with company procurement requirements.

3) Interprets, analyzes and anticipates trends and dynamics of supply markets including: identification of market risks; determination of trends, forecasts, and changes in supply market environment.

4) Develops new category profiles and market summaries used to track market and industry trends, commodity movement and benchmarking in addition to updating and validating existing profiles and summaries.

5) Interprets market analysis to create and validate should cost and total cost of ownership models.

6) Delivers supply market intelligence information through formal presentations to internal supply chain, business unit stakeholders and executives relevant to business planning and long range forecasts.

7) Monitors and closely examines major commodities across all categories and company/industry specific cost drivers to interpret, discover and communicate volatility dynamics to internal supply chain and business unit leaders.

8) Maintains and fosters ties to appropriate industry peers/groups to conduct ongoing research of industry best practices and benchmarks.

Export Compliance / EEO Statement

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

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