Procurement Analyst

Description

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We’re a family-owned company under our third generation of leadership and have built our business based on the principles of trust, integrity and a desire to help our customers and employees succeed.

LiftOne invests in people, facilities and innovative technology as part of the essential role we play in supporting our country’s supply chain and enabling critical goods to be delivered to homes and businesses. We’re a privately held company, and pair our scale with a strong foundation in our culture and values. This combination gives us a competitive advantage in the market and helps make us a trailblazing organization that is built to last.

We’re looking for hard-working, team-oriented professionals who enjoy working on new challenges every day. We believe our employees are the key to our success, and we’re committed to providing a work experience that helps our team grow to their full potential. We offer great benefits, competitive salaries and opportunities for advancement to all our employees.

Be a part of the essential work we do at LiftOne and make a difference for our customers, our community and our company. Learn more about what it means to become a team member with LiftOne.

Summary

As a Procurement Analyst for LiftOne, you will report into the newly developed Supply Chain team at LiftOne. You’ll partner with business leaders and other key stakeholders to understand our current state, identify key pain points, and contribute to data / process optimization to promote the future state of the department. You will help support new procurement initiatives in efforts to drive customer satisfaction. 

Technology will play a crucial role in this position. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and analytics tools, specifically SAP S4/HANA and MSFT Power BI, will be commonly used to gather, interpret, and maintain procurement-related data. Advanced familiarity with these tools and the ability to adapt to a digitally transformative workplace will prove vital in this role. 

The primary function of a LiftOne Procurement Analyst will be to conduct in-depth analyses of procurement-related systemic data to optimize organizational decision-making. The role involves gathering, structuring, evaluating, and presenting of data from various sources, including but not limited to, historical purchasing data, performance-based analytics, inventory levels/usage rates, and relevant cost-impact indicators. The procurement analyst will collaborate with the procurement team, inventory controls team, and other internal customers as needed to champion data-requested deliverables, highlight cost-savings opportunities, track vendor performance levels, identify risk, and help drive continuous improvement relevant to LiftOne’s procurement process. To excel as a procurement analyst, candidates must possess a combination of analytical skills, business acumen, and effective communication skills. 

Essential Functions

SAP Operational Expertise:

• Maintain the ability to navigate within a rapidly transforming Procure-to-Pay (P2P) workflow and demonstrate advanced proficiency within SAP S/4HANA GUI and Fiori apps.
• Carries an advanced knowledge of SAP T-codes necessary to maintain and extract data from procurement-related modules; including but not limited to, vendor master, material master, purchasing info records, stock overviews, and material movements.
• Experience in supporting ECC to S/4HANA migration initiatives is a bonus.

Advanced Data Analysis & Reporting:

• Exhibit advanced skill sets necessary to extract and analyze data on spend, volume usages, delivery metrics, inventory management levels and controls, and other operational KPIs—certain reports to include charting and graphs.
• Possess moderate level of Structured Query Language (SQL) proficiencies, including the ability to write and execute queries and perform table joins.
• Maintain an advanced knowledge of Excel functionality, performing frequent PivotTables and VLOOKUPs.

Procurement Support + SRM:

• Leverage data-driven insights to support procurement category development, sourcing consolidation strategies, system data support for negotiations, inventory control reporting, supplier performance evaluations, and overall procurement process improvements.
• Own the incumbent vendor onboarding SOP and due diligence workflow for LiftOne.
• Build and maintain data streams required for performance dashboards and KPI reports.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with Operations, Finance, and group-level Shared Service teams to organize data essential to analytical support.
• Assist in yearly procurement budgeting process.

Other ad-hoc duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualifying individuals to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• 3-5 years of professional procurement/strategic sourcing analyst experience in a relatable role and/or bachelor’s degree in business administration/SCM from an accredited university. 
• ERP experience required; SAP S4/Hana strongly preferred. 
• Proficiency in SQL, Power BI navigation, and Microsoft Suite applications. 
• Advanced MS Excel skills required.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills. 
• Collaborative work environment mindset. 
• Strong analytical capabilities required. 
• Ability to work under pressure effectively and professionally in a team-oriented environment with frequent changes in deadlines and priorities. 

Workplace Requirements

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, pull and /or otherwise move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Employee must operate equipment in a safe manner.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this Job, depending on site location, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and equipment. The employee may occasionally be exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee may occasionally be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in some work environments is occasionally loud.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

We require all employees to treat all our employees and candidates as equals. All personnel actions are conducted in the spirit of equal employment. We’re committed to recruit, train, promote and retain associates without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.

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