Senior Analyst - Purchasing

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Description

The objective of this role is to perform data analysis around purchase orders, create supplier performance metrics and/or team metrics. Metrics will be used to guide work management processes, flag areas of improvement for suppliers, set team priorities, and shared with the Procurement team to ensure supplier performance is considered during sourcing and contracting. This role will also support any adhoc data requests within the team in both United States and IKC

Job overview and responsibilities

• Leads setting up work management systems and metrics. Uses metrics to drive continuous improvement of team and suppliers, as well as manage large scale projects both for engineering projects and inventory spares.
• Uses data analytics to track and communicate supplier performance related to on time delivery, exceptions, system spares, and price changes. Generates weekly supplier reports to communicate performance trends and areas of immediate support needed. Helps prioritize work as needed.
• Uses data to flag areas of priority and manage work queues. Supports daily production calls and relays information back to necessary parties to action on. Able to generate executive level presentations to share progress
• Works to manage large supplier relationships and able to support recovery efforts through program management in partnership with failing suppliers.

This position is offered on local terms and conditions.  Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded. This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc.

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree or 4 years of relevant work experience
• Supply Chain, Engineering, Business
• 4+ years supply chain or related experience
• 2+ years data analytics experience
• Data analytics
• SQL
• Ability to work independently and identify improvement opportunities
• Knowledge of purchasing and sourcing processes
• Efficient with time and adaptable to changing priorities
• Experience designing and developing dashboards using Power BI or similar software

• Comfortable presenting analysis findings to a diverse audience

   

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• Master's degree

• PMP 

• Experience using Python, R, or similar programming language

• Power Automate

• Palantir/Foundry