Purchasing Analyst

Job Description

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.

Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

Position Purpose :

This position supports the VNA Procurement function through purchasing program administration, data analysis, and data visualization / reporting activities including but not limited to category and market assessments, purchasing contract utilization, RFP / bid preparation, Procure to Pay metric tracking, savings reporting, as well as identifying and supporting process improvement opportunities.

Responsible for supporting both the strategic sourcing and operations sub-teams within Procurement and working with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Primary Duties / Responsibilities :

Develop, maintain and improve key metrics and dashboards to improve the performance of the purchasing activity across the organization (procure to pay processes, spend, PO holds and exceptions, non-compliant activities).

Perform complex procurement-related data analyses as needed to support the business units and functions (RFP support to the strategic sourcing team, catalog pricing updates, total cost of ownership, supplier evaluations, market dynamics study, purchase order exceptions, spend analysis / interpretation).

Support opportunity assessments and benchmarking to develop sourcing opportunities.

Support procurement manager development and administration of supplier assessments, scorecards, and other analytics to manage supplier performance.

Monitor, document and report savings resulting from category-specific and any other procurement performance initiatives.

Synthesize information across a variety of sources to drive meaningful insights and make actionable recommendations.

Deliver the main conclusions derived from analyses performed and findings by using verbal and written communication skills.

Actively contribute to driving continuous improvement within the Purchasing Operations team by identifying major areas of opportunities using tools / techniques such as data analysis, benchmarks, ride-alongs, interviews and site visits.

Perform other duties as assigned.