Procurement Analyst

What do you do?

Join us in the Procurement Execution Center as a Procurement Analyst. In this role, you will be responsible for enabling our Category Managers and PBU Buyers with effective execution of our Category Strategy, by streamlining our RFQs processes, driving automation and performing meaningful analyses, while learning the commodity and preparing yourself for increased roles within our organization. Additionally, this role will support Market Dynamic analysis and research Market relevant insights for our stakeholders.

This role is a great opportunity for your next step in your career advancement in Procurement. Suggested experience no more than 2 years in Procurement.

How will you do it?

• Collect, mine information across a variety of JCI systems to effectively build and execute RFQ and market assessments, including drawings, specs, MFN/MPN, standard cost, volumes, among others, using the direction provided by the PBU Buyer and the Category Manager.

• Configure and execute eRFQ/eAuction events within JCI’s preferred eRFQ tool, including initial supplier setup, monitoring the RFQ, receiving and consolidating proposals.

• Analyze spend data at a part number level to identify cost reduction, standardization, or simplification opportunities. This will include troubleshooting data gaps and data integrity issues.

• Support Market Intelligence activities, Economics measurement, and putting together meaningful reports for different levels of stakeholders.

• Support our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) activities by leveraging Ariba to upload and keep contracts up to date.

• Support Business Continuity Plans (BCP) by deploying actions such as Financial Assessments, Sustainability Surveys, ensuring contracts are executed, among others.

• Build and maintain a Master Supplier Contact list for all of GP Procurement.

• Deploy relentless root-cause analysis (RRCA) practices to troubleshoot pricing discrepancies between our bills and ERP prices, to reduce waste within the process and build a more effective PO-Invoice-Pay (PTP) process.

• Other procurement duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 1 to 3 years of experience in Procurement. Experience with Direct Materials categories (Electronics, Electromechanics, Mechanical, Metals) is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field. Engineering degrees preferred as the candidate will be required to read and interpret drawings, as well as building a deep knowledge of the assigned sub-commodities.

• Strong MS Software skills required – advanced excel preferred (e.G. Arrays, INDEX/MATCH).

• Good understanding of RFQ process – including the steps and requirements to make an RFQ effective and successful.

• Relevant experience/knowledge in Data Analytics

• Ability to drive continuous improvement, by identifying opportunities, streamlining processes and utilizing Lean/Quality tools to reduce waste and maximize throughput.

• Relevant experience/knowledge in Data Analytics

• Demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Capability to learn and understand the business and the assigned categories, to develop business judgment, which will allow the candidate to better execute and generate value for JCI.

• Data skills such as querying databases (SQL, HQL), automation (Power Automate/VBA) or analysis (Python-pandas/numpy) are a plus.

• APICS training or certification is a plus.

• Business/conversational English is a must due to the nature of the role.

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