Senior Specialist, Business Intelligence - Procurement enabling data-driven decision-making for procurement teams. Leading automation, analytics, and supplier performance improvements while collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Lead feasibility analysis for automation and analytics opportunities —frame the business problem, quantify potential savings, and validate realized impact.
Design and build scalable datasets and pipelines (ETL/ELT) in the datalake/lakehouse to power self-service analytics and repeatable insight products.
Own use cases end to end: gather requirements, create rapid prototypes, deliver production-ready solutions, and document standards for each automation journey.
Generate actionable insights that drive category strategies , improve supplier performance, and strengthen stakeholder/supplier interactions.
Define and standardize procurement KPIs (savings, spend, compliance, PPV), ensuring consistent measurement and transparent lineage from source to dashboard.
Balance long-term programs with ad hoc requests , delivering quick, high-quality analyses without sacrificing data quality, governance, or accuracy.
Collaborate across IT, Procurement, Finance, and Operations —translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences and ensure solutions align to business goals.
Stay hands-on and agile —continuously learn, iterate, and do what’s needed to deliver outcomes.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business Analytics/Informatics, Engineering, or a related field
5–7+ years of experience in BI/analytics within procurement, supply chain, or finance.
Practical fluency in SQL and Python; experience building robust data pipelines in datalake/lakehouse architectures (e.g., PySpark/ETL).
Strong data modeling skills (star/snowflake), data quality and governance practices, and clear lineage from source systems to dashboards.
Strength in visual analytics (Power BI/QlikView) with storytelling that makes complex findings immediately actionable for business stakeholders.
Comfort working in Agile environments (Jira/Confluence), iterating requirements, and shipping value early and often.
Nice to have: exposure to SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, Databricks/Azure, CI/CD, or basic ML for predictive insights (e.g., demand/spend forecasting, anomaly detection).
Benefits
medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
retirement benefits, including 401(k)
paid holidays
vacation
compassionate and sick days
Job title
Senior Specialist, Business Intelligence – Procurement
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