Strategic Sourcing Analyst developing strategies for Advocate Health’s supply chain. Managing sourcing processes, supplier relationships, and cost optimization initiatives within a hybrid work environment.
About the role
- Procurement Assistant in a leading 3PL business supporting e-commerce brands. Managing supply chain operations, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness across the procurement process.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Category Team Lead in analysing sales, margin, and market data to support category strategies and performance improvements.
- Prepare regular reports on KPIs, spend analysis, cost comparisons, and performance, ensuring data accuracy and actionable insights.
- Support communication with suppliers and internal teams, helping manage product information, pricing updates, and promotional activity.
- Support standardisation and process improvement initiatives across all categories.
- Raise purchase orders for your key suppliers and manage and monitor order progress.
- Provide day-to-day administrative support to the category team, helping with presentations, meetings, and ad-hoc projects.
Requirements
- Understanding of procurement & category management principles.
- Good understanding and awareness of supplier management, sourcing process and contract basics.
- Awareness of service level agreements and how they operate.
- Previous experience in a supply chain or logistics setting within procurement is desirable.
Benefits
- At Advanced, your journey begins with a warm welcome and a comprehensive onboarding experience designed to set you up for success from day one.
- Ongoing training and development to help you sharpen your skills and reach your full potential.
- We understand the significance of maintaining a healthy work/life balance, which is why we offer a hybrid working model.
- In addition to your 25 days annual leave, we offer the option to purchase additional days—giving you flexibility to take the breaks you need.
- Enhanced maternity package offers six months of full pay, giving you the time and peace of mind to focus on your growing family.
- New dads and partners also receive two weeks full paternity pay, so you can be there for those important first moments.
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme, meaning you pay less tax overall, while still investing in your future.
- Team collaboration, openness, and support are part of everyday life.
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