Analyst 2-Sourcing

G3 Enterprises•Modesto, CA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the procurement of direct spend for Logistics, including vendor selection, price negotiation and logistical coordination. Drives cost savings initiatives across area of responsibility, teaming with various departments throughout G3 and Gallo to source logistics in the most cost-effective way. Presents to cross-functional management teams. Develops and evaluates cost models based upon financial data extracted from industry research, current spending data, and logistics analyses. Responsible for the collection, organization, analysis, summation and presentation of key information essential for Management decision making. Develops or approves recommendations to change systems, policies and procedures; ensures timely and accurate implementation. Participates in department and interdepartmental planning and management teams and works cross-functionally within the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of experience in finance/accounting, supply chain, procurement, sales, or operations/engineering reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
Experience reading, analyzing and interpreting general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
Experience writing reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Skilled at effectively presenting information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
Computer skill requirements include: intermediate MS Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint, Showcase & JDE.
Skilled at defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions.
Skilled at interpreting extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and dealing with several abstract and concrete variables.
Skilled at performing work that is varied and may be somewhat difficult in character, usually involving multiple variables, requiring independent work, frequent evaluation, originality or ingenuity.
Knows and applies the fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of this particular field of specialization.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or sciences plus 5 years of experience in finance/accounting, supply chain, procurement, sales, or operations/engineering reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.

Responsibilities

Communicates daily, through phone, email and live meetings, with external partners & internal customer groups.
Regularly organizes and holds meetings with various levels of management, both internal & external.
Collects, organizes and analyzes data from internal/external sources in order to identify major expenditures, key items, savings opportunities and price variances.
Establishes and maintains a database for each logistics function, containing key business information such as company and market history, leading suppliers and industry capacity, forecasts and trends.
Researches logistics industries in order to obtain a thorough understanding of market factors, key influences, supply chain dynamics and major cost drivers and develop supplier cost and pricing models.
Conducts financial analyses of potential supply partners, including the evaluation of financial statement information and key ratio analysis.
Analyzes supplier performance in order to gauge compliance to contractual agreements and improve quality & service.
Acquires and analyzes data in order to address specific issues and execute ad hoc analyses.
Participates in addressing customer/field/supplier issues and concerns.
Prepares regular reports & presentations to Management to drive & track cost savings efforts, forecast future price movements, and explain variances between budgeted and actual expenditure.
Develops project presentations to Management that clearly communicate logistics risks and opportunities, category objectives and procurement strategy.
Maintains satisfactory attendance, to include timeliness.
Responsible for understanding and complying with applicable quality, environmental and safety regulatory considerations.
If accountable for the work of others, responsible for ensuring their understanding and compliance.