business analysis manager, Global Supply Chain - Sourcing (Nashville, TN)

Starbucks•Nashville, TN

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a business analysis manager on the GSC Sourcing Finance team, you will serve as a strategic finance partner supporting sourcing, planning, and supply chain leaders across direct and indirect spend categories. This role is responsible for delivering financial insights, business cases, forecasting, savings governance, and decision support that help Starbucks optimize costs, improve profitability, and execute enterprise savings priorities. This position sits at the intersection of finance, sourcing, and operations. Success in this role requires strong financial acumen, analytical rigor, and the ability to influence cross-functional partners to drive meaningful business outcomes.

Requirements

Performs complex financial analysis, financial analysis, modeling, budgeting and business planning - 7 years
Creating business cases to justify net savings to the business unit
Understanding business case impacts on business unit’s P&L and financial budget and targets
Understanding business case impacts on product COGS, product margin and overall supply chain network implications
Driving decision making with Sourcing Partners to assess margin and working capital impact to provide recommendations during supplier negotiations supporting the best contract value.
Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with cross functional teams
Contributing to and leading cross-functional teams - 5 years
Making recommendations to and influencing decision makers supporting supplier negotiations - 5 years
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
Ability to present information to senior leaders
Ability to influence without authority vertically and horizontally throughout the organization and with cross-functional teams.
Ability to lead others and provide feedback across internal and external teams
Strong financial governance awareness over financial plan savings reporting
Advanced Excel, statistical analysis and financial modeling skills
Experience with data visualization tools like Incorta, PowerBI, etc.
Working knowledge of Anaplan for financial plan forecasting and reporting
Business analysis skills, with the ability to see implications and provide consultative solutions and recommendations
Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and manage projects
Ability to apply knowledge of multidisciplinary business principles and practices to achieve successful outcomes in cross-functional projects and activities

Nice To Haves

Experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, retail, manufacturing, or consumer packaged goods industries.
Experience managing enterprise savings programs or large-scale cost transformation initiatives.
Experience with Anaplan, Oracle, SAP, Power BI, Tableau, or similar planning and analytics platforms.
MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional certification.

Responsibilities

Partner with sourcing, planning, supply chain, and finance leaders to evaluate business opportunities, risks, and trade-offs.
Provide financial leadership and decision support for sourcing strategies, supplier negotiations, productivity initiatives, and enterprise investments.
Influence strategic decisions through data-driven recommendations and thoughtful analysis.
Provide financial governance for sourcing savings, cost transformation, and value delivery initiatives.
Partner with sourcing teams to validate savings methodologies, business cases, and actualized financial results.
Ensure consistency in savings tracking, pipeline management, and reporting across multiple business stakeholders.
Translate complex financial and operational data into meaningful business insights.
Develop and maintain analytical models, dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools that enhance visibility into spend, cost drivers, savings performance, and operational metrics.
Identify trends, risks, and opportunities and proactively communicate recommendations to leadership.
Drive continuous improvement of financial planning, reporting, governance, and analytics processes.
Leverage automation, data tools, and technology solutions to improve efficiency and decision quality.

Benefits

medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits.
short-term and long-term disability
paid parental leave
family expansion reimbursement
paid vacation from date of hire
sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked)
eight paid holidays
two personal days per year.
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
incentivized emergency savings
financial well-being tools.
100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
student loan management resources
access to other educational opportunities.
backup care
DACA reimbursement.