Senior Procurement Analyst

TriNet•Atlanta, GA

1d•$70,800 - $132,750•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Procurement Analyst will assist in the development of more complex category strategies while supporting and influencing business partners to drive value to TriNet. The individual will lead and support category initiatives and provide strategic direction and evolution in category management, supplier evaluation & selection, risk management, sourcing initiatives, pricing reviews, contract management, data analysis, and communication. The senior analyst will play a pivotal role for improved quality, services and performance within the categories they support while ensuring business requirements are fulfilled and value is optimized.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
Typically 5+ years Experience with supplier management, contract negotiation, risk mitigation preferably in a large or public company.
Familiar with category industry, including emerging business models.
Knowledge of Procurement systems, procedures, regulations, and industry standards.
Outstanding customer service/people and communication skills.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Strong negotiation skills.
Ability to develop and maintain close working relationships with peers, suppliers, and customers, and business partners.
Experience providing project leadership and effectively running projects.
Excellent analytical skills.
High level of contract knowledge.
Experience partnering with and influencing internal partners (HR, Marketing, IT, Legal, etc.) including ability to sell an idea and build consensus.
Strong interpersonal skills including written, verbal and formal presentations.
PC skills (Excel, Word, database, statistical software) and the ability to efficiently create spreadsheets, pivot tables, other computer analysis, report writing.
Ability to multi-task and prioritize in complex, sometimes ambiguous and always fast paced environment.
Well-developed ability to interact and connect with people at all levels of the organization.
Self-reliant and proactive in all work areas.

Responsibilities

Manage and support end to end procure-to-pay process for mid dollar projects, including but not limited to stakeholder management, vendor engagement, escalation management.
Collaborate with the Procurement Managers to build short term and long-term category vision that is aligned with business partners, and supported by strategic category management and sourcing.
Lead and facilitate supplier negotiations to ensure appropriate terms, rates, services, etc., that are aligned to the strategic needs of the business and maximize partner satisfaction.
Conduct targeted analysis related to the business goals for Sourcing and synthesize data to identify cost savings opportunities, mitigate risks, and improve category performance while meeting financial targets, improving partner satisfaction.
Creating function specific strategic sourcing goals that will improve the service, performance and value of the partnership and drive the relationship to ensure achievement of these goals.
Contributes to the performance and profitability of assigned departments and related business units through the purchasing process.
Actively supervise and handle aggregate supplier spend data; Regularly performs price, industry and supplier analysis to support effective decision analysis in the sourcing process and work directly with key suppliers to negotiate preferred pricing and contract terms.
Proactively and regularly connect with Procurement Managers to ensure awareness of and alignment to category initiatives.
Develops and maintains on-going procurement metrics including cost savings, transaction savings, procure-to-pay transactions, and Procurement efficiencies.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all policies and standards.