Sourcing Analyst

University of Pittsburgh • Pittsburgh, PA

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About The Position

Financial Operations, Strategic Sourcing is searching for a temporary Sourcing Analyst. This role involves gathering, compiling, and analyzing sourcing data and purchasing activities to identify savings opportunities, assist in creating sourcing strategies, and drive continuous improvements. The analyst will also be responsible for creating and distributing performance and spending reports, performing data mining, auditing contracts, and maintaining the Spend Analytics Tool. Additionally, the role supports sourcing initiatives, participates in cross-functional teams and process improvement projects, and prepares departmental reports and presentations.

Requirements

• Experience with relational databases
• Experience with data visualization tools (ex: Tableau)
• Experience with Microsoft Access
• Experience with Microsoft Word
• Experience with Microsoft PowerPoint
• Experience with Microsoft Excel
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills
• Flexible, enthusiastic approach to work
• Must be able to present, interpret, discuss or write about conclusions, inferences and results gained from analyzing data
• Ability to multi task

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Claude
• Experience with Power BI
• Experience with other AI tools

Responsibilities

• Gathers, compiles, and analyzes sourcing data and purchasing activities; identifies potential saving opportunities, assists with the creation of sourcing strategies, and drives continuous improvements.
• Creates, validates, and distributes various performance indicator and spending reports; performs data mining to identify potential saving opportunities; audits contracts to ensure adherence and takes corrective action as needed.
• Maintains Spend Analytics Tool by monitoring help ticket portal and logs all responses for future use, trains internal team and serves as a primary point of contact for issues and requests; drives continuous improvement through spend management and maintains data classification in system.
• Participates and supports sourcing initiatives from launch to implementation; participate in cross functional teams, process improvement initiatives, and other special projects; aids in preparation of departmental written reports, presentations and associated graphs and charts.
• Recommends process improvements to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level