Sourcing Analyst

Albertsons • Boise, ID

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Join Albertsons Companies for an exciting opportunity where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand. This role offers the chance to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. You will work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that's constantly evolving.

Requirements

• Good understanding of sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with at least intermediate MS Excel skills.
• Ability to understand and work with multiple enterprise-wide systems/tools.
• Excellent team interpersonal skills and ability to handle multiple tasks while providing superior service.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills including PowerPoint and Word capabilities, including confidence to present recommendations to leadership.
• Excellent relationship building and collaboration skills.
• High energy level, initiative, creative problem-solving ability, and sense of urgency.
• Ability to complete assigned tasks accurately and on time.
• Strong curiosity to learn and willing to ask questions as to how we can continuously improve the department.
• Passion for the food, retail or consumer packaged goods industry.
• 0-3 years’ experience and the education listed above.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred degree in: Economics, Mathematics, Food Science, Managerial Economics, or Statistics.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth execution of category review and event timelines and processes to deliver on sourcing strategy and other projects such as RFIs/RFQs.
• Help develop key category documents (e.g., category review, strategy, award recommendations).
• Collate RFI and RFP responses and vendor feedback letters; work with the central sourcing analytics team to build negotiation docs with manager input.
• Collaborate with the sourcing central contracts team to manage contract paperwork with vendors.
• Lead and own outcomes on category-strategy setting analyses and cost analytics that set the context of any competitive event.
• Lead and own outcomes of competitive event response analytics to build preliminary views of award scenarios and vendor competencies; push bid analytics forward through feedback framing for vendors.
• Collaborate with the central sourcing analytics team on all analyses, providing the central team with a plan for analysis, nuanced category inputs on analysis prepared by the team.
• Manage vendor communications through day-to-day activities and competitive events such as launch, kick-off calls, email correspondence including Q&A.
• Manage vendor communications and feedback through sample reviews and other such activities that may be led by other teams outside of sourcing.
• Support with the execution and management of non-competitive event activities such as managing cost changes, product discontinuations/reformulations/artwork changes, new item sourcing, etc.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay).
• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed