Strategic Sourcing Analyst

Ralliant•Gurnee, IL

About The Position

Reporting to the Global Commodity Manager, the Strategic Sourcing Analyst supports global commodity strategies, sourcing initiatives, supplier performance, and supply continuity. The role also provides data analytics and decision support across Global Procurement to improve visibility, data integrity, and fact-based decision-making. The analyst executes sourcing activities from opportunity identification and RFQs through analysis, supplier selection, implementation, and savings realization. The role analyzes spend, quotations, market conditions, cost drivers, capacity, lead times, and demand to identify savings opportunities and supply risks, and supports productivity initiatives such as PPV, VAVE, competitive bidding, supplier consolidation, and resourcing. The analyst prepares sourcing recommendations, total-cost analyses, business cases, and presentations, and supports supplier negotiations, alternate-source development, capacity reviews, recovery plans, and business-continuity actions. Working with cross-functional teams and suppliers, the analyst supports supplier performance management and develops analytics and decision-support solutions. Responsibilities include integrating and validating data from ERP/MRP, data warehouses, sourcing systems, and suppliers; maintaining metric definitions and reporting resources; automating recurring analyses; providing ad hoc decision support; and keeping sourcing documentation, project trackers, savings forecasts, and risk registers accurate. The position requires managing multiple projects, analytics priorities, and supply escalations with urgency and follow-through.

Requirements

Strong analytical, commercial, project-management, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with data analytics, reporting, visualization, and business-intelligence tools.
Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and manufacturing supply chains.
Ability to translate complex data into concise insights, business implications, and recommended actions.
Strong attention to data accuracy, governance, documentation, and repeatable processes.
At least 5 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, data analytics, business intelligence, or a related manufacturing role.
Experience supporting sourcing projects, supplier negotiations, PPV/VAVE, sourcing transitions, or supplier performance improvement.
Experience developing analytics, reporting, or business-intelligence solutions using multiple data sources.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Power BI, Power Query, and DAX experience.
Experience with data warehouses or SQL.
CPSM, Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst, or similar professional certification.

Responsibilities

Support global commodity strategies and turn priorities into sourcing projects, negotiations, milestones, and implementation plans.
Execute sourcing activities from opportunity identification and RFQ through analysis, supplier selection, implementation, and savings realization.
Analyze spend, quotations, market conditions, cost drivers, capacity, lead times, and demand to identify savings opportunities and supply risks.
Support PPV, VAVE, competitive bidding, supplier consolidation, resourcing, and other productivity initiatives.
Prepare sourcing recommendations, total-cost analyses, business cases, and executive-ready presentations.
Support supplier negotiations, commercial terms, alternate-source development, capacity reviews, recovery plans, and business-continuity actions.
Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Finance, Materials, regional procurement teams, and suppliers to deliver project objectives.
Support supplier scorecards, business reviews, corrective actions, development plans, and escalation follow-up.
Develop and deliver data analytics and decision-support solutions to improve visibility, data integrity, and fact-based decision-making across Global Procurement and the supply chain.
Integrate, reconcile, and validate ERP/MRP, data-warehouse, sourcing, and supplier data to improve accuracy, consistency, traceability, and accessibility.
Maintain standard metric definitions, reporting logic, data dictionaries, and self-service reporting.
Automate recurring analyses and provide ad hoc decision support for sourcing, negotiations, productivity, and risk mitigation.
Maintain accurate project trackers, savings forecasts, risk registers, sourcing documentation, and reporting.
Manage multiple sourcing projects, analytics priorities, and supply escalations with urgency and disciplined follow-through.