What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategic Sourcing Analyst position at Wacker Neuson?
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Strategic Sourcing Analyst is responsible for leading the data management and quantitative analyses of sourcing activities. The Analyst leads the construction of Sourcing tools and processes as well as information validation for commodities and products.
The Analyst must be fully informed of the strategic sourcing process as they will be required to work on complex problems requiring the creation of analytical tools, data analysis and recommendations/solutions to problems.
Required to utilize analytics tools such as SAP, Business Intelligence, Power BI and other Microsoft platforms. These solutions will include creating, documenting, and delivering repeatable processes for ongoing reporting to stakeholders with alignment with the Wacker Neuson Group.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead process design and collection of required datasets for products, commodities and holistic analytics.
- Establish spend databases in order to evaluate purchasing trends within commodities.
- Ability to analyze problems, detect root cause and resolve issues.
- Strong emphasis in purchasing troubleshooting analytics while focusing alignment on pricing to project expectations
- Develop and analyze tools to understand deviation from product specific costs.
- Develop templates for annual sourcing reviews and commodity planning.
- Develop key performance metrics for various areas of the supply chain as requested.
- Adjust KPI metrics as process improvements are realized.
- Reports necessary business statistics required by the sourcing organization reporting requirements.
- Monitors performance levels against KPI’s.
- Reports periodically business performance, status and trends to Management and customer.
- Assist in Studying and standardizing procedures to improve process efficiency.
- Assist in Communicating with business areas and/or management on all matters relating to reports, KPI performance and projects.
- Willingness to learn the finite details of the business processes including analyze individual component SKUs for best replenishment methodology and optimum inventory planning methodology.
- Create business flow process diagrams.
- Assist in the support supplier process improvement/optimization projects.
- Develops process standardization and leveraging of best practices.
- Identify, manage, and share cost savings as well as best practices.
- Extract, analyze and report supplier performance data to include delivery and quality.
- Participate in other Supply Chain and Operational Excellence events as necessary.
- Performs all job functions is a safe manner and maintains safety awareness.
- Reports known accidents, injuries and unsafe practices and/or conditions to supervisor.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Qualifications: Additional years of experience or education may be substituted for each other as determined by Human Resources.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Manufacturing or Information Technology is preferred.- 1 year of experience in Sourcing/Supply chain is preferred.
- Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP preferred) and reporting tools.
- Experience in trouble shooting and research.
- Strong analytical thinking and technical skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal).
D. PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND/OR WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to use a keyboard, calculator, and telephone. Frequent sitting, talking, hearing, and occasionally stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, lift (10 lbs.), and an ability to adjust vision for close vision work. Up to 10% of time spent in manufacturing environments around industrial equipment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
