Senior Analyst - Procurement Analytics
Senior Analyst - Procurement Analytics
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Find your future at United! Were reinventing what our industry looks like and what an airline can be from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us youre joining a global team of 100000 connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward.
Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industryleading health plans and bestinclass programs to support your emotional physical and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the worlds biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employeeled Business Resource Groups.
Create whats next with us. Lets define tomorrow together.
We believe that inclusion helps us thrive and grow at United across our collaborative Finance teams consisting of Financial Planning & Analysis Internal Audit Treasury Global Procurement Controllership Investor Relations and more. These teams provide the financial fuel that keeps our operation running from providing detailed analyses of financial planning performance and forecasts to managing our investments and financial strategies. Our Finance team plays an integral role in making our airline profitable and successful by meeting our financial goals.
The Global Procurement (GP) organization at United Airlines is responsible for sourcing and procuring goods and services as well as managing relationships with thirdparty suppliers. Our role is critical in driving operational efficiency by overseeing the entire procuretopay process and ensuring the strategic acquisition of goods and services essential to the airlines success. We are committed to optimizing costs maintaining supplier quality and ensuring compliance with regulatory and sustainability standards all while supporting operational excellence and aligning with Uniteds broader business objectives.
As part of the Enablement Team within GP we are seeking a Senior Analyst for Procurement Analytics. The role is critical in designing and optimizing data models to support business insights and decisionmaking. They analyze raw data identify relationships and develop structured models that ensure data consistency and efficiency. Working closely with business stakeholders data engineers and BI teams they map source data validate models and maintain data governance standards. Their expertise enables the creation of scalable and accurate data structures driving reliable analytics and reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
Data analytics and data modeling:
- Collect cleanse classify and analyze procurement data from multiple sources.
- Develop conceptual and logical data models.
- Assess data quality and completeness before designing the model.
- Analyze raw data to understand relationships inconsistencies and patterns.
- Identify trends and anomalies in data; and normalize and deformalize data base don business needs.
- Ensure completeness accuracy and reliability of procurement data for reporting and analytics.
- Support data engineering techniques leveraging cuttingedge tools like SQL Coding Excel spreadsheets to add efficiency and automation to reports and analysis.
- Utilize data to provide meaningful insights and reports for stakeholders.
- Educate stakeholders on using procurement dashboards and reports and interpreting data insights.
- Automate data flows between procurement systems to enhance efficiency and reduce manual efforts.
Procurement metrics and performance measurement:
- Contribute to identifying and setting key performance metrics and ways to measure them (e.g. cost savings supplier performance spend under management contract compliance and cycle times).
- Develop methods to calculate and report on key metrics ensuring consistency and accuracy.
- Design and deliver periodic reports to stakeholders highlighting performance trends opportunities and areas for improvement.
- Support initiatives that lead to automation and process enhancement.
- Monitor procurement performance through scorecards and assess adherence to SLAs and other contractual obligations.
Project management and process improvements:
- Support project/initiatives by creating trackers task managers and projects management tools.
- Lead or contribute to analyticsdriven projects focused on system and data efficiency improvements.
- Assist in defining project scope timelines and deliverables to ensure alignment with business goals.
- Manage people relationships effectively with all key stakeholders across teams and divisions.
- Lead meetings set agendas organize memos and notes and task tracking.
Cross functional collaboration:
- Partner with crossfunctional teams including IT Business Operations and Category Managers to align data processes with procurement objectives.
- Support internal stakeholders by providing accurate insights and actionable recommendations.
- Engage with business partners to identify data gaps and propose solutions for improving analytics capabilities.
Whats needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):
- Bachelors degree in Data Analytics Computer Science Supply Chain Business or related field.
- 35 years of experience in data analytics financial analytics procurement analytics or similar.
- Knowledge of Python SQL coding language and data transformation tools.
- Experience with Power BI and dashboards.
- Strong Excel and ExcelMacro.
- Experienced working with large datasets ability to tell a story using data
- Passionate about data analytics and visionary for how it can be applied
- Understanding of procurement platforms such as Coupa Ariba Oracle ERP.
- Good understanding of data warehouses and designing data models
- Analytical mindset strong problemsolving abilities
- Ability to work effectively across crossfunctional teams and communicate complex ideas in a clear concise manner.
- Good project management skills and able to meet deadlines.
- Highly analytical with excellent problemsolving skills with attention to details
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Word Outlook Excel and PowerPoint
- Highly structured with attention to details and result oriented.
What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):
- Masters degree in quantitative fields such as: Data science data engineering information technology is a plus
- Experience in data modeling database design data integration and data base management systems is a plus
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
