Manager, Business Analytics- Procurement
Lake Forest, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Company Overview
Why Choose Us
Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food beverage and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice restaurant delivery and carryout food processing grocery and retail and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin paper molded fiber aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories 250 brands and over 39000 SKUs.
Our Sustainability Commitment
The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.
Job Description
The Manager Business Analytics is a key member of the Novolex Business Intelligence and Procurement this role you will lead the development of advanced analytics and automation solutions that support pricing category strategy and commercial decision-making. This role partners with business leaders to translate data into scalable insights and operational tools leveraging modern analytics techniques and automation platforms.
The Manager oversees a team of Category Analysts responsible for designing developing and standardizing scalable analytics dashboards data automation and reporting that enable strategic procurement decisions enhance category performance visibility and streamline processes across the business.
This is a highly strategic and handson leadership role suited for someone who thrives in a fastpaced environment has strong analytical acumen and demonstrates a business owner mindset.
This is a hybrid position.
Responsibilities:
People Leadership
- Lead coach and develop a team of 23 Category Analysts.
- Set analytical priorities aligned with category and business strategy.
- Ensure consistent methodology documentation and quality across all analytics deliverables.
Analytics & Reporting
- Own development delivery and maintenance of dashboards and analytics for:
- Category performance
- Supplier metrics
- Savings and value tracking
- Spend visibility
- Translate business needs into scalable analytical and reporting solutions.
- Ensure high data accuracy consistency and business relevance.
- Communicate insights clearly and concisely to stakeholders at all levels.
Automation & Process Improvement
- Identify and implement automation opportunities for recurring reports manual data preparation and repetitive analyses.
- Drive adoption of Power BI Power Query/Power Automate and SQL/scripting tools across the team.
- Standardize processes and develop repeatable analytical frameworks and data products.
Stakeholder Partnership
- Serve as the analytics partner to procurement category leadership.
- Support category strategies with opportunity sizing scenario modeling trend analysis KPI reporting and data modeling.
- Collaborate with internal operational procurement and finance stakeholders to deliver accurate actionable insights.
Requirements:
- 58 years of experience in analytics business intelligence or business analysis roles.
- 2 years of people leadership experience.
- Strong Power BI and datamodeling expertise.
- Demonstrated experience with automation including data preparation and reporting workflows.
- High analytical capability with strong attention to detail.
- Excellent communication organizational and prioritization skills.
- Experience supporting procurement required.
- Experience supporting finance or operations preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
- BA/BS in Business Analytics Supply Chain Finance Data Science or related field.
- Experience modernizing reporting processes and establishing enterprise dashboards.
- Exposure to SAP Blue Yonder or other enterprise data systems.
- Prior experience with advanced analytics tools scripting languages or largescale BI environments.
Success Metrics
- Reduction in manual reporting volume.
- Adoption and utilization of dashboards across procurement and business leadership.
- Improved cycle time for analytics requests.
- High data accuracy and stakeholder trust.
- Demonstrated team skill development and improved analytical maturity.
A reasonable estimate of the current range is $00 bonus benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range individual pay is determined by job-related skills experience and relevant education or training. At Novolex it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
The benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance flexible spending and health savings accounts paid vacation and sick days paid parental leave paid holidays and wellness program.
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Company Benefits
What Youll Get From Us
Benefits
With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.
Community Engagement
At Novolex giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.
Training and Development
We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union) and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.
Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices including but not limited to selection hiring promotion transfer and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age race color national origin sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity religion handicap or disability genetics citizenship status service member or veteran status or any other category protected by federal state or local law. Any individual who because of his or her disability needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Companys application process should contact .
Formerly Pactiv Evergreen
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Manager
About Company
Novolex® is a leader in packaging innovation, choice and sustainability. We manufacture products in paper, plastic and sustainable materials for the the food, retail, health and industrial markets. Our products offer superior performance, provide convenience, reduce waste and support ... View more