About the role:

Samsara is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Cost Analyst responsible for hardware spend budget management. In this role, you will partner with Hardware Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Planning, and Finance to forecast, track, and report non-material spend across the hardware product lifecycle from development and sustainment through end of life. The Supply Chain Cost Analyst collaborates with cross-functional teams to forecast spend across various non-material spend categories inclusive of capital equipment, tooling, fixtures, certification, and prototypes. Ideal candidates should be curious learners with experience in cost analytics and forecasting, be able to drive new processes and tools, and be comfortable translating large amounts of data into actionable insights.

This role is open to candidates residing in the US except Alaska, Austin metro, California, Chicago metro, Connecticut, Dallas metro, Denver metro, Houston metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, and Washington DC metro.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best. 

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In this role, you will: 

• Create annual spend forecasts by developing rigorous analyses using historical data and in-depth knowledge of the product requirements and manufacturing process and tune the forecast models as required.
• Develop benchmarks for all hardware spend categories in collaboration with Engineering and Supply Chain to assist Sourcing Managers with negotiations.
• Use technical expertise to efficiently gather new data, automate data processing, and implement tools and best practices for data management. 
• Provide access to data through reports and dashboards, implementing business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau) for data visualization and analytics. 
• Generate and consolidate spend and financial reporting metrics and develop actionable insights.
• Partner with Finance to manage invoicing and billing and leverage data to build and tune budget models.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Degree in a relevant analytical field (e.g. Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, etc).
• 5 years of experience managing hardware /capex / supply chain costs. 
• Cost modeling and forecasting expertise.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to clearly lay out assumptions, risks, and opportunities in logical models.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to quickly synthesize information in a digestible format for a wide variety of stakeholders.
• History of collaboration across technical & non-technical teams with strong relationship-building skills.
• Proven strategic business thinker who keeps the desired outcome in mind while driving results.

An ideal candidate also has:

• Prior experience in financial or business planning.
• Proficiency with applied SQL/data querying languages, BI/visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI), R, Python, or other analysis tools.