What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Analyst position at BCBSM Career Section?
Responsible for supporting Corporate Procurement with analysis, metrics, and training.
- Collect, validate, analyze, and organize data into meaningful reports for management decision making
- Design, develop, test, and deploy reports for operational and strategic analysis.
- Compile and analyze operational data to identify and resolve business problems.
- Create and run reports as requested by leaders including workload reports, expiring contracts reports, cost savings reports, supplier performance reports and spend reports (category, cost center, supplier, Tier 1, Tier 2, etc.).
- Create and deliver training on running and interpreting the reports. Support a climate of “self-service” for Procurement end users and reporting.
- Create monthly dashboards for Procurement operations across the department.
- Support the development, coordination, and implementation of projects to enhance the overall efficiency of operational procedures, methods, controls, and performance.
- Provide leadership team with status updates on projects and issues.
- Communicate with procurement and business teams and external organizations.
- Coordinate supplier engagement events and department activities.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree preferred in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
- Two (2) years of related experience required.
- One (1) year experience creating reports with reporting software preferred (Oracle OTBI, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
- One (1) year experience coordinating or supporting events preferred.
- Institute of Supply Management (I.S.M.) affiliation preferred.
- Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity (CPSD) certification preferred.
- Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently or in a team environment and interact with all levels of the organization.
- Effective analytical and problem-solving skills to identify, evaluate, recommend, and implement changes to processes or procedures to address problems and improve departmental effectiveness.
- Organizational skills and ability to prioritize; must be able to coordinate multiple activities with varying timelines.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suites.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships.