Associate Analyst - Global Procurement

United Airlines; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd. in India is seeking an Associate Analyst – Global Procurement to enable data-driven procurement decisions. You will create dashboards, analyze data from multiple sources, and drive automation across sourcing and contracting processes.

The role emphasizes strong analytical and communication skills, collaboration with Digital Technology and AI teams, and experience with Power BI, SQL, and Excel. Local terms apply, with no visa sponsorship for expatriates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or related experience.
• Business or quantitative field such as computer science, engineering, economics, statistics, math.
• 1 - 2 years of relevant experience
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information
• Strong problem-solving, communication and people skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft suite, visualization tools such as PowerBI / Spotfire and SQL data querying
• Superior attention to accuracy and detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with Generative AI concepts and prompt writing.
• Exposure to AI platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and NotebookLM

Responsibilities

• Create insightful reports, dashboards and other data products for key procurement areas and categories to enable data-driven decision making
• Support process improvement initiatives such as creating current and future- state process documents and owning automation efforts to increase efficiencies across groups
• Gather, organize and analyze data through various internal and external sources
• Perform ad-hoc data analysis and create presentations / reports for stakeholders and leaders, as needed
• Build relevant skills and capabilities, such as best-in-class analytics methodologies, and foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
• Partner with Digital Technology / Advanced Analytics teams to drive complex initiatives
• Utilize AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity) to enhance daily work efficiency

Skills

Analytical skills

SQL data querying

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Generative AI concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree or related experience

Tools

Spotfire

PowerBI

Microsoft Copilot

ChatGPT

Gemini

Claude

Perplexity

NotebookLM

Job description

Job Description:

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network.

Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together.

Description

The primary role of an Associate Analyst – Global Procurement will be to support procurement enablement teams by driving strategic and analytical projects. This position will work across different procurement division such as sourcing, contracting, systems support, buying to provide meaningful data-driven insights and automation / efficiencies across processes. This role will require strong analytical skills, multi-tasking, cross-functional collaboration and internal / external stakeholder relationship building.

Job responsibilities:

• Create insightful reports, dashboards and other data products for key procurement areas and categories to enable data-driven decision making
• Support process improvement initiatives such as creating current and future- state process documents and owning automation efforts to increase efficiencies across groups
• Gather, organize and analyze data through various internal and external sources
• Perform ad-hoc data analysis and create presentations / reports for stakeholders and leaders, as needed
• Build relevant skills and capabilities, such as best-in-class analytics methodologies, and foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
• Partner with Digital Technology / Advanced Analytics teams to drive complex initiatives
• Utilize AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity) to enhance daily work efficiency

This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded. This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or related experience
• Business or quantitative field such as computer science, engineering, economics, statistics, math
• 1 - 2 years of relevant experience
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information
• Strong problem-solving, communication and people skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft suite, visualization tools such as PowerBI / Spotfire and SQL data querying
• Superior attention to accuracy and detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with Generative AI concepts and prompt writing.
• Exposure to AI platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and NotebookLM

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with writing complex queries in SQL / Python / Spark and other similar languages
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms such as Databricks, Foundry
• Familiarity with advanced Microsoft Excel techniques
• Familiarity with airline operations, or procurement functions
• Proven comfort working with large/complex data sets
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders across teams
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in projects, internships, or work environments
• Knowledge of automation platforms such as PowerAutomate, Copilot Studio, Zapier, or n8n

Requirements: