Strategic Sourcing Analyst

United States Digital Space LLC; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Analyst, Strategic Sourcing in Bengaluru to lead procurement data analytics, reporting, and system administration across procurement tools.

You will collaborate with Global Sourcing, Finance, and cross-functional teams in India and North America to drive spend insights and optimization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Review Corporate Services and Marketing & Events contracts with Legal and Sourcing leads to ensure alignment with business needs and risk frameworks.
• Create RFPs/RFIs and negotiate with vendors across non-technology services.
• Manage deals and tail spend under $100k and ensure value capture.

Responsibilities

• Review Corporate Services and Marketing & Events contracts in collaboration with Legal and Sourcing leads.
• Create RFP/RFI, Vendor negotiations across a range of Non Technology services.
• Manage <$100k deals and tail spend.
• Review, summarize, and analyze data and present findings; run monthly/quarterly spend reports.
• Create metrics on Cost Savings, Procurement Influence, Payment Terms, etc.
• Support Sourcing Strategy with data insights and procurement optimization.
• Collaborate with Finance, Sourcing, P2P to gather data for analysis.
• Link issue resolution to process improvement through analytics.
• Conduct training on analytical tools and dashboards as needed.
• Build relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams.
• Update/maintain procurement tools and system configurations.

Skills

Procurement analytics

Data reporting

Vendor negotiations

RFP/RFI creation

Stakeholder collaboration

Spend management

Job description

the company, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The the company Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — the company’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What is The Role

The Analyst, Strategic Sourcing is an individual contributor role and will report to the Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing in India. The Analyst will work closely with the Global Sourcing and Procurement teams in India and North America. You will be responsible for leading procurement data analytics, reporting and system administration for various procurement tools.

What You Will Be Doing

• Review Corporate Services and Marketing & Events contracts in close collaboration with Legal, Cross-functional Team and Sourcing leads, ensuring agreements align with business needs and risk frameworks. You’ll partner with in-house counsel to navigate complex terms and secure appropriate approvals.
• Create RFP/RFI, Vendor negotiations across a range of Non Technology services.
• Manage <$100k deals and tail spend.
• Review, summarize, and analyze data and present findings in a concise and structured manner. Execute and distribute procurement spend reports according to predefined monthly or quarterly reporting schedules.
• Create and communicate critical metrics reports on a regular basis based on a defined list of critical metrics (Cost Savings, Procurement Influence, Payment Terms etc.)
• Support Sourcing Strategy and procurement optimization processes by providing data insights and recommendations. Perform procurement analytics to deliver useful insights to larger procurement team to enable significant business impact
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Finance, Sourcing, P2P etc.) to gather monthly and quarterly data for analysis.
• Bring analytical and conceptual skills linking issue resolution to process improvement.
• Conduct training on analytical tools and dashboards, as needed.
• Build strong relationships with business collaborators and cross-functional partners.
• Update/maintain various procurement tools and system configurations, as needed.
• Collaborate with IT and various other departments to