Ai-Driven Procurement Spend Analytics Lead

Chain Iq; Almada; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Chain Iq is seeking a Spend Analytics Expert to transform fragmented procurement data into strategic business insights for multinational clients in Portugal. You will lead data consolidation, classification, and AI-enabled analyses to reveal cost savings and better supplier management.

The role requires a 7+ years background in data analytics or operations strategy, strong Excel/SQL skills, and client-facing communication.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in data analytics, management consulting, or operations strategy.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, SQL, and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlik.
• Ability to translate complex data into simple, strategic business insights.

Responsibilities

• Client Engagement & Delivery: Act as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them gain visibility and control over their procurement spend.
• Consolidate spend data from multiple client systems into a single view of procurement activity; lead data collection, cleansing, enrichment, and classification.
• Partner with clients to design, implement spend cube integrations; deliver analyses that identify savings opportunities, supplier consolidation potential, and compliance improvements.
• Apply AI-enabled tools and analytics to accelerate spend classification and harmonize supplier information across systems.
• Improve the quality, consistency, and completeness of procurement data to support better business decisions; enhance classification accuracy and insight generation.
• Transform complex procurement data into clear business insights and sourcing recommendations; support category strategies and negotiations.
• Identify spend patterns and supplier concentration risks; help clients establish a trusted procurement data foundation.

Skills

Data analytics

SQL

Excel

Client-facing communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Data Science

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Job description

Are you passionate about turning complex data into strategic business value? As a Spend Analytics Expert, you will help leading organizations gain visibility, control, and actionable insights from their procurement spend. You will transform fragmented procurement data into a trusted foundation for decision-making, identify opportunities for cost optimization, and enable more effective sourcing and supplier management strategies. Additionally, you will play a key role in helping clients unlock measurable value from their procurement operations.

Key responsibilities

Client Engagement & Delivery Act as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them gain visibility and control over their procurement spend. Consolidate spend data from multiple client systems into a single, trusted view of procurement activity. Lead spend data collection, cleansing, enrichment, and classification activities across diverse data sources.

Partner with clients as a trusted advisor to design, implement spend cube integrations, ensuring high-quality spend data Deliver actionable analyses that identify savings opportunities, supplier consolidation potential, and compliance improvements. Spend Classification & Supplier Harmonization Apply AI-enabled tools and analytics to accelerate spend classification and improve category visibility. Harmonize supplier information across different systems to create a consistent and reliable supplier baseline.

Improve the quality, consistency, and completeness of procurement data to support better business decisions. Continuously enhance classification accuracy and insight generation through data-driven approaches and best practices.

Strategic Insights & Solution Design Transform complex procurement data into clear business insights and sourcing recommendations. Support category strategies, opportunity assessments, supplier negotiations, and cost optimization initiatives.

Identify spend patterns, supplier concentration risks, and value creation opportunities across client organizations. Help clients establish a trusted procurement data foundation that enables fact-based decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Data Science, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred. 7+ years of professional experience in data analytics, management consulting, or operations strategy. Advanced proficiency in Excel, SQL, and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlik etc. Ability to translate complex data into simple, strategic business insights.

Experience working with large datasets; proficiency in data cleansing, classification, and transformation Familiarity with procurement concepts is advantageous but not required. Excellent client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills. Analytical mindset with the ability to work across multiple industries and procurement categories. Desired experience Experience with spend analytics, spend classification, supplier harmonization, and procurement data management.

Familiarity with AI-enabled procurement solutions and modern analytics platforms. Knowledge of procurement taxonomies such as UNSPSC and category management frameworks. Understanding of procurement systems such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, Jaggaer, or Sievo.