AI-Driven 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

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.