Remote Senior Analyst — Strategic Materials Procurement

Deckers; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay and Bonuses

Financial Planning and wellbeing

Time away from work

Extras, discounts and perks

Growth and Development

Health and Wellness

Job summary

Deckers Brands is seeking a Sr. Analyst, Strategic Materials Procurement to build analytical frameworks for sourcing strategy. You will transform market, pricing, and supplier data into actionable insights, supporting negotiations and performance visibility across functions.

You will own market intelligence, forecast materials needs, and deliver executive-ready models and dashboards. The role emphasizes structure, precision, and collaboration across global teams.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in supply chain, business, finance, economics, engineering, data analytics, or related field (or equivalent experience); advanced degree a plus.
• 5+ years in materials sourcing, procurement, supply chain analytics, manufacturing, product development, planning, or consulting.
• Demonstrated experience managing large datasets and translating them into clear models, insights, and recommendations.
• Advanced Excel and strong PowerPoint skills; experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or AI-assisted tools is a plus.
• Strong analytical, project management, and communication skills; able to simplify complex topics and explain the story behind the numbers.
• Experience working across functions, cultures, and time zones, especially with teams or suppliers in Asia.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, creating structure, and owning work from question through recommendation and follow-through.
• Positive energy, humility, and a partnership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Build the analytical backbone for strategic materials procurement, translating demand, pricing, and commercial data into insights that guide negotiations and value capture.
• Develop and maintain category analyses, pricing models, spend analyses, and market benchmarks to support supplier decisions and contract negotiations.
• Own recurring market intelligence reporting, integrating supply, demand, commodity, production, and macroeconomic signals into clear, actionable views.
• Create seasonal and multi-year material forecasts, documenting assumptions and scenario ranges, and translating product mix changes into supplier implications.
• Develop materials inputs for strategic planning, partnering with cross-functional teams to compile forecasts, supplier capability, and strategic direction.
• Build plan-versus-actual views across forecasts, allocations, purchase orders, receipts, inventory, consumption, and contracts, identifying gaps and supporting corrective action.
• Coordinate material-usage and yield studies, reconciling data across PLM, factory production, supplier receipts, and historical results.
• Own recurring tools and reporting products, improving quality, accessibility, and decision speed while maintaining controls over high-risk analysis.
• Lead special projects and business reviews, turning analysis into action, surfacing risks and opportunities, and preparing decision-ready recommendations.
• Prepare executive-ready models, presentations, dashboards, and summaries, translating complex findings into clear business language and actionable scenarios.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Project management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity navigation

Strategic thinking

Education

BA/BS in supply chain, business, finance, economics, engineering, data analytics, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Python

Excel

PowerPoint

AI-assisted tools

Job description

Deckers Brands is seeking a Sr. Analyst, Strategic Materials Procurement to build analytical frameworks for sourcing strategy. You will transform market, pricing, and supplier data into actionable insights, supporting negotiations and performance visibility across functions.

You will own market intelligence, forecast materials needs, and deliver executive-ready models and dashboards. The role emphasizes structure, precision, and collaboration across global teams.