Senior Analyst, Category Management (Sourcing Operations)

Experis AB; Blue Ash (OH); Remote; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

Health Savings Account

Health Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care FSA

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term Disability Insurance

Long Term Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

401(k)

Plus Match Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Senior Analyst, Category Management (Sourcing Operations) to lead Coupa-based sourcing events and provide data-driven recommendations. You will partner with our sourcing strategy and backend teams to ensure events reflect the intended approach across locations.

The role requires hands-on Coupa experience, strong bid analysis skills, and CSO familiarity to optimize complex sourcing decisions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Coupa sourcing experience, including creating or supporting sourcing events.
• Event setup knowledge: structure events and communicate requirements to backend consultants.
• Bid analysis: compare supplier submissions across rounds and extract actionable recommendations.
• CSO experience to handle complex sourcing scenarios and optimization needs.
• Strong sourcing foundation from buying, analyst, or consulting roles.

Responsibilities

• Create and run sourcing events in Coupa with structured comparisons.
• Analyze supplier bids across multiple rounds to inform decisions.
• Support event setup by coordinating with backend configuration consultants.
• Apply CSO to evaluate complex bids and scenarios across locations.
• Coordinate across teams to align event design with sourcing strategy.

Skills

Coupa sourcing experience

Event setup knowledge

Bid analysis

Coupa Sourcing Optimization (CSO)

Sourcing foundation

Tools

Coupa

CSO

Job description

Our client, sourcing and category management organization is seeking a Senior Analyst, Category Management (Sourcing Operations) to join their team. As a Senior Analyst, Category Management (Sourcing Operations), you will be part of the Category Management organization supporting Sourcing Operations. The ideal candidate will have hands-on Coupa sourcing event experience, strong bid analysis across multiple rounds, and the ability to coordinate effectively between sourcing strategy and backend event setup. Job Title: Senior Analyst, Category Management (Sourcing Operations) Location: Remote Pay Range: $50/hr+

What's the Job?

• Create and run sourcing events in Coupa, ensuring the events are structured for accurate comparisons and actionable outcomes.
• Analyze supplier bids across multiple bidding rounds and translate results into clear sourcing recommendations for the sourcing team.
• Support event setup by understanding how to structure events and communicate setup requirements to consultants responsible for backend configuration.
• Apply Coupa Sourcing Optimization (CSO) experience to help teams evaluate complex bids and scenarios, including cases where carriers serve different locations.
• Coordinate across teams by connecting the sourcing strategy to event setup and execution, validating that the configured event aligns with the intended sourcing approach.

What's Needed?

• Hands-on Coupa sourcing experience, including creating or supporting sourcing events (not only routine purchasing transactions).
• Event setup knowledge: ability to structure an event and clearly communicate setup requirements to consultants handling backend configuration.
• Bid analysis capability: experience comparing supplier submissions across multiple bidding rounds and using the findings to recommend next steps.
• Experience with Coupa Sourcing Optimization (CSO), including comfort working through complex sourcing scenarios and optimization needs.
• A strong sourcing or buying foundation, such as experience as a buyer, sourcing analyst, or consultant using these tools and workflows.

What's in it for me?

Work directly on sourcing operations that improve cost outcomes through structured events and rigorous bid analysis. Use Coupa CSO to tackle complex sourcing scenarios and help teams make confident, data-driven decisions. Partner closely with sourcing strategy and backend configuration consultants to ensure events are set up correctly and executed effectively. Build credibility as a sourcing-tools specialist who can connect event design, supplier comparisons, and recommendations. Contribute to repeatable sourcing processes by guiding how events should be structured and how results should be interpreted.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k)
• Plus Match Weekly Pay

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.