Senior Analyst, Category Strategy Analytics

sunlife; Wellesley (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sun Life U.S. is a major provider of employee and government benefits with a nationwide footprint and a large analytics team. We are seeking a Senior Analyst to partner with Global Procurement and Payments to derive insights from spend data and support strategic sourcing decisions.

You will analyze RFP data, build dashboards, and present findings to senior stakeholders. The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, collaboration across global teams, and delivering executive-ready outputs.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, business or procurement and supply focus.
• 5+ years experience in Consultancy, Financial Services, Data Analytics/Management or Procurement Analytics
• Competency in Microsoft Office programs
• High proficiency in data analytics and visualization tools (Excel, Tableau, Alteryx) and pivot functionality

Responsibilities

• Structure ambiguous problems and derive insights from data for clear takeaways and recommendations.
• Create executive-ready slides and concise communications for senior leaders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities and implement improvements.
• Analyze spend data to guide sourcing decisions and supplier performance.
• Support KPI tracking and spend reporting for category management.
• Share knowledge with teams to refine approaches and drive outcomes

Skills

Data analytics

Visualization tools

Excel

Tableau

Alteryx

Education

Undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, business or procurement and supply focus

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Alteryx

Job description

Sun Life U.S. is one of the largest providers of employee and government benefits, helping approximately 50 million Americans access the care and coverage they need. Through employers, industry partners and government programs, Sun Life U.S. offers a portfolio of benefits and services, including dental, vision, disability, absence management, life, supplemental health, medical stop‑loss insurance, and healthcare navigation. We have more than 6,400 employees and associates in our partner dental practices and operate nationwide.

At Sun Life, we’re driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.

When you join Sun Life, you’ll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients’ lives.

Visit our website to discover how Sun Life is making life brighter for our customers, partners and communities.

Job Description:

Why We Have This Role

Global Procurement and Payments (GPP) ’s focus is to support Sun Life’s winning strategy and deliver bottom line results by driving value on our business’ external spend management. Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) leverages data and analytics to enable Category Management and Strategic Sourcing to make more informed, data-driven decisions, optimize third party spend, improve quality and enhance supplier relationships. We do so by deriving actionable insights from third party spend; deeply supporting RFPs, renewals & negotiations, by partnering with category managers and strategic sourcing leads across Sun Life globally.

The Senior Analyst will be a part of a collaborative and caring team that works on the most challenging and interesting problems in this space. They will work in a fast pace and dynamic environment, be exposed to senior leaders, and be able to build a broad knowledge of Sun Life’s businesses. The successful candidate will lead workstreams with minimal supervision, including analyzing RFP bid information and third party spend data, compiling metrics, conducting in-depth research and more.

How You’ll Find Success & Grow

• Structure ambiguous problems, derive insights from complex information into clear takeaways and actionable recommendations, using both qualitative and quantitative methods
• Communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a clear, compelling and concise manner - including but not limited to creating clear, organized slides and other format of communication that draws out important messages and supporting data, produce near "executive-ready" slides and outputs, effectively present specific content to audience and contribute to discussions
• Demonstrate an ability and drive to learn within a fast-moving team;, provide flexible and creative support, proactively identify opportunities.
• Establish trust-based relationships with teams to better serve them by blending critical thinking with hands‑on experiences, helping teams address their most critical problems. Listen to and appropriately address stakeholder feedback
• Expand horizons by gaining exposure to diverse work cultures and global business practices.

How You Will Contribute

• Support GPP’s Category Management & Strategic Sourcing team on sourcing event (with should cost models, bid analysis, market benchmark, scenario analysis), strategy development (with historical and forecasted spend trends) and spend reporting (with monthly/quarterly/annual reports and slides for various stakeholders)
• Extract, transform and interpret data at the lowest level of detail to analyze spend, identify trends, insights and opportunities
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative metrics from RFP bids to guide decisions on awarding and contracting
• Conduct market research and benchmarking analysis to evaluate potential suppliers, track market trends, and identify emerging opportunities for strategic partnerships
• Prepare relevant data to enable tracking of management information and KPIs such as category savings, vendor SLAs
• Acquire, maintain and develop expertise, knowledge and information to support continuous improvement from relevant internal and external sources
• Work directly and effectively with various teams and share your expertise and insights with colleagues to expand our GPP knowledge and refine our approaches to come up with the best solutions and drive outcomes
• Other duties as required

what we’re looking for on your resume

• Undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, business or procurement and supply focus
• 5+ years experience in Consultancy, Financial Services, Data Analytics/Management or Procurement Analytics
• Competency in Microsoft Office programs
• High proficiency in data analytics and visualization tools (IE/ MS Excel, Tableau, Alteryx and advanced with functionality such as pivot