Senior Analyst, Sourcing Analytics

Southwest Generation Valmont Facility; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Onward Energy in Charlotte is seeking a Senior Analyst in Sourcing Analytics to build the foundational data infrastructure—spend cube, item master, and category taxonomy—that will drive sourcing decisions across sites.

You will partner with sourcing leads, procurement, finance, and operations to translate insights into prioritized actions, quantify opportunities, and develop self‑service analytics for category managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field; three (3)–six (6) years of relevant experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain analytics, or related fields; energy/utility sector experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain spend cube and category analytics.
• Design and build the enterprise item master and taxonomy.
• Identify sourcing opportunities through spend patterns and supplier behavior.
• Develop dashboards providing real-time visibility into sourcing and procurement KPIs.
• Translate analytical insights into prioritized sourcing actions.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

SQL

Workday

Maximo

SAP

Coupa

Job description

Position Title: Senior Analyst, Sourcing Analytics

Reports To: Director, Strategic Sourcing

Direct Reports: No Functional Unit: Finance & Treasury

FLSA Status: Exempt Position Type: Full-Time

Office Location: Charlotte

THE COMPANY

Onward Energy is an independent power platform that owns and operates over 7 GW of utility-scale wind, solar and natural gas generation projects across the U.S. Our vision is to reliably power a sustainable future. Our mission is that as North America’s premier independent power generator, we will deliver renewable and reliable power to our customers, opportunities to our employees, sustainable returns to the families who invest in us, and a better world to the next generation. Onward Energy has corporate offices in Denver and Charlotte. We are where renewable meets reliable. See www.onwardenergy.com for more information.

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WORK AUTHORIZATION

To be considered for this position, applicants must have full-time authorization to work in the United States. Onward Energy does not offer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

THE CHALLENGE

Onward Energy is building a new Sourcing Analytics function to provide the spend, supplier, inventory, and category intelligence that underpins enterprise-wide sourcing and procurement decisions. As a key early hire in this function, the Sourcing Analytics will establish the foundational data infrastructure — including the enterprise item master, spend cube, and category taxonomy — that will drive sourcing prioritization and operating model capabilities across all sites and business units.

In this role, you will partner closely with sourcing leads, procurement, finance, and operations to translate analytical insights into prioritized sourcing actions, measurable value capture, and sourcing pipeline prioritization. This position represents an initial entry into this capability and a natural pathway into Category Management as the organization matures. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable building data structures from the ground up and engaging stakeholders at all levels to drive results under deadline.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES

Spend & Supplier Insights

• Develop and maintain spend cube and category analytics.
• Conduct supplier concentration and fragmentation analysis.
• Analyze cross-fleet supplier overlap to identify consolidation opportunities.
• Provide ongoing supplier performance analytics.

Item Master & Data Foundation

• Design and build the enterprise item master, including standardized naming, category coding, SKU governance, and master data standards.
• Lead data cleaning, normalization, and harmonization efforts required to establish enterprise-wide sourcing analytics and reporting.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to develop cross-site item master harmonization and taxonomy design.
• Establish data governance standards and category hierarchy.
• Hand off ongoing data quality maintenance to Vendor & Data Excellence once structures are in place.

Opportunity Identification

• Identify sourcing opportunities through analysis of spend patterns, supplier behavior, inventory consumption patterns, and category dynamics.
• Develop opportunity prioritization frameworks based on spend magnitude, fragmentation, and feasibility.
• Track addressable spend baselines.
• Develop and maintain sourcing opportunity pipeline reporting across categories and business units
• Quantify addressable spend, savings opportunities, supplier concentration, and sourcing prioritization metrics
• Support sourcing wave planning and initiative sequencing
• Track opportunity progression from identification through sourcing execution and savings realization
• Build and maintain dashboards providing real-time visibility into sourcing and procurement KPIs.
• Develop self-service analytics capabilities for category managers.
• Develop executive-level reporting supporting sourcing pipeline visibility, addressable spend, savings realization, and supplier concentration metrics.
• Provide ad hoc analytical support for sourcing events, negotiations, and leadership requests.

THE PROFILE TO SUCCEED

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field. Three (3) – Six (6) years of relevant experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, data/spend/finance analytics, or related fields; prior experience in the energy or utility sector strongly preferred. Applicable years of experience may substitute for degree.

Technical

• Advanced proficiency in BI tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• Experience developing spend analytics, supplier analytics, category taxonomies, and/or spend cube methodologies. Direct spend cube design experience preferred.
• Ability to work with large data extracts and structure them into usable sourcing views.
• High proficiency in Excel and / or SQL.

Analytical & Operational

• Ability to translate large datasets into actionable insights.
• Identify supplier concentration, price variance, fragmentation, inventory standardization, supplier consolidation, and savings opportunities.
• Support business cases, savings baselines, and sourcing-wave prioritization.
• Experience extracting, cleansing, reconciling, and analyzing data from ERP, procurement, inventory, and CMMS platforms (Workday, Maximo, SAP, Coupa, or similar) preferred.

Interpersonal & Communication

• Communicate analytical findings clearly to sourcing, finance, operations, and leadership.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure data translates into executable sourcing actions.
• Self-starter with strong critical thinking skills; ability to manage competing priorities under a deadline.
• CPSM or CPIM certification a plus.

THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Must be able to accomplish physical requirements with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Ability to stand, walk, talk, hear, and close and distance vision capability.
• Ability to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and/or crouch.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

THE TEAM

The Onward Energy team is comprised of industry professionals who embrace our values of accountability, adaptability, collaboration, and excellence. At Onward Energy, we seek to find solutions rather than assign blame.

THE WORK ENVIRONMENT

The position functions in a smoke and vaping free professional office environment. Some travel to plant sites and regional offices may be required. The role routinely utilizes standard office equipment such as laptop computer, phone, and scanner/photocopier.

Onward Energy total rewards philosophy is motivated by a key tenet of People First, and offers employees a comprehensive total rewards package which includes market competitive compensation, health, life insurance, and retirement savings benefits.

Onward Energy is an Affirmitive Action Employer, Females/Minority/Veterans/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.