Senior Analyst – Strategic Materials Procurement (Remote)

Socket.dev; Goleta, Washington (CA, District of Columbia); On-site; 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, a global lifestyle brand, seeks a Senior Analyst, Strategic Materials Procurement, to partner with Product Development, Sourcing, Finance and Legal. You’ll transform market, pricing, consumption, supplier, and operational data into actionable insights that drive how we manage our most critical materials and supplier partnerships.

This role emphasizes building structure, owning complex analyses, and developing tools and reporting to reveal risks, opportunities, and commercial

Qualifications

• BA/BS in supply chain, business, finance, economics, engineering, data analytics, or related field (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 PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or AI-assisted tools is a plus.

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

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Python

Education

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

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Python

Job description

Deckers Brands, a global lifestyle brand, seeks a Senior Analyst, Strategic Materials Procurement, to partner with Product Development, Sourcing, Finance and Legal. You’ll transform market, pricing, consumption, supplier, and operational data into actionable insights that drive how we manage our most critical materials and supplier partnerships.

This role emphasizes building structure, owning complex analyses, and developing tools and reporting to reveal risks, opportunities, and commercial