Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst (Cost & Analytics)

Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 68,191 - 97,120; Full time

Job summary

Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom is seeking a Senior Staff Analyst in Sourcing based in San Jose, CA. This role is hybrid with three days on-site, focusing on supplier performance and cost analysis.

The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of experience, a bachelor's in Supply Chain or Analytics, and strong analytical skills, including AI utilization. Responsibilities involve issuing RFQs, developing cost models, and providing strategic support to sourcing managers.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in sourcing or supplier management.
• Expertise in data analysis and modeling.
• Strong analytical skills and evaluative judgment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze supplier performance details and trends.
• Create cost models for supplier price structures.
• Issue RFQs and develop negotiation fact sets.

Skills

Supplier selection

Performance management

Data analysis

AI utilization

Effective communication

Education

Bachelors in Supply Chain, Analytics, or related business degrees

Job description

Job Title: Senior Staff Analyst, Sourcing

Pay rate: $60 Per hour

Location: San Jose, CA (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)

Type: W2 contract

Duration: 12 months

MUST HAVE

• Need to be able to step into the sourcing manager roles, and have interest in doing so
• Experience in supplier selection, performance management, cost models, presentations
• Skilled in data analysis and presentation of results. Comfortable with data ambiguity and developing clarity across disparate systems.
• Experience leveraging AI for this scope.
• Ability to handle a high number of concurrent tasks in parallel. Example being launching multiple RFQs and should costs, and during the response time working on other analyzes and projects.
• Effective communication skills – written, oral, and presentations. Able to tell a story from data and effectively communicate with visuals.

Education

Bachelors in Supply Chain, Analytics, or related business degrees.

Day to Day

• Analyze supplier performance details and trends
• Analyze internal and external cost details to identify opportunities and build strong data driven cases to support cost negotiations
• Create cost models for supplier price structures. Develop models detailing impact on variables to cost and profit including things on volume/spend growth and impact on material price changes
• Utilize AI in modeling and analysis
• Issue RFQs, facilitate & lead auctions, and generate should cost requests
• Analyze results from above and provide summary and recommendations to sourcing managers
• Develop negotiation fact sets and presentations to support supplier negotiations
• Negotiates favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term contracts with suppliers and prepares and processes requisitions and purchase orders for the procurement of technical equipment, custom engineered products, systems, software or components
• Acquires and maintains understanding of technology trends, market forces, cost trends and supplier technology road maps
• Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy and discusses defects and delivery problems with suppliers and negotiates refunds
• This is a highly specialized individual contributor role that requires deep expertise from a professional / technical thought leader in their respective field or discipline
• This position typically requires extensive experience in a specialized field and an advanced college degree or equivalent
• The role requires expertise within a discipline in a specialized field and provides technical guidance and direction for the area of specialization
• Requires strong analytical skills and evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual and qualitative information in complex or novel situations
• Requires the ability to filter, prioritize, analyze and validate complex and dynamic material
• Typically requires a degree or equivalent and a minimum of 6 or more years of experience
• Lead data analysis for cost reduction and supplier performance improvements
• Analyze supplier performance details and trends
• Analyze internal and external cost details to identify opportunities and build strong data driven cases to support cost negotiations
• Create cost models for supplier price structures, including variables impacting cost and profit such as volume/spend growth and material price changes
• Utilize AI in modeling and analysis
• Issue RFQs, facilitate and lead auctions, and generate should cost requests
• Analyze results and provide summaries and recommendations to sourcing managers
• Develop negotiation fact sets and presentations to support supplier negotiations

Requirements

• Position must be located in San Jose, CA
• Intended as a pipeline for future sourcing manager roles with expectation and interest to step into such roles
• Experience in supplier selection, performance management, cost models, and presentations
• Skilled in data analysis and presenting results, with ability to handle data ambiguity across disparate systems
• Experience leveraging AI in this scope
• Ability to manage a high number of concurrent tasks in parallel (e.g., multiple RFQs, should cost analyses, and simultaneous projects)
• Strong written, oral, and presentation communication skills with the ability to tell a story using data and visuals