Strategic Category Analyst: R&D Procurement & Insights

ACL Digital; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ACL Digital, based in Foster City, California, seeks a Category Management Analyst to support strategy development across research procurement categories, including research services, biologics, chemicals, and lab equipment.

You will partner with Category Managers to analyze spend, build market insights, and run data-heavy analyses in Excel and Power BI, helping source events from RFPs to negotiations to drive cost, quality, and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or related field.
• 3-6 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, analytics, or supply chain.
• Strong analytical and data management skills (Excel, Power BI, etc.)
• Experience working with large datasets and generating insights
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Responsibilities

• Compile and analyze data to support category strategies.
• Develop category profiles with market insights, supplier segmentation, and demand patterns.
• Identify cost optimization, standardization, and supplier consolidation opportunities.
• Manage spend data across categories to identify trends and opportunities.
• Track savings and value delivery, and build forecasts.
• Support sourcing events (RFPs, RFIs, negotiations) with Category Managers.
• Maintain supplier data, contracts, and performance metrics.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

ACL Digital, based in Foster City, California, seeks a Category Management Analyst to support strategy development across research procurement categories, including research services, biologics, chemicals, and lab equipment.

You will partner with Category Managers to analyze spend, build market insights, and run data-heavy analyses in Excel and Power BI, helping source events from RFPs to negotiations to drive cost, quality, and innovation.