Strategic Supplier Risk & Performance Analyst

Perdue Farms; Salisbury (MD); On-site; USD 68,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Perdue Foods in Salisbury, MD, is seeking a Supplier Risk and Performance Analyst to drive supplier performance excellence and strengthen risk management through data-driven insights. Partner with Procurement and supplier teams to enhance visibility, mitigate risks, and deliver actionable reporting.

The role emphasizes turning complex data into meaningful insights in a fast-paced, collaborative setting with a focus on continuous improvement and governance across the supplier base.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Analytics, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in procurement analytics, supplier performance, risk management, or related roles.
• Experience with KPI score carding, reporting, and working with supplier and contract data.

Responsibilities

• Collect, validate, and maintain supplier performance data and scorecards.
• Analyze KPI trends and identify emerging performance issues.
• Support preparation of supplier reviews and governance materials.
• Track supplier risk indicators, including single-source exposure, continuity, and operational signals using internal and external sources.
• Maintain supplier risk registers and escalation thresholds.
• Surface early warning insights to Supplier Relationship Management and category leadership.
• Build and maintain standard reports and dashboards for supplier risk and performance.
• Ensure consistency in definitions, metrics, and reporting cadence.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Support documentation and tracking of supplier mitigation plans.
• Monitor progress against corrective actions and closure commitments.
• Escalate risks when mitigation progress stalls or deteriorates.
• Identify opportunities to automate or improve supplier performance and risk tracking.
• Support standardization of templates and reporting artifacts.
• Improve data quality and reliability across supplier datasets.
• Partner with the Procurement System & Data Analyst on analytics improvements.

Skills

KPI scorecarding

Supplier performance analysis

Risk management

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Analytics, or a related field

Job description

Perdue Foods in Salisbury, MD, is seeking a Supplier Risk and Performance Analyst to drive supplier performance excellence and strengthen risk management through data-driven insights. Partner with Procurement and supplier teams to enhance visibility, mitigate risks, and deliver actionable reporting.

The role emphasizes turning complex data into meaningful insights in a fast-paced, collaborative setting with a focus on continuous improvement and governance across the supplier base.