Sourcing Analyst - Full-time / Part-time

Job Description: Sourcing Process Analyst - Packaging division

Client is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products that touch the lives of people where they live, work and play.

The Sourcing Analyst will work with Corporate and Business Segment teams in a variety of functions, primarily responsible for developing and implementing analytical reports to support all the Corporate sourcing strategies, clean up and maintain sourcing master data, clear invoices while troubleshooting and resolving price issues, develop and manage monthly reporting, competitive bid analysis, and on-going data management. Further, this role will serve as the communication and change management resource for the Global Packaging Sourcing team through activities such as creating support documentation, holding monthly status meetings, and maintaining client Sourcing and Procurement support portal.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work closely with segment level Sourcing Leaders to understand, clean up and manage master Sourcing data within SAP from a Corporate perspective
• Work closely with segment level Sourcing Leaders to communicate prices, spend, variances, and build inflation/deflation variables to highlight opportunities & risks
• Develop and maintain commodity analysis for packaging / display materials
• Support RFI / RFQ Process as well as the Quick Quote Process with an overall objective to develop a tool or system to improve lead-times for providing data
• Complete tactical work such as new supplier set ups and data gathering
• Support segment level Sourcing Leaders to complete, consolidate, and analyze data
• Work closely with Packaging Engineering, Supply Chain, Creative, Marketing and other internal teams
• Pro-actively analyze data and provide recommendations for automating reports, data maintenance, process improvement, process consolidation across segments

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science degree in Packaging, Business, or related field; or comparable experience.

• 1 to 3 years purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem solving skills.
• SAP experience is preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Office - Advanced Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups, consolidating data from multiple sources and systems)
• Experience with Microsoft Office - Advanced PowerPoint
• Experience with SharePoint a plus
• Ability to work both independently and within teams, manage priorities and lead projects
• Ability to multi-task and manage various projects to completion

About Aerotek:

Aerotek, headquartered in Hanover, Md., is a leading provider of technical, professional and industrial staffing services. Established in 1983, Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, the largest provider of staffing services in the U.S. Aerotek operates a network of more than 200 non-franchised offices throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. For more information, visit .

Aerotek is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.