Strategic Senior Procurement Analyst

Overview

In this role you will help shape a globally integrated procurement function by turning market intelligence and data into strategic sourcing decisions. You will work with senior stakeholders across multiple sites to translate complex market and supplier data into actionable strategies that strengthen procurement outcomes. The position sits at the heart of a procurement transformation, focusing on direct materials and value chain insights to drive better commercial decisions. This offers a high-impact opportunity to influence global sourcing and supply-market strategy within a major manufacturing organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• bonus
• excellent benefits

Responsibilities

• Conduct market intelligence and value chain analysis across global direct materials and supplier markets
• Analyse commodity, raw materials, energy, freight, currency and macro trends to identify risks and opportunities
• Support development and execution of global sourcing strategies using market insight and analytical models
• Analyze supplier markets, pricing structures, cost drivers and supply dynamics to inform procurement decisions
• Build and evaluate sourcing scenarios across suppliers, regions, specifications and commercial models
• Utilise e-sourcing and optimisation technology to assess bids and identify optimal outcomes
• Develop should-cost models, benchmarks and pricing analyses to challenge proposals and support negotiations
• Translate market and supplier data into recommendations for Category Managers and senior leadership
• Support forecasting and financial planning with short-, medium-, and long-term market views
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Procurement, Finance, Commercial, Technical, Quality and operations across locations
• Drive governance and strategic decision-making in a historically decentralised procurement environment
• Begin with strategic direct materials with potential to broaden into additional spend categories

Key requirements

• 4+ years of experience in strategic procurement, sourcing, analytics, market intelligence or related fields
• Strong analytical capability to understand complex markets and value chains beyond historical spend
• Experience supporting or developing strategic sourcing initiatives in a complex organisation
• Strong commercial acumen to identify drivers behind supplier pricing and market movements
• Ability to work with large, complex datasets and translate analysis into commercial recommendations
• Experience in a global, multi-site or matrix organisation is advantageous
• Direct materials experience beneficial, manufacturing/industrial/technical categories; chemicals experience not essential
• Exposure to e-sourcing, optimisation, scenario modelling, forecasting or should-cost analysis is advantageous
• Strong stakeholder management with ability to communicate findings to Procurement and wider business

• stakeholder management
• communication of analytical findings
• cross-functional collaboration
• market intelligence
• value chain analysis
• analytical modelling

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