Senior Strategic Sourcing Analyst (Cost & Analytics)

Important information: To be immediately considered, please send an updated version of your resume to somp767@kellyservices.com.Job Title: Senior Staff Analyst, SourcingPay rate: $60 Per hourLocation: San Jose, CA (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)Type : W2 contractDuration: 12 monthsMUST HAVES:Need to be able to step into the sourcing manager roles, and have interest in doing soExperience in supplier selection, performance management, cost models, presentationsSkilled 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 trendsAnalyze internal and external cost details to identify opportunities and build strong data driven cases to support cost negotiationsCreate 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 changesUtilize AI in modeling and analysisIssue RFQs, facilitate & lead auctions, and generate should cost requestsAnalyze results from above and provide summary and recommendations to sourcing managersDevelop negotiation fact sets and presentations to support supplier negotiationsAdditional details: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 componentsAcquires and maintains understanding of technology trends, market forces, cost trends and supplier technology road mapsReviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy and discusses defects and delivery problems with suppliers and negotiates refundsThis is a highly specialized individual contributor role that requires deep expertise from a professional / technical thought leader in their respective field or disciplineThis position typically requires extensive experience in a specialized field and an advanced college degree or equivalentThe role requires expertise within a discipline in a specialized field and provides technical guidance and direction for the area of specializationRequires strong analytical skills and evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual and qualitative information in complex or novel situationsRequires the ability to filter, prioritize, analyze and validate complex and dynamic materialTypically requires a degree or equivalent and a minimum of 6 or more years of experienceLead data analysis for cost reduction and supplier performance improvementsAnalyze supplier performance details and trendsAnalyze internal and external cost details to identify opportunities and build strong data driven cases to support cost negotiationsCreate cost models for supplier price structures, including variables impacting cost and profit such as volume/spend growth and material price changesUtilize AI in modeling and analysisIssue RFQs, facilitate and lead auctions, and generate should cost requestsAnalyze results and provide summaries and recommendations to sourcing managersDevelop negotiation fact sets and presentations to support supplier negotiations70% current products, 30% NPIRequirementsPosition must be located in San Jose, CAIntended as a pipeline for future sourcing manager roles with expectation and interest to step into such rolesExperience in supplier selection, performance management, cost models, and presentationsSkilled in data analysis and presenting results, with ability to handle data ambiguity across disparate systemsExperience leveraging AI in this scopeAbility 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