Company:
Paramount Pictures

Sr. Strategic Sourcing Analyst

Description:

• The Sr. Strategic Sourcing Analyst is an internal consultancy role responsible for investigating business systems, identifying improvement opportunities and conducting analysis on sourcing data (financial, vendor, contract, governance, etc.).
• The Sourcing Analyst will evaluate current business processes related to sourcing (including purchase orders, travel and expense, PCard, vendor setup, etc.) and will make recommendations for process improvement initiatives.
• The Sr. Sourcing Analyst will also implement technology solutions where possible to streamline the processes.


Responsibilities to include, but not limited to:

• Developing and implementing analytical reports and analysis to support negotiations with vendors providing goods and services worldwide.
• Supporting specific sourcing initiatives and vendor negotiations to help the Strategic Sourcing department achieve goals regarding strategic sourcing, supply chain, process and infrastructure improvements.
• Supporting the sourcing department (across all aspects of Paramount) with data analysis, model building, process analysis communication and vendor/contract management.
• Working independently and within a team to deliver analytical documentation and support by critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, decomposing high-level information into details, abstracting up from low-level information to a general understanding.
• Gathering, analyzing and documenting requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.
• Interpreting customer business needs and translating them into application and operational requirements by professional interaction with a diverse group, including executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Designing and developing software tools for the purpose of automation and elimination of redundant work.
• Providing analytical support for sourcing activities by performing:
– Spend analysis.
– Feasibility analysis.
– Cost/benefit analysis.
– Process analysis.
– Ad-hoc analysis.

• Developing and implementing tools to allow rigorous cost and market analysis to be completed by the sourcing professionals.
• Ensuring consistent application of sourcing processes across constituent groups.
• Developing, implementing, monitoring and reporting performance measures that demonstrate value and ensure vendor performance.
• Building and establishing relationships with key business units financial and operational personnel to ensure full understanding and support for purchasing initiatives.
• Developing, tracking, and reporting savings, spending compliance and variances, communicate findings with procurement heads, finance and business units.


Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 3 years of Business Analyst or similar experience.


Desired Skills:

• Proficiency in MS Access and MS Excel (including automation Macros).
• Excellent documentation and requirements analysis.
• Attention to detail and ability to analyze complex data.
• Ability to analyze complex processes and to lead teams to help resolve problem areas.
• Self-motivated and highly organized with minimum supervision.
• Conceptual and technical design development.
• Database concepts and data manipulation techniques.
• Customer service-oriented desire to provide solutions.
• Excellent verbal communication and positive attitude.
• MS SharePoint Server.
• Object-oriented programming, analysis and design.
• Structured Query Language (SQL).
• MS SQL Server, MS Visual Studio.
• MS Visual Basic, MS VBScript.
• Hyperion Planning, Essbase.
• SAP, AS400 Mainframe (FIS).
• OHRS, PurchaseWorks, Cognos Impromptu.
• CA Clarity, Actuate Reports.
• MS Office Applications.
• MS Windows Operating System.


Eligibility requirements:

• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered.
• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation.
• Must be able to show eligibility to work in the United States.