Analyst, Indirect Spend

Meijer•Grand Rapids, MI

About The Position

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community! Meijer Rewards Weekly pay Scheduling flexibility Paid parental leave Paid education assistance Team member discount Development programs for advancement and career growth Please review the job profile below and apply today! The Analyst position is an entry level role on the Indirect Procurement Enablement team. This role is responsible for applying analytics which will have a positive impact on margin and profit performance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Math, Statistics, Economics, or other quantitative field.
1-2 years business experience in an analytics field or related professional environment.
Working knowledge of SAP/Ariba, Microstrategy, Properties Procurement Automated Ordering tool or other programming language.
Experience with applications used for analytical, quantitative, and to apply statistical techniques and tools to derive insights from large, complex data environments solving complex and ambiguous business problems in a timely manner.
Active curiosity—Must enjoy gathering and digging deeply into data to identify opportunities and risks.
Strong work ethic complemented by a positive, can-do attitude.
Team player: audit and improve existing processes, collaborate with senior team members and contribute to the team’s success.
Ability to influence without authority in a cross functional team setup.
Excellent communication skills: listening, verbal and written.
Ability to develop communications and presenting to cross functional partners.
Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills with ability to prioritize multiple/competing projects and assignments.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Retail or Consumer facing industry preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic analysis by in modeling opportunities to assess risk and recommend procurement decisions
Applying quantitative methods, supplier management, data mining, and analytical tools to support business needs, sourcing events and budget development across all business areas.
Partner and consult on report and tool solution designs that apply best in class analytics
Effectively communicate business analysis and provide recommendations for improvements
Keeps customer at the center of analytic approach, analysis and solutions and partner with cross functional teams to drive customer centricity at Meijer
Partner with reporting teams to improve reporting effectiveness and highlight variances
Collaborate and build strong business relationships with internal business customers
Leverage disparate data sources for holistic understanding to solve complex business problems
Understand corporate policies and system functionality to enforce compliance to procurement systems and adherence to Indirect Procurement policies
Support development of sourcing and procurement processes
This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.