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RFP / Procurement Analyst

The RFP / Procurement Analyst is responsible for researching, analyzing, and assessing sourcing activities essential to support the Organization. This position requires performing project management skills, cost benefit analyses, reviewing contracts, and evaluating pricing formulas to obtain the most advantageous pricing through the RFP process.

Job description

• Collaborating and coordinating with internal contributors and subject matter experts to ensure complete and accurate RFPs are sent to vendors

• Analyzing item and category product costs, logistics costs, and other pricing components to perform comparative analysis of vendor proposals

• Supporting negotiation of contract terms

• Comparing procurement options and logistics strategies for RFPs

• Providing ad-hoc financial analysis on trends and insight on business

• Participating in monitoring of savings achieved due to the RFP process

• Demonstrating the ability to take real-world analytics/data science projects from start to finish- including data cleaning, descriptive analysis, predictive modeling, and visualizations

Skills Required

• 1-2 years of experience in Finance or Data Analytics

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Accounting or equivalent

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint

• The ability to handle complex projects and problems

• The ability to prioritize and work independently

• High attention to detail and great organizational skills

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• Knowledge of SQL is a plus.

Benefits

• Company Matched 401K

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Prescription

• PTO