Expert Sourcing Analyst

Requisition ID# 165596

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Procurement Organization includes a staff of more than three hundred sourcing managers, buyers, and analysts. Our mission is to deliver cost effective and valued procurement services through strategic, diverse, and sustainable business solutions. Our work requires close integration with all lines of business, finance, and our suppliers.

The Procurement Excellence Center (PEC) is a strategic function dedicated to driving procurement transformation, operational efficiency, and value creation across the organization. Within the Procurement organization, the PEC establishes best practices, standardizes processes, and leverages advanced analytics and market intelligence to enable data-driven decision-making. The PEC collaborates with all Procurement teams to enhance capabilities, improve performance, and optimize costs. Key focus areas include market intelligence and analytics, digital procurement transformation, risk management, supplier relationship management, governance, and capability development.

Position Summary

Conducts research, data analysis, forecasting and reporting in support of business decision making, strategy and operations. Participates in business process improvement, quality control and other initiatives. Develops, manages and coordinates performance and quality assessment, business process re-engineering, change management, communication and training.

All employees are responsible for performing their jobs in accordance with PG&E's vision and values

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of thejob posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will bebased on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience,market value, geographic location, and internal equity.Although we estimatethe successful candidate hiredinto this rolewill beplaced between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors.This job is also eligible to participate inPG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $118,000

Bay Area Maximum: $188,000

Reporting Relationship

Expert Sourcing Analystwill report to the Procurement Analytics Manager

Job Responsibilities

Works independently with guidance on only the most complex issues

Develops new or revises existing data analysis to predict business outcomes selecting from various complex variables

Examines alternate solutions to a problem, effectively troubleshoots various issues and analysis, and provides findings and recommendations for internal clients and external stakeholders

Performs advanced analysis, benchmarking studies, spend analysis, and needs assessment in support of the development of portfolio and category strategies

Leads process in requirement gathering, creation, implementation, and management of dashboards driving effective and clear visual management

Serves as a liaison between Procurement and other departments (finance, business units) in support of Procurement analysis, KPIs, and data requests.

Technical Skills - Advanced MS Excel, MS Access, PowerBI, PowerAutomate, PowerApps, SharePoint Online, SQL

Background Qualifications

Minimum

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Sociology, Policy, Engineering, Physics or other related fields or equivalent work experience

Requires a minimum of six years of job-related experience

Desired

Master's degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Public Policy, Sociology, Engineering, Physics or other related fields or equivalent work experience

Technical Skills - Advanced MS Excel, MS Access, PowerBI, PowerAutomate, PowerApps, SharePoint Online, SQL

Experience with large data sets

Eight years of job-related experience

Experience in Procurement and Sourcing, 3-4 yrs

CPSM Certified

LSS Certified

Ability to present complex data and findings to internal audiences including Managers and Directors and to external stakeholders, regulatory agencies, etc

Demonstrated ability to select appropriate analytical tools to resolve complex problems

Ability to influence leaders inside and outside of the department through data analysis insights and recommendations

Ability to lead large and complex projects working with cross-functional teams

Ability to lead, manage and analyze business processes and recommend improvements to gain efficiency and effectiveness

Ability to address complex strategic issues and takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions

Demonstrates high level of innovative thinking focused on strategy and operation implementation