Cost Analyst / Data Analysts / Purchasing Analyst

Job Requirements

• Advance Excel skills: Pivot Tables, v-lookup, Conditional formatting, developing complex spreadsheets and preparation of files for presentation
• Analytical experience in a purchasing, financial or sales position in a mid to large size organization.
• Experience managing RFP's / proposals
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.

Required Experience

• Experience analyzing, researching, implementing, testing, or maintaining accounting information systems.
• Ability to implement system enhancements to provide cost savings to overall company profitability.
• Prior experience with setting rules, control limits and creating SOP's
• Management or Supervising experience

Job Duties

• Reviewing, analysis and day to day maintenance of cost of goods (COGS) on sales inventory.
• Collaborate with the Marketing, Sales and Accounting teams to assist the company in achieving its financial and strategic objectives.
• Support supplier selection decisions, visibility in to COGS and system accuracy so informed business decisions can be made.
• Analyze and model cost adjustments impact on profitability
• Monitor commodity and market trends
• Maintain and update current cost in Accounting System
• Provide support to buyers, AP and rebates team for cost related issues
• Address and resolve supplier invoice discrepancies
• Review and provide analytical support for bids, quotes and proposals
• Track opportunities open for bid / proposal
• Manage priority negotiation list for cost reduction and profitability increase initiatives
• Ability to effectively collect and maintain competitive data
• Manage an electronic filing system for contracts, pricing, RFP's and quotes
• Work with Inventory teams on price related/triggered purchase considerations
• Review Invoices from import suppliers and update/audit against original purchase
orders
• Assists in the preparation and review of biweekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Research and analyze system/process-related issues and proposes solutions and/or alternatives.