SENIOR ANALYST, PROCUREMENT

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Location: Bengaluru, India

Shift timings: Night shift

About Global Procurement

Global Procurement team is creating sustainable competitive advantage through flawless execution strategy which involves co-ordination and integration of business needs, best suppliers, set up best practices with support of spend analysis. Our focus is to continuously grow talent with diversity, build world class hiring programs, build world class supply base management, deliver value, and protect the company.

Job Summary:

You will be a part of the Global Procurement supporting in the Tech Procurement area. As a part of this team, you will be responsible for supporting and aligning with business initiatives, organization goals, and actions focused on sourcing projects. An individual in this position will be expected to perform additional job-related responsibilities and duties as assigned and/or necessary.

What you will do:

• As an Sr Analyst, you will be supporting the Professional Services Non-Tech categories with the primary focus to develop and execute procurement analytics and insights across multiple categories and business units; partnering with strategic sourcing to leverage the scale of One Walmart to create and deliver value.  This role requires a highly motivated and talented professional with a strong aptitude for critical thinking, problem solving and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally to create and deliver results.

  As part of this team, you will be responsible for partnering with business stakeholders in designing and delivering a comprehensive sourcing and contracting program. In partnering with our Professional Services Non-Tech business stakeholders, you will impact our vendor selection process, design, and execute the sourcing strategy as well as manage legacy contracts; and collaborating with our vendors and partners to negotiate contracts on behalf of Walmart.

  Our Ideal Candidate

  An ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is passionate about learning with agility and possesses flair for customer centricity. Our candidate wants to use your analytics and procurement Skills to leverage suppliers to bring the best value back to Walmart. You will collaborate with your stakeholders in researching, building, and executing supplier strategies.

  Your Responsibility  

• leveraging critical thinking, data understanding and analytics, and technology savviness to problem solve and recommend actionable insights to stakeholders as well as accessing market intelligence to enable fact-based prioritization of opportunities.  Demonstrating proficiency in end-to-end procurement value creation levers and actions.

Nice to have

Data visualization tool and database technologies (e.g. Python, SQL, Cirtuo) Experience utilizing lean six sigma, Agile methodologies or PMP certification 5+ years of experience in relevant field is required (Preferred: Procurement Analytics experience for Professional Services in Retail Environment) Strong communication and influencing skill with ability to communicate to stakeholders/ supplier globally Proficiency utilizing MS Excel and BI Visualization Tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, etc.) Experience working in a collaborative environment and cross-functional team management Retail or Consulting industry experience Open to work US hours

Your Qualifications
 

Must have

Graduate or Postgraduate

Developing strong relationships with both our internal business partners and external vendors.

Maintain highest levels of confidentiality in all aspects in the entire sourcing process.

You have a great eye for detail and experience negotiating contracts with vendors

You are knowledgeable of procurement technology such as Coupa Sourcing (CSO) (for sourcing) and CLMA (Contracting)

Supports supplier negotiations by creating cost models of different contract variables; running scenarios to determine business benefits; assessing range of negotiation outcomes; and executing defined negotiation strategies to ensure business needs are met. Interpreting Spend Analysis: ability to read, analyse and tell the story from data and spend to build a TCO model. Exposure in leading e-Auctions, RFP/RFQ &  Clean Sheet Costing.

familiarity and experience with financial risk reporting and concepts.  Following supplier, consumer trends, and market dynamics impacting supported categories.

Creates effective graphical or visual representation of data that highlights critical information to make it easier for people to understand, and weave key messages into an engaging story.

Establishes the availability and accessibility of data based on understanding of business context. Analyzes data to drive sourcing decisions for the business unit by gathering data from internal and external sources; consolidates data into a meaningful data set; analyzes data to determine impacts of decisions; develops analytical models to predict future category performance and market dynamics to determine impact of proposed solutions; identifies trends in the market and industry to determine strategic gaps; develops procurement path recommendations based on analysis; conducting ad hoc analyses based on business needs; consolidates findings; develops recommendations based on data findings; and presents findings and recommendations to leadership.

leveraging leadership, project management, and change management skills to effectively drive projects in a timely manner ensuring deliverables and objectives are met.  Delegating project work, monitoring progress, and providing feedback to others as needed.  Leveraging mentor relationships, strengths, and opportunities as an asset to the organization and actively owning personal development.honing your effective communication skills (written, verbal, presenting, and visual) to influence stakeholders to implement fact-based recommendations from actionable insights. Demonstrating sound judgment and articulating supporting insights in a compelling way.  Understanding how to connect broader sets of analyses and findings into a cohesive storyline.

About Walmart Global Tech
Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work:
We use a hybrid way of working with virtual when not onsite. Our campuses serve as a hub to enhance collaboration, bring us together for purpose and deliver on business needs. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team and be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits:
Benefits Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
 

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