Specialist, Business Analysis at IHS Towers

Job Description

• Create TCO models for Suppliers and IHS and create financial models. 
• Develop optimization algorithms for various spending areas. 
• Assist in structuring 3rd-party expenditures and spend management strategies. 
• Drive spends analytics strategy, including data integrity, reporting, and process alignment. 
• Utilize advanced analytics for commodity catalogs, price books and scenario modeling. 
• Oversee procurement data solutions and ERP system integrations. 
• Collaborate on the creation and implementation of product and service catalogs. 
• Conduct value engineering on procurement requests. 
• Prepare monthly reports and slide decks. 
• Perform financial modeling. 
• Review tender scopes for accuracy. 
• Sign off awards to ensure that all calculations and capturing was done correctly. 
• Review the financial viability of the vendors before award. 
• Implement OTP calculations. 
• Develop comprehensive catalogues that are electronic and searchable. 
• Maintain and update price indexes and catalog databases. 
• Standardize and streamline catalog practices. 
• Identify opportunities for catalog utilization. 
• Integrate catalogues into procure-to-pay processes. 
• Analyze and report on catalog-related metrics. 
• Create and implement variance reporting tools. 
• Review all strategic suppliers' financial status annually. 
• Track and validate negotiated savings. 
• Support procurement performance assessment. 
• Partner with Finance and business units to incorporate savings into budgets. 
• Define overall and category-specific user system requirements. 
• Evaluate and recommend system improvements. 
• Drive change management and transitions. 
• Develop and implement Supply Chain best practices, including KPI measurement and reporting automation. 
• Convert business requirements to workable system solutions. 
• Manage small- to medium-scale projects. 
• Identify process gaps and recommend improvement initiatives. 
• Collaborate with Supply Chain categories to optimize opportunities. 
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by the Senior Specialist

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Finance, Data science, AI or Value engineering. 
• +3 years’ experience in analytics, business analysis, Data Science. 
• Advanced proficiency in use of MS Excel, Access, SharePoint, and PowerPoint 
• Experience with AX, Power BI, SAP, SQL, Business Objects and Tableau is desirable 
• Knowledge of general trade spending, budget planning, forecasting and pricing execution. 
• Knowledge and implementation experience with catalogue platforms and price indexes. 
• Polygraph and psychometric tests prerequisite