New Brunswick, NJ - Contract Coordinator

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JOB DESCRIPTION

The Business Analyst interfaces with third-party suppliers as well as internal stakeholders in order to assist the Company's Process and Technology team in managing the Supplier Diversity Program

Responsibilities

• Tracks and reports spend with diverse suppliers
• Identifies trends, risks and opportunities for increasing diverse spend
• Collects and validates spend data from internal and external stakeholders
• Performs and validates data uploads onto spend management system
• Trains new system users and resolves potential system issues with IT team
• Produces monthly Supplier Diversity dashboards and ad-hoc spend analyzes for Procurement leadership teams
• Ensures accuracy of spend and supplier information in all data uploads, dashboards, and analyzes
• Collects and documents information on projects affecting diverse spend
• Proactively issues and implements recommendations for improving metrics, dashboards, systems and processes
• Develops and maintains procedures, quick-reference guides, and internal SharePoint data libraries
• Collaborates with Procurement teams to assess Savings and Supplier-Enabled Innovation delivered by diverse suppliers
• Assists in various projects within the Process and Technology team

REQUIREMENT:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree is required
• Advanced proficiency in MS PowerPoint and Excel is required
• Excel experience must include IF, AND, COUNT, and LOOKUP functions, pivot tables, charts and graphs
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in business analytics, operations, strategic sourcing, or finance is preferred
• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills are a must
• Experience with MS Outlook and Word. Knowledge of MS Access and SharePoint is preferred
• Detail oriented, dependable, and motivated
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Ability influence internal and external stakeholders at various levels
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully, meet deadlines, and work both independently or in cross-functional teams
• Interested in learning new things and comfortable taking the initiative to seek out projects or new areas of responsibility