Business & Supply Chain Analyst

Title: Business & Supply Chain Analyst
Location: Miami, FL (Hybrid 3/2)
Duration: 12 Months+
Rate: $30 - 35 hr 
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S

Business & Supply Chain Analyst

As part of the Global Sourcing & Supply Chain Center of Excellence (COE) team, the Business & Supply Chain Analyst will provide Logistics, Procurement and Sourcing Teams with analytical support process improvement efforts, ad hoc projects, ongoing strategies, and leadership reporting.

Main responsibilities for this role will be to support the Logistics, Procurement Operations & Strategic Sourcing teams. This position will support key areas and categories including but not limited to, Ports, Shore Excursions, Technical, IT, Food & Beverage, Hotel, Freight, Marketing, Air Travel, Retail, and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG).

This position will provide a great opportunity to learn about the operations across our brands as well as in a wide variety of supply chain activities.

• This role is responsible for working on a daily basis with key stakeholders across Corporate and Brands to provide analytical support for sourcing, procurement and supply chain initiatives, conducting in depth analysis and making recommendations that drive business improvements.
• Positive relationship building with the ability to be influential without direct authority, resilience to ambiguity and an ability to work in a fast paced quickly changing environment are required.
• This role will typically be challenged with non-harmonized data from various systems, data analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving and document preparation.
• The position will interact with all levels of the organization including executive leadership and will directly contribute to critical business decisions leading to business change that optimizes supply chain, procurement, and sourcing operations.

The position will be responsible for the following areas:

• Project-level analytical support
• Support Supply Chain, Procurement Operations, and Sourcing efforts
• Key Performance Indicator (KPI) development, tracking and reporting including dashboard development

Analytics & Process Improvements:

• Work closely with the Supply Chain, Procurement Operations, and Sourcing teams (responsible for each spend category) to identify opportunities for operational improvements, create and communicate problem statements, and develop and execute analysis plans and recommendations
• Gather, organize, reconcile, clean-up large data sets and conduct relevant analyses
• Identify insights, synthesize results, and prepare management presentations
• Prepare power point presentations summarizing data analysis and potential opportunities
• Show financial impact as well as non-quantifiable implications. Create presentations that are clear, concise, easy to follow, and ready to use at executive levels (CFO, CPO)
• Gather and standardize spend data to create dashboards across brands.
• Dashboards should have key performance indicators and be interactive so end user can select specific categories and time periods
• Ability to understand end to end process and create process maps to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities across the supply chain
• Develop implementation plan, timelines and responsibility
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders from our 8 Brands across the world throughout the whole process
• Sample analyses include: cost-benefit analyses, buy vs. lease, ship vs. buy-local, "what if” analysis, custom spend reports
• Conduct market research and ability to synthetize and present findings

Systems and Data management:

• Work with systems team to continuously improve sourcing systems by (e.g., improved functionality and fixing of bugs/issues).
• Support in supply chain master data maintenance and governance activities
• Develop and maintain a proficient knowledge in procurement systems utilized for sourcing including Oracle, Ariba, Coupa, and others, and contribute to drive adoption on sourcing systems from stakeholders
• Support sourcing leads by running/managing eSourcing events when needed

Financial Tracking and Reporting

• Work with Category leads, PMO, and Finance teams to make sure savings are accurately measured and validated
• Monitor savings, identify risks, and escalate when appropriate
• Report on value-add initiatives

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Scope: Global Responsibilities (North American brands)

Problem Solving:

• Strong analytical and process improvement skills
• Very proficient with analytical software, especially Microsoft Excel
• Proficient in querying/ manipulation of large data sets (SQL, Access or similar)
• Extensive experience in data visualization tools (Power BI)
• High proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint and creating action-oriented presentations
• Demonstrated ability to influence others and interact with all levels of the organization – is able to interface independently and effectively with peers in other departments/ Brands
• Well organized and can prioritize multiple requests simultaneously
• Aggressive "go getter”, driven, and can work with little supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced business environment
• Interest or experience in the travel and tourism industry

Minimum qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Supply Chain, or Business Administration. Master's Degree preferred but not required degree preferred but not required.
• High proficiency with Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Tableau
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, CPSM Certifications desired but not required
• 2-3 years of experience with a track record of driving results in business analysis, process improvement, or finance.
• Prior sourcing/ supply chain experience/knowledge preferred but not required

Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay
• 401(k) Retirement plan
• ...and much more!

About INSPYR Solutions

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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