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Strategic Sourcing Analyst
Kruger Inc.
Montreal, CAN
Full Time
Senior
Hybrid
1 weeks ago
Data AnalysisProcurement AnalyticsTotal Cost of Ownership (TCO)Supplier Risk ManagementAI ToolsData Visualization
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About the Role
Kruger is seeking an experienced Strategic Sourcing Analyst to act as the analytic engine for Supply Management. The role combines procurement analytics, AI tool oversight, and stakeholder advisory to drive TCO decisions, supply risk management, and sustainability outcomes.
Key Skills for This Role
Data AnalysisProcurement AnalyticsTotal Cost of Ownership (TCO)Supplier Risk ManagementAI ToolsData Visualization
Responsibilities
- Develop dashboards, analytical models, and business insights supporting sourcing strategies, negotiations, and supplier performance
- Identify cost reduction, cost avoidance, and demand optimization opportunities using data driven analysis
- Design and maintain supplier risk dashboards and early warning indicators
- Use AI enabled tools to accelerate sourcing work and ensure AI insights are explainable and context aware
- Translate complex analytical findings into actionable business recommendations for procurement leadership
- Prepare executive level materials on cost, risk, sustainability, and sourcing performance
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business analytics, supply chain, finance, economics, engineering, information systems, or related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a Business Analyst, Procurement Analyst, or analytics role supporting sourcing, operations, supply chain, or risk management
- Proven ability to transform raw data into strategic insights
- Practical exposure to AI enabled or advanced analytics tools
- Experience supporting procurement or supply management in a manufacturing or industrial environment
- Bilingual French/English (advanced level)
- Graduate studies or certifications in analytics, data science, or procurement (preferred)
- Hands on experience with eProcurement, ERP, TMS or sourcing platforms and large datasets (strong asset)
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Position Overview
- The Strategic Sourcing Analyst will act as the analytic engine and human in the loop oversight for Kruger’s Supply Management organization.
- This role is critical to translating procurement, operation, supplier, and market information into actionable insights that strengthen TCO decisions, supply risk management, sustainability outcomes, and sourcing governance.
- This is not a reporting only or transactional analytics role; the analyst will actively shape sourcing strategies and supplier risk programs.
Responsibilities
- Develop in depth expertise in consumption related systems (TMS, PI) and procurement platforms (ERP, eProcurement) to enable visibility and benchmarking of spend, supplier performance, and TCO.
- Develop dashboards, analytical models, and business insights supporting sourcing strategies, negotiations, and supplier performance.
- Identify cost reduction, cost avoidance, and demand optimization opportunities using data driven analysis.
- Provide analytical support to sourcing events (scenario modeling, pricing comparisons, should cost logic, bid evaluation frameworks).
- Design and maintain supplier risk dashboards and early warning indicators (financial, operational, service, compliance).
- Monitor supplier performance trends and proactively flag emerging risks.
- Use AI enabled tools to accelerate sourcing work and ensure AI insights are explainable, context aware, and aligned with business reality.
- Translate complex analytical findings into clear, actionable business recommendations for procurement leadership.
- Prepare executive level materials on cost, risk, sustainability, and sourcing performance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business analytics, supply chain, finance, economics, engineering, information systems, or a related field.
- Graduate studies or certifications in analytics, data science, or procurement is preferable.
Experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in a Business Analyst, Procurement Analyst, or analytics role supporting sourcing, operations, supply chain, or risk management.
- Proven ability to transform raw data into strategic insights that influence decisions and outcomes.
- Practical exposure to AI enabled or advanced analytics tools, with an understanding of their limitations and governance requirements.
- Experience supporting procurement or supply management organizations in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Exposure to supplier risk management, ESG metrics, or performance scorecarding.
- Hands on experience working with eProcurement, ERP, TMS or sourcing platforms and large datasets (strong asset).
- Participation in digital transformation or system implementation initiatives (preferable).
Skills And Abilities
- Strong analytical thinking with the ability to connect data insights to business strategy.
- High comfort level working with AI enabled analytics and acting as a human decision checkpoint.
- Excellent data visualization and storytelling skills (executive ready insights, not raw outputs).
- Solid understanding of procurement concepts: TCO, sourcing events, supplier performance, governance.
- Strong stakeholder management skills; able to explain complex insights to non technical audiences.
- Detail oriented, disciplined, and rigorous with data quality and integrity.
Success Measures
- Improved visibility into spend, TCO drivers, supplier performance, and risk exposure.
- Demonstrated contribution to better sourcing and negotiation outcomes through analytics.
- Early identification and mitigation of supplier and continuity risks.
- Effective and trusted use of AI insights within procurement decision making.
Languages
- Bilingual, French / English (advanced level)
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