Senior Manager Spend Intelligence & Sourcing Analytics

Job description

Decision Logic & Data Strategy: - Define the critical data fields, taxonomies, categories, and structures that reveal insights (suppliers, categories, POs, contracts, cost centers, space links). - Determine system‑of‑record vs. system‑of‑insight placement and close data gaps with Finance, Accounting, and IT. - Design how spend and space data should be organized so leaders can quickly see what matters, without noise. Budgeting, Forecasting & Variance Storytelling: - Lead the annual budgeting process for Sourcing and Real Estate, creating budgets grounded in real drivers and transparent assumptions. - Own in‑year forecast updates and ensure leaders clearly understand impacts, risks, and options. - Deliver crisp, executive‑ready variance narratives with root causes, actions, and accountability — not just numbers. Insight Generation & Question Framing: - Ask the right questions, determine which analyses matter, and translate insights into operational actions or cost reductions. - Identify patterns, drivers, anomalies, and opportunities before others see them. - Reject “giant tables with no story” — instead structure, categorize, and distill data into clear takeaways. AI‑Enabled Analyti...