Manager, Business Analytics- Procurement

Job Description

The Manager, Business Analytics is a key member of the Novolex Business Intelligence and Procurement organization. In this role, you will lead the development of advanced analytics and automation solutions that support pricing, category strategy, and commercial decision-making. This role partners with business leaders to translate data into scalable insights and operational tools, leveraging modern analytics techniques and automation platforms.

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 3-4 Category Analysts.
• Set analytical priorities aligned with category and business strategy.
• Ensure consistent methodology, documentation, and quality across all analytics deliverables.

Automation & Process Improvement

• Identify and implement automation opportunities for recurring reports, manual data preparation, and repetitive analyses.
• Drive adoption of Power BI, Power Query/Power Automate, and DAX/SQL/scripting tools across the team.
• Standardize processes and develop repeatable analytical frameworks and data products.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Serve as the analytics partner to procurement category leadership.
• Support category strategies with opportunity sizing, scenario modeling, trend analysis, KPI reporting, and data modeling.
• Collaborate with internal operational, procurement, and finance stakeholders to deliver accurate, actionable insights.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, financial analysis or business analysis roles.
• 2+ years of people leadership experience.
• Strong Power BI and data-modeling expertise.
• Demonstrated experience with automation, including data preparation and reporting workflows.
• Experience modernizing reporting processes and establishing enterprise dashboards.
• High analytical capability with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Customer service oriented

Qualifications

Experience supporting procurement, finance, or operations preferred.

Pay & Benefits

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $109,300-140,000 + bonus + benefits.

Benefits include:

• 401(k) plan with company match
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Paid vacation, and sick days
• Paid parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Wellness program

Community Engagement includes:

• Focused Giving Program
• Encouragement of facility-level support of activities in the communities where employees live and work

Training and Development includes:

• Constant opportunities for advancement
• Skills development
• Advanced education programs
• Tuition reimbursement program (Non-Union)
• Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization