Procurement Analyst

About the role

Port Houston offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a diverse, inclusive work environment. Joining our team means embarking on a fulfilling career path with opportunities for growth and impact.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate Port-wide to evaluate and optimize expenditures
• Take a leadership role in managing port-wide procurement spend reporting and analysis
• Research market and pricing data to develop analytics to assist in the development of purchasing strategies to optimize procurements
• Engage internal and external stakeholders in strategic sourcing process; influence stakeholders to understand the mission, value, and process of supply management; partner to create shared sourcing solutions, specific deliverables and clear expectations
• Determine business requirements and analyze sourcing solutions; interpret patterns and trends from internal and external data and present summary reports to enable effective decision-making that adds value and mitigates risk
• Build sourcing project pipeline by reviewing expiring contracts, tracking and analyzing department spend and presenting recommendations to stakeholders
• Develop strategy for category spends; identify and define sourcing options based on the application of the strategic sourcing process
• Participate in effective change management and champion new supply management processes and procedures throughout the organization
• Perform data extraction from multiple information systems to analyze and report on procurement trends and cost-saving opportunities
• Review and analyze procurement strategies through historical data, business needs, and consolidated or leveraged pricing
• Act in accordance with Port Houston core values (respect, excellence, accountability, diligence, and you)
• Perform other duties as required

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or related major in a public or accredited private academic institution required
• 3+ years of related experience in a similar role required
• Certified Public Purchasing Officer preferred
• Certified Texas Procurement Manager preferred

Skills

• Working knowledge of procurement, strategic sourcing processes and assigned categories of spend
• Strategic thinker, with sound knowledge of strategic purchasing methods
• Expertise in developing cost-benefit analysis
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and computer skills
• Excellent planning and forecasting abilities
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including ability to listen to business partners and understand their expectations and requirements
• Customer service focus, with ability to build relationships and foster teamwork
• Change management and leadership skills necessary to effectively resolve conflicts
• Ability to prepare business cases and explain and/or support the recommended course of action
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but due to open office environment noise level may occasionally be high.

This work site location of this job is: Port Houston Administration Building