Procurement Analyst III – HR, IT, General Labor & Benefits

About the role

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve. Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care™. Global Reach with a Local Touch 140+ years serving healthcareOver 14,000 teammates worldwideServing healthcare partners in 80 countriesManufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland40+ distribution centersPortfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings1,000 branded medical product suppliers4,000 healthcare partners served. The Analyst III – Indirect Procurement provides direct analytical and operational support to the global HR/IT/General Labor & Benefits categories within a center-led hybrid procurement framework. The position delivers the spend analytics, and supplier performance reporting that underpin category strategy development and execution. Acting as the analytical engine for the category management team, the role converts market data, ERP transactions, and supplier inputs into actionable insight.

Responsibilities

• Spend & Cost Analytics: Maintain and enhance category spend baselines, savings pipelines, and procurement performance metrics across indirect spend categories; validate reported savings and cost avoidance initiatives using Finance-approved methodologies; and translate results into measurable P&L impact and value creation for business stakeholders.
• Contract & Price Administration: Administer and manage contract pricing, commercial terms, and negotiated savings commitments across indirect spend categories; maintain accurate contract, supplier, and pricing data within ERP and procurement systems; and resolve pricing, invoicing, and payment discrepancies in partnership with suppliers, Accounts Payable, Finance, and internal stakeholders.
• Supplier Performance Reporting: Produce supplier scorecards and KPI dashboards covering quality, delivery, competitiveness, and sustainability metrics; support quarterly business reviews with data preparation and trend analysis.
• Reporting & Visualization: Develop and maintain visual reporting and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI) that give category managers and senior leadership a clear view of spend, market outlook, savings delivery, and risk posture.
• Cross-Functional Support: Partner with Category Managers, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure data integrity, support sourcing and contracting activities, and drive the effective implementation and adoption of enterprise-wide procurement strategies, supplier agreements, and governance standards across the organization.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with Procurement COE team on analytics, eSourcing tools/techniques.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related highly analytical discipline.
• 3–5 years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, or financial/commodity analysis, preferably supporting direct materials categories.
• Demonstrated experience in spend analysis, cost modeling, and data-driven reporting in support of sourcing or category management decisions.
• Working knowledge of commodity-driven pricing mechanisms (index-linked and formula-based contracting) and market fundamentals for resins, polymers, or packaging materials.

Qualifications

• Preferred exposure to indirect procurement categories such as IT, Professional Services, Facilities, HR, Marketing, Finance, Telecommunications, and