Procurement Analyst PET

About the role

Assists the PET Category Manager and Global PET Director on various procurement activities. Conduct analytical evaluations of multiple quotations for purchase of goods/services within the assigned area of responsibility. Help in the identification to continuously reduce the total cost of ownership and secure supply for assigned commodity/category.

In conjunction with category/commodity team assist in driving best performance for a set of commodities/categories in line with Amcor’s strategic objectives and assuring compliance with customer related and regulatory requirements regarding the Amcor supply base.

Key Job Accountabilities

• Drive End to End process of business case creation for PET related projects including submission into GSTT.
• Extract, analyze and report mainframe / system data including providing visibility to GSTT project pipelines.
• Aid in the development of cost models, data collection and measurements to provide regarding product performance and services.
• Ensure PET price sheets are up to date with up to date with Index related information.
• Share up to date pricing with Commercial Finance teams as necessary to support BDR process.
• Support Alternate Material Qualification projects by tracking PET related milestones, reporting to stakeholders and pulling Material Where Used reports as needed.
• Assist in the PET RFQ process through data collection and summarization for actionable tasks by upper management.
• Making customers (external and internal) and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships; creating and executing plans and solutions in collaboration with the customer.

Data Extraction

• Ability to extract and query data from systems (e.g., SAP, GSTT, GSDB, etc.).
• Go beyond Data Extraction and apply actionable insights, trends, and generating KPIs.

Data Validation

• Knowledge of and ability to understand and resolve data inconsistencies or variances.

Information Systems

• Knowledge and use of existing Technical Information Systems (e.g. SAP, GSDB) to generate necessary data;
• Ability to access, analyze and use information in a manner that adds value to the organization,
• Ability to propose system enhancements based upon business needs.

Continuous Improvement and Partnering with IT

• Enable better data management.
• Monitor, Measurement and Metrics:
• Knowledge of key business drivers or measures used to gauge the effectiveness and performance of an internal group or a supplier;
• Generate and maintain KPI and Score Cards.

Record Retention

• Knowledge of the policies and procedures for storing and retaining financial, nonfinancial and company documents.

Strategy

• Assist in the optimization on total cost of ownership by leveraging fact-based elements, i.e. supplier price breakdown, including processing cost obtained either through internal calculations, external benchmarking, market driven pricing, etc. to support the assigned commodity/category strategy execution to meet P+ business objectives.
• Generate and maintain TCO Tools and price breakdowns for Category Managers and Strategy discussions.
• Aid in the definition, collaboration and execution of the negotiation strategy, negotiation schedule and supplier selection criteria to support the assigned commodity/category strategy execution to meet P+ business objectives.
• Aid in strategy review and adjustment in line with Amcor's strategies and P+ business objectives.
• Aid in identification of supply risks to supply/cost and develop plan to mitigate risks.

Supplier Selection & Approval

• Assist in the identification, evaluation and the approval process of new suppliers that meet Amcor performance standards and compliance requirements.
• Aid in leveraging current supply base or identify new suppliers to support new product launches I initiatives.
• Aid in the development Global/Regional Contracts and/or Make vs Buy Refresh cycle or outsourcing opportunities.

Pricing & Cost

• Understand the market(s) well enough to know who the leaders in pricing, technology and service are and drive to the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Work with Functional, Engineering, Operations, Category Managers, Sourcing functions, Logistics and the supply base to develop target cost and low-cost alternatives.
• Understand all the components of related costs to know where opportunities exist that need to be addressed.
• Regularly organize and conduct pricing benchmarks, competitive analysis.
• Utilize, develop a broad skill set of RFQ, Benchmarking and negotiation methodologies.
• Continuously improve staff technical, commercial and negotiation capabilities to ensure versatility in supplier meetings.
• Develop and maintain a portfolio of cost saving projects that meet Amcor targets for spend cost reduction.
• Support supplier negotiation and participate in the negotiation with appointed teams.
• Negotiate agreements that address the global needs of Amcor including, but not limited to price, delivery, quality and other required services.
• Drive standardization (processes, design, requirements, specifications).
• Conduct various buying analyses and spend evaluations on an on-going basis.

Supply Base Development & Management

• Assist the identification of non-preferred spend to help drive the efforts to move business away from suppliers that are not preferred.
• Monitor key KPls to assess and rate risk regularly.
• Aid in driving IT integration with key suppliers to automate transactions and communication.

Compliance

• Ensure at all times the Supply Base and Amcor procurement operates within the framework of regulatory and legal requirements.
• Gain understanding and acceptance of respective documents, such as the Amcor Code of Conduct, Amcor Terms and Conditions and cover any other requirements.
• Actively support integration of procurement systems and tools, i.e. P2P, to improve business performance.
• Identify and communicate all system and process gaps to ensure sustainability of P+ value creation and capability development.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree: Operations Research, Decision Sciences, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics or other related degree.
• Other prefered education: Six Sigma, Should Cost Modeling, Change Management, Project Management.
• Languages: English (written and spoken fluently) required.
• 1-3 years of work experience in Procurement, Sourcing , Supply Chain or relevant function – preferably in a global manufacturing company.