Sourcing Data Analyst

The opportunity

As Sourcing Data Analyst, you'll ensure that the Strategic Sourcing team and the business has access to high quality and trusted Management Information & Data to assess performance, trends and provide actionable insight across all third parties. Providing evidence with data and MI to inform strategic and tactical business decisions this position plays a vital role in the Strategic Sourcing team and beyond.

The benefits:

• Salary - £30,000
• Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 7.5%
• Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
• Critical illness cover
• Income protection - 1x salary
• Death in service - 4x salary
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
• A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.
  
  

Key Accountabilities:

• Workflow Management: Ensure that any request for Sourcing services comes through a single channel and oversee that workflow through the pipeline to conclusion
• Data and database Management: Maintain third-party management databases and track obligations, deliverables, contract change notes, and renewal dates. Be able to develop the availability of data to pre-empt future requirements and requests. Interpret data to tell the story with visualisation, clearly and accurately that allows the business to see the actual position as well as trends that inform our decision making. Ensure key trends are identified and clearly articulated to the appropriate audience Assist in identifying and overcoming data deficiencies and gaps in analytical capabilities
• Document Control: Manage and control access to documents as appropriate
• Process Improvement: Make improvements to processes, procedures, workflow, and organisational structures for contract management
• Commercial and Financial Arrangements: Administer commercial and financial arrangements with suppliers, including billing, invoicing, performance incentives, remedies, and internal chargebacks
• Contract Overview Communication: Effectively communicate a clear and concise contract overview to key stakeholders and provide clarity on contract elements when required
• Technical Support: Respond to and resolve queries from other business areas, partners, and advisers, providing technical support and information
• Business Understanding: Fully understand the business area to interpret requirements and explain them to other parties
• Self-Learning and Training: Investigate and self-learn new systems and data to train others and develop requirements.
  
  

What will you need to succeed?

• Some established industry experience – Financial Services ideally.
• Experience working on data analytical tools (e.g. Power BI, Excel, SharePoint)
• Experience of AI tools (e.g. Co-Pilot)
• Experience with Agile working for delivery of reports and datasets
• Ability to review various datasets from multiple systems and sources
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience working with all key departments (security, compliance, finance, Accounts Payable, legal and sourcing), and knowledge of sourcing and supplier management practices would be desirable.
• Demonstrable experience of Service Level Management & reporting
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders
• Advanced/Expert Excel skills for large multiple data set manipulation & reporting with complex formula
• Knowledge of sourcing / procurement and contract principles desirable
• Knowledge of SharePoint, Co-Pilot and Power BI (or similar visualisation tool)
• A strong team player who is collaborative, pro-active, enthusiastic, and willing to assist others
• Able to adapt to a continually changing environment with a significant programme of business change
• Numerate and investigative – gets to the route of problems and does not accept the first answer
• Skills in identifying and analysing problems, identifying & evaluating options, and sound decision-making skills.
• Adopts an analytical approach to problem solving, with a focus on managing tasks with appropriate urgency in a results-oriented team environment.
• Creates a customer-focused, service-based approach with stakeholders that emphasises the creation and cultivation of cross-organisational relationships.
  
  

Why us?

We're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.

We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.