Procurement Data Analyst

SD Worx
Salford
3 months ago
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SD Worx is a leading European provider of Payroll & HR services with global reach. We have offices in Europe and an office in Mauritius. Our goal? We bring people solutions to life, so companies of any size can turn Human Resources into a source of value for the business and the people in it.

Our people solutions span the entire employee journey, from getting people paid to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent. Are you ready to join us?

What do we have to offer?


  • An attractive salary based on your experience and achievement. And the freedom to compose your personal benefit package.
  • A dynamic environment: flexible working hours and working from home
  • Learning opportunities: through an individual development plan and professional training
  • Career growth: whether you want to become more of an expert in your field our you want to expand your knowledge more horizontally, there is always room to grow within SD Worx!

About the role:

The corporate procurement team is a new, growing function within SD Worx at an international corporate level. We are really excited to be expanding our function further.

 You will have a background in indirect procurement operational activity and report into the Procurement Enablement Manager. The procurement enablement team will offer a strong backbone to our category management team, to provide improvements to process, data, governance, reporting and analytics.

We are the beginning of a transformation journey in procurement, and we will be implementing new technology solutions over the next 3 years. Your role will support the short- and long-term objectives whilst this program is deployed.

You will support the realisation of our savings and value add activity to drive deeper engagement with the procurement team and show our value contribution as well as support the achievement of group compliance targets in alignment with policies, strategies and processes.

What do you have to offer?


  • Degree with emphasis on areas of Business, Economics, Finance, Procurement, or comparable professional education.
  • Strong experience in data analysis, ideally procurement data analysis
  • Recent experience of working with (and implementation of) a procurement end to end (source to pay) platform, such as SAP, Coupa, or other is beneficial but not essential
  • Understanding of ERP systems tool / experience in building PowerBI dashboard
  • Ability to translate data into information into actions / reporting
  • Experience working within fast paced organisations and developing visualisations/business insights of complex and disparate information.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills
  • Exceptional excel skills
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Which tasks can you expect?


  • Supporting implementation of procurement technology applications, including Source to Pay.
  • Having proven ability to extract, analyse, manipulate and present procurement data - highlighting risks and reporting, draw insights/stories, this could be from multiple systems.
  • Presentation of data to procurement team and wider stakeholder network (including non-technical owners)
  • Responsible to improve processes and data management within the enablement team
  • Supporting the category management team with their category plans, by inputting data analytics
  • Improving (together with procurement enablement team) procurement processes, policies
  • Identifying cost saving opportunities towards the category management team
  • Ensuring best practice for ongoing compliance initiatives including ESG
  • Advise on system improvement by means of configuration or process improvements, informing the most efficient and effective use of Procurement systems.
  • Provide systems support and training on the Procurement and other appropriate software & systems .
  • Ensure data quality, accuracy, and consistency across all reports and analytics.

From many places, we work as one, moving from better to best together.

SD Worx lives diversity in the workplace. Diversity provides inspiration and innovation in our company. We particularly welcome applications from qualified talent, regardless of origin, nationality, gender, skin colour, ethnic and social background, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation and stage of life.

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