The Procurement Business Analyst at Linesight will play a key role in the Procurement strategy, being responsible for gathering and analyzing procurement data from multiple sources to develop sourcing strategies, identify savings opportunities, and report findings to the senior management to support business decisions. The Procurement Business Analyst will be responsible for a range of procurement data and analytics activities, identifying operational issues and suggesting improvements. The role is responsible for managing these activities and supporting the broader strategic Procurement area against the business strategy, framework, and objectives.

The position provides a range of analyst and operational services to support the procurement, business, and strategic needs of stakeholders, including creating and documenting procurement processes and controls, identifying, and validating business needs, undertaking analysis on procurement spending, and providing expert advice and development of new processes, methodology and frameworks to enhance Procurement operations. The role will liaise with internal and external stakeholders and provide recommendations and reports to senior management on new opportunities, initiatives, and strategies to inform business decisions.

In this role you will:

• Handle procurement operations and identify key business challenges, working closely with cross-functional teams to define, implement, and optimize procurement processes.
• Gather, analyze, and provide data insights to support business decision-making, business improvement, cost savings and risk reduction, procurement planning, and new procurement initiatives in accordance with business objectives, policies, procedures, and strategic priorities.
• Undertake research, consultation, reviews, forecasting, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and benchmarking to provide advice and support to businesses.
• Create data reporting and key performance metrics to measure and monitor procurement functions across the organization.
• Process third-party management contracts, resolve issues and act as a liaison between the vendor, internal teams, and other stakeholders, as necessary.
• Support the preparation of business documents and reports for senior management, including presentation of information where required.
• Build and maintain good working relationships with functional areas, and internal and external stakeholders, including contributing to projects and cross-functional initiatives.
• Contribute to a work environment of continuous review and improvement of business practices and tools, operational processes, and service provision.
• Perform ad-hoc activities as required by the business. Basic Qualifications:
• BA/BS in Business, Computer Science, Finance, Procurement/Supply Chain Management, or related field
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in MS Excel
• Highly numeracy, analytical, and conceptual skills include demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate new concepts and information and deliver positive, innovative solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and critical thinking skills.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Relevant experience supporting business operations in a business/business analyst position.
• Hold membership with CIPS.
• Experience contributing to strategic business developments and decision-making through qualitative and/or quantitative data analysis and insights.
• Ability to gather and report analysis and insights to senior leaders, both verbally and in writing
• Be self-driven, able to deliver on ambiguous projects with incomplete data.
• Proven ability to balance competing priorities, workloads, and tight timelines in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build successful relationships with various stakeholders both internal and external.
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills, with experience establishing priorities, implementing improvements and meeting deadlines.
• Strong research skills with the ability to identify and recommend solutions to challenge issues.
• A passion for customer service and for driving operational efficiencies.

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team! 
 

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility   

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!