Procurement Analyst II

About the role

JCI is hiring a Procurement Analyst II in its Procurement Execution Center. You will enable Category Managers and PBU Buyers to carry out their category strategy by streamlining RFQ processes, driving automation and performing meaningful analyses, while learning the commodity and preparing for greater responsibility. The role also supports market dynamic analysis and provides market insights to stakeholders. It suits someone with up to 2 years of procurement experience.

Key responsibilities

• Collect and mine information across JCI systems to build and run RFQs and market assessments, including drawings, specs, MFN/MPN, standard cost and volumes.
• Configure and run eRFQ/eAuction events in JCI's eRFQ tool, from supplier setup to proposal consolidation.
• Analyze spend data at part number level to find cost reduction, standardization or simplification opportunities, troubleshooting data gaps and integrity issues.
• Support market intelligence, economics measurement and reporting for stakeholders.
• Support Contract Lifecycle Management by keeping contracts up to date in Ariba.
• Support Business Continuity Plans, such as financial assessments and sustainability surveys, and ensure contracts are executed.
• Maintain a master supplier contact list for GP Procurement.
• Use root-cause analysis to fix pricing discrepancies between bills and ERP prices and improve the PO-Invoice-Pay process.
• Perform other procurement duties as assigned.

Required profile

• 1 to 3 years of procurement experience; suggested experience of no more than 2 years.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field; engineering degrees preferred because candidates must read and interpret drawings.
• Experience with direct materials categories (electronics, electromechanics, mechanical, metals) is a plus.
• Business or conversational English is a must.

Required skills

• Strong MS Office skills, with advanced Excel (ARRAY, INDEX/MATCH) preferred.
• Good understanding of the RFQ process.
• Data analytics ability; SQL, HQL, Power Automate/VBA, Python/pandas/numpy are a plus.
• Lean/Quality tools and continuous improvement mindset.
• APICS training or certification is a plus.