What do you do?

Join us in the Procurement Execution Center as a Procurement Analyst I. If you are recent graduate or undergraduate about to finalize college, this is a great opportunity for you to join a great Procurement organization!

In this role, you will be responsible for enabling our Category Managers and PBU Buyers with an effective execution of our Category Strategy, by streamlining processes, driving automation and performing meaningful analyses, while learning the commodity and preparing yourself for increased roles within our organization.

This role is a create opportunity for recent graduates/entry level into Procurement.

How will you do it?

• Support Market Intelligence activities and Economics measurements.

• Support Supplier scorecard improvements.

• Support our Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) activities by leveraging Ariba to upload and keep contracts up to date.

• Support Business Continuity Plans (BCP) by deploying actions such as Financial Assessments, Sustainability Surveys, ensuring contracts are executed, among others.

• Build and maintain a Master Supplier Contact lists for all of GP Procurement.

• Other procurement duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field. Engineering degrees preferred as the candidate will be required to read and interpret drawings, as well as building a deep knowledge of the assigned sub-categories.

• Prior experience in Procurement is a plus.

• General understanding of RFQ process is a plus.

• Strong MS Software skills required – advanced excel preferred (e.g. Arrays, INDEX/MATCH).

• Ability to drive continuous improvement, by identifying opportunities, streamlining processes, and utilizing Lean/Quality tools to reduce waste and maximize throughput.

• Relevant experience/knowledge in Data Analytics

• Demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Data skills such as querying databases (SQL, HQL), automation (Power Automate/VBA) or analysis (Python-pandas) are a plus.

• Ability to learn and understand the business and the assigned categories, to develop business judgment, which will allow the candidate to better execute and generate value for JCI.

• Business/conversational English is a must due to the nature of the role.