Position Type: Full-Time (Specialized Individual Contributor & Leadership Pipeline)
We are seeking a highly specialized Staff Strategic Sourcing Analyst to serve as a technical thought leader in our procurement division. In this role, you will manage complex portfolios (70% current products, 30% New Product Introduction) by securing favorable terms, volume discounts, and long-term contracts for custom-engineered products, technical equipment, systems, and software.
This is a high-visibility role designed as a direct pipeline into future Sourcing Manager positions.
Key Responsibilities
- Data-Driven Negotiations: Lead advanced data analysis on supplier performance and internal/external cost structures to build robust, data-backed cases for cost reduction.
- Advanced Cost Modeling: Create dynamic cost models detailing how variables (volume, spend growth, material shifts) impact cost and profit. Leverage AI tools to optimize modeling and analysis.
- Sourcing Execution: Issue RFQs, facilitate auctions, generate "should-cost" requests, and translate ambiguous data from disparate systems into actionable insights and executive presentations.
- Contract & Supplier Management: Process requisitions/POs for highly technical components. Review claims for policy conformance, resolve delivery defects, and negotiate refunds.
- Market Intelligence: Maintain deep expertise in technology trends, market forces, and supplier technology roadmaps to provide technical guidance and strategic recommendations.
- Experience: 6+ years of experience in supplier selection, performance management, and cost modeling.
- Education: Advanced college degree (Master's/MBA) or equivalent extensive experience in a highly specialized technical or procurement field.
- Technical Savvy: Proven experience leveraging AI tools for data analysis, forecasting, or sourcing scope.
- Execution: Exceptional analytical skills and evaluative judgment. Ability to juggle a high volume of concurrent tasks (e.g., executing multiple RFQs while managing independent analytical projects).
- Communication: Elite written and oral communication skills; ability to "tell a story" through complex data and visuals.
salary: $54.59 - $59.59 per hour
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 5 PM
education: Bachelors
Responsibilities
- Lead data analysis for cost reduction & supplier performance improvements
o Analyze supplier performance details and trends
o Analyze internal and external cost details to identify opportunities and build strong data driven cases to support cost negotiations
o Create cost models for supplier price structures. Develop models detailing impact on variables to cost and profit including things on volume/spend growth and impact on material price changes
o Utilize AI in modeling and analysis
o Issue RFQs, facilitate & lead auctions, and generate should cost requests
o Analyze results from above and provide summary and recommendations to sourcing managers
o Develop negotiation fact sets and presentations to support supplier negotiations
o 70% current products, 30% NPI
Skills
Qualifications
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
Qualified applicants in San Francisco with criminal histories will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
