Analyst-Procurement

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Global Supply Management (GSM) is responsible for helping American Express maximize the purchasing power of over $11B annual third party spend. We provide strategic consultation to the business and provide end-to-end procurement services. We maximize the purchasing power of the Company to drive the best value from our supplier base which then frees up investment capacity for the Blue Box. GSM, together with our business partners, manages the supplier strategy for the Company, identifying and on-boarding new suppliers, realizing significant cost saves in addition to revenue generation relating to working with Global Commercial Services and Global Merchant Services to increase billings and merchant coverage and ensuring an optimal user experience for American Express colleagues and suppliers.

Strategic Sourcing and Business Enablement (SS&BE) is responsible for helping Amex maximize its purchasing power with third parties, of which $1B is for the Customer Servicing & Operations category. The Category Analyst role will help develop and grow relationships with business partners to understand objectives, key priorities, and opportunities. Additionally, this colleague will support the development of strategic, forward-thinking plans with multi-year value generating initiatives to enable business success. This is a global role assisting with all American Express customer segments across the Servicing & Operations category.

Responsibilities, at a High Level, Include :

• Partner with Servicing & Operations Category Director and Managers to support and develop strong relationships with business partners to understand key business strategies, annual goals / objectives, and identify issues, economic challenges, and potential opportunities (e.g., influence requirements, advise business how to capture the most value from supplier relations); with a customer first mindset and strategy
• Actively participate on cross-functional Servicing & Operations initiatives to develop global category management plans to meet business and enterprise objectives, understand spend profiles, leverage benchmarking, and prepare business cases and presentations for business leaders.
• Partner business leaders and Source to Contract team to support development of sourcing strategies and plans, negotiate key deals and contracts and complete supplier assessments and selections through RFx activities.
• Lead through strategic thinking, financial analytics, external marketplace focus and partnering closely with business units to influence and help drive key, strategic business decisions.
• Bring external insights, innovative ideas, and an enterprise view on market trends, competitive landscape value generation and strategic sourcing opportunities.
• Support the development of strategic, forward thinking global category plans with multi-year value generating sourcing initiatives to enable business success.
• Support the development of category and sourcing strategies leveraging best practices around supplier and services based on both internal conditions and plans as well as industry trends. This includes but is not limited to price, scope, performance, and optimal sourcing approach.
• Develop a category review cycle to refresh strategy and ensure alignment with business partners on a regular basis.
• Analyze spend across businesses to leverage enterprise purchasing power, where applicable.
• Function as a point of contact for business partners.

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Salary Range : $65,500.00 to $102,500.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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