Procurement Analyst

Description

Job Summary: A professional with experience to lead the analysis, control, and optimization of the procurement process, ensuring operational efficiency and strategic decision-making. Key Highlights: 1. Strategic role with active participation in decision-making and optimization. 2. Leads key performance indicators (KPIs) and analysis of critical information. 3. Opportunity to build a career path. **PROCUREMENT ANALYST** **BLESOLA IMPORT EXPORT SAC**, a company in the steel industry with over 24 years in the market and serving major clients in the mining, oil & gas, fishing, metal-mechanical, construction, general industry, and government contracting sectors, is seeking an experienced professional for the position of “Procurement Analyst”. Full opportunities are provided to build a career path. **Position Purpose:** To lead the analysis, control, and optimization of the procurement process, ensuring operational efficiency, cost sustainability, and strategic decision-making. **Work Opportunity:** The position offers the opportunity to assume a strategic role within the procurement area, actively participating in decision-making and in the optimization of costs and processes. The professional will have direct visibility into the area’s overall management, leading KPI monitoring, analysis of critical information, and development of high-impact managerial reports. **Responsibilities** * Generate, validate, and issue purchase orders, contracts, and commercial agreements, ensuring compliance with specified requirements and conditions. * Schedule and manage fulfillment of customer purchase orders, guaranteeing timely supply and adherence to deadlines. * Analyze procurement requirements from sales and warehouse departments, ensuring appropriate procurement planning and operational continuity. * Conduct comparative analyses and evaluate supplier quotations based on cost, quality, delivery time, and commercial terms. * Continuously coordinate with sales, import, warehouse, finance, and dispatch departments to ensure logistical process efficiency. * Negotiate with suppliers on pricing, payment terms, delivery schedules, and other commercial conditions, ensuring competitive and sustainable terms. * Evaluate, qualify, and develop strategic suppliers based on performance indicators (quality, cost, on-time delivery, and service level). * Analyze price trends, market conditions, and supplier performance to identify risks and improvement opportunities. * Manage and monitor departmental KPIs, ensuring achievement of savings, efficiency, and service-level objectives. * Design and optimize management dashboards and reports (Power BI / Excel), providing visibility and decision-support. * Identify KPI deviations and lead corrective action plans and continuous improvement initiatives. * Propose and implement cost-reduction (cost saving) strategies and expenditure optimization measures. * Prepare executive reports for management, including analysis, conclusions, and actionable recommendations. * Participate in defining and implementing procurement policies, procedures, and process improvements. * Integrate digital tools, automation, and artificial intelligence to optimize departmental management. * Serve as backup to the Procurement Manager, ensuring operational continuity and decision-support. * Other strategic functions inherent to the position. **Requirements** * Degree in Business Administration, International Trade, Industrial Engineering, Economics, or related fields. * Minimum 2–3 years’ experience in procurement, logistics, or supply chain, with emphasis on analysis and management. * Advanced Excel proficiency (data modeling, pivot tables, KPIs). * Power BI proficiency (intermediate/advanced level preferred). * Experience managing KPIs, dashboards, and managerial reporting. * Strong knowledge of supplier negotiation and cost analysis. * Knowledge of International Trade preferred. * Experience in process improvement and management control preferred. **Competencies:** * High analytical ability and sound judgment for decision-making. * Leadership and influence. * Results-oriented. * Strategic planning. * Effective communication at the managerial level. * Highly organized. **Conditions and Benefits:** * Work Location: Chorrillos. * Work Modality: On-site. * Salary: To be discussed according to qualifications. * Formal employment registration with all statutory benefits (profit-sharing bonus, CTS, vacation entitlement). * Training programs. * Timely salary payments. * Availability: Immediate. Employment Type: Full-time. Workplace: On-site employment.