Manager Procurement - Market Intelligence & Analytics

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Company Description About Avery Dennison Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. We are Making Possible™ products and solutions that help advance the industries we serve, providing branding and information solutions that optimize labor and supply chain efficiency, reduce waste, advance sustainability, circularity and transparency, and better connect brands and consumers. We design and develop labeling and functional materials, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, software applications that connect the physical and digital, and offerings that enhance branded packaging and carry or display information that improves the customer experience. Serving industries worldwide — including home and personal care, apparel, general retail, e-commerce, logistics, food and grocery, pharmaceuticals and automotive — we employ approximately 35,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Our reported sales in 2024 were $8.8 billion. Learn more at www.averydennison.com . Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. Please let us know if we can support you with reasonable accommodations throughout the application process by contacting our team via Requestaccomodation@eu.averydennison.com . Job Description Key Responsibilities: Market Intelligence & Strategy Macroeconomic & Commodity Tracking: Monitor global market trends, geopolitical events, and macroeconomic indicators to forecast impacts on key supply markets, raw materials, and logistics. Supplier Landscape Analysis: Conduct deep-dive analyses into supplier financial health, industry cost structures, and emerging market competitors to guide category strategies. Risk Management: Develop early warning systems and risk mitigation strategies for supply chain disruptions, capacity constraints, and pricing volatility. Drive centralized tracking, design and development of various programs such as - Sole Source Reduction, Business Continuity Planning, and Third Party Risk Management in conjunction with GMPLT and their broader category and execution teams. Strategic Advising: Act as a trusted advisor to Category Managers, providing actionable intelligence that supports complex supplier negotiations and long-term sourcing strategies. Data Analytics & Reporting Commodity Index Management: Maintain and execute regular updates to central commodity index files, reporting packs, ensuring that global sourcing teams and pricing models are equipped with the most accurate, real-time raw material cost data. Dashboard Development: Design, build, and maintain automated dashboards (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) that track procurement KPIs, spend analytics, savings performance, and inflation impacts. Predictive Analytics: Utilize advanced modeling techniques to forecast price curves, demand variations, and total cost of ownership (TCO) across multiple categories. Data Governance: Champion data integrity within the procurement function, ensuring accurate classification of spend data and maintaining clean inputs from ERP and source-to-pay systems. Third-Party Data Management: Manage relationships with external market intelligence providers to maximize the ROI of subscribed data feeds. Leadership & Collaboration Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, and R&D to align procurement analytics with broader business objectives and financial planning. Executive Reporting: Synthesize complex data sets into clear, executive-ready presentations, delivering monthly and quarterly intelligence briefings to the global category teams and GMPLT. Team Development: Mentor and potentially manage procurement analysts, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and analytical excellence. Qualifications & Requirements: Education & Experience Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, Data Science, Finance, or a related field. (Master’s degree or MBA is highly preferred). Experience: 6+ years of progressive experience in global procurement, strategic sourcing, commodity risk management, supply chain analytics, or market intelligence. Minimum 2 years in a leadership or cross-functional project management role. Technicals Skills Analytics Tools: Advanced proficiency in data visualization and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik) and advanced Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets (Power Query, macros). Data Management: Working knowledge of SQL, Python, or R for data extraction and manipulation is highly desirable. Enterprise Systems: Experience with major ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) and Source-to-Pay platforms. Financial Acumen: Strong understanding of financial statements, cost modeling (Should-Cost analysis), and commodity indexing. Soft Skills Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex data into compelling narratives and present effectively to senior executives. Critical Thinking: High tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to connect the dots between global events and local supply chain impacts. Influence: Strong stakeholder management skills with a proven track record of driving data adoption across decentralized teams. Qualifications Qualifications & Requirements: Education & Experience Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, Data Science, Finance, or a related field. (Master’s degree or MBA is highly preferred). Experience: 6+ years of progressive experience in global procurement, strategic sourcing, commodity risk management, supply chain analytics, or market intelligence. Minimum 2 years in a leadership or cross-functional project management role. Technicals Skills Analytics Tools: Advanced proficiency in data visualization and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik) and advanced Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets (Power Query, macros). Data Management: Working knowledge of SQL, Python, or R for data extraction and manipulation is highly desirable. Enterprise Systems: Experience with major ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) and Source-to-Pay platforms. Financial Acumen: Strong understanding of financial statements, cost modeling (Should-Cost analysis), and commodity indexing. Soft Skills Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex data into compelling narratives and present effectively to senior executives. Critical Thinking: High tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to connect the dots between global events and local supply chain impacts. Influence: Strong stakeholder management skills with a proven track record of driving data adoption across decentralized teams. Additional Information All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.