Full Time Remote

Manager, Procurement - Market Intelligence & Analytics

at Avery Dennison External
6+ yrs Mumbai 2 months ago
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Job Overview
Job Type
Full Time
Work Mode
Remote
Job Description
Avery Dennison is seeking a Manager for Procurement, focusing on Market Intelligence & Analytics. This role is crucial for driving strategic sourcing and risk mitigation by providing deep insights into market trends, supplier landscapes, and commodity pricing. You will be instrumental in developing advanced analytics and reporting tools to support global procurement teams and advise senior leadership.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong analytical background, exceptional communication skills, and a proven ability to translate complex data into actionable strategies. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence global procurement decisions, foster a data-driven culture, and contribute to Avery Dennison's continued success in materials science and digital identification solutions.
Responsibilities
  • Monitor global market trends, geopolitical events, and macroeconomic indicators to forecast impacts on key supply markets, raw materials, and logistics.
  • Conduct deep-dive analyses into supplier financial health, industry cost structures, and emerging market competitors to guide category strategies.
  • Develop early warning systems and risk mitigation strategies for supply chain disruptions, capacity constraints, and pricing volatility.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to Category Managers, providing actionable intelligence that supports complex supplier negotiations and long-term sourcing strategies.
  • Maintain and execute regular updates to central commodity index files and reporting packs.
  • Design, build, and maintain automated dashboards (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) that track procurement KPIs, spend analytics, savings performance, and inflation impacts.
  • Utilize advanced modeling techniques to forecast price curves, demand variations, and total cost of ownership (TCO) across multiple categories.
  • Champion data integrity within the procurement function, ensuring accurate classification of spend data and maintaining clean inputs from ERP and source-to-pay systems.
  • Manage relationships with external market intelligence providers to maximize the ROI of subscribed data feeds.
  • Collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, and R&D to align procurement analytics with broader business objectives and financial planning.
  • Synthesize complex data sets into clear, executive-ready presentations, delivering monthly and quarterly intelligence briefings to global category teams and GMPLT.
  • Mentor and potentially manage procurement analysts, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and analytical excellence.
Skills & Expertise
Commodity Tracking
Cost Modeling
Data Analytics
Excel
Executive Reporting
Financial Analysis
Market Intelligence
Oracle
Power BI
Procurement
Python
R
Risk Management
SAP
SQL
Stakeholder Management
Strategic Sourcing
Supplier Analysis
Tableau
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, Data Science, Finance, or a related field. Master’s degree or MBA is highly preferred.
  • 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.
  • Advanced proficiency in data visualization and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik) and advanced Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets (Power Query, macros).
  • Working knowledge of SQL, Python, or R for data extraction and manipulation is highly desirable.
  • Experience with major ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) and Source-to-Pay platforms.
  • Strong understanding of financial statements, cost modeling (Should-Cost analysis), and commodity indexing.
  • Exceptional ability to translate complex data into compelling narratives and present effectively to senior executives.
  • High tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to connect the dots between global events and local supply chain impacts.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with a proven track record of driving data adoption across decentralized teams.