Your role and responsibilities

Reporting Analytics

- Develop, maintain, and automate procurement dashboards and reports using IBM-approved tools (Excel, Cognos, Power BI, Tableau).
- Consolidate project status updates, KPIs, and financial metrics into standardized PMO reporting formats.
- Provide actionable insights to procurement leadership through trend analysis and performance tracking.

Governance Compliance

- Ensure adherence to IBMs procurement policies, PMO standards, and reporting frameworks.
- Support governance reviews, audits, and compliance checks with accurate documentation.
- Track risks, dependencies, and milestones across procurement projects.

Spend Management

- Conduct spend analysis across categories, suppliers, and geographies to identify savings opportunities.
- Monitor supplier-level spend to assess concentration risk, compliance, and performance.
- Provide category-level spend insights to support sourcing strategies and negotiations.
- Validate and report on savings realization (cost savings, cost avoidance, value creation).
- Support spend forecasting, variance analysis, and budget alignment.
- Track and reduce maverick spend (unauthorized purchases).
- Maintain accuracy of spend data in procurement systems (e.g., Ariba, SAP, IBM internal platforms).
- Create executive dashboards highlighting spend trends, risks, and opportunities.

Stakeholder Engagement

- Partner with category managers, procurement leads, finance teams, and PMO leadership to align reporting with business needs.




- Prepare executive-level presentations and reports for leadership reviews and steering committees.
- Act as a liaison between procurement operations and PMO governance functions.

Process Improvement

- Identify opportunities to streamline reporting processes and enhance data accuracy.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the Procurement Center of Excellence.
- Support digital transformation projects by integrating new reporting tools and methodologies.

Required education

Bachelor''s Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor''s Degree

Required technical and qualified expertise

- Bachelors degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field.
- 4-6 years of experience in procurement, PMO, or reporting/analytics roles.
- Robust proficiency in MS Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas), PowerPoint, and reporting tools (Power BI, Cognos, Tableau).
- Knowledge of procurement processes, sourcing, and supplier management.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and data visualization skills.
- Robust communication skills with ability to present complex data clearly to stakeholders.
- Experience working in a global, matrixed organization preferred.

Preferred technical and professional experience

- Experience with procurement tools such as SAP, Ariba, or similar platforms
- Exposure to Procurement COE, transformation, or PMO governance frameworks
- Knowledge of data automation techniques (Power Query, VBA, basic Python)
- Experience in executive dashboarding and storytelling with data

Years of Experience: : - 4- 6

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