Job Abstract

Cedar Fair is seeking a Seasonal Procurement Analyst Assoc. The Procurement Analyst will provide a data analytics capability used to gain spend visibility, build internal demand profiles, and conduct spend analysis across a variety of Direct Material and Indirects categories. Procurement analysts will be generalists supporting category execution teams and ad-hoc Procurement analysis needs.

• Compile and maintain company spend cube: collection of procurement data, identification and classification of suppliers, identification and classification of items/SKUs, compilation of location- and function-specific spend.
• Perform quantitative and qualitative spend analytics using MS Excel and/or other analytical tools: categorization, profiling demand, trend analysis, data mining for opportunities, measurement and tracking of results
• Support category strategic sourcing events: development of RFx documents, pricing and bid sheets, supplier proposal response analysis. As proficiency of business needs, will provide recommendations on solutions to include identifying potential savings opportunities.
• Conduct ad-hoc analysis as requested.
• Support/advocate departmental obligations to procurement policies & procedures, financial measurement & tracking of benefits, compliance monitoring, and management report-outs.

• Bachelors Degree in Math, Computer Science, STEM, Accounting, Business. 
• 0-2 years related experience.
• Strong quantitative aptitude, problem solving, critical reasoning. 
• Intermediate to advanced skills in data modeling, and MS Excel to include vlookup and pivot tables.
• Prefer experience in supply chain/data analysis analyzing large volumes of data.