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Procurement Analyst

Forward Air
  • Dallas, TX
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Job Description

The Procurement Analyst is responsible for enabling data-driven decision-making across the Procurement organization. They focus on spend analytics, sourcing insights, contract visibility, and administration of the Oracle Source-to-Pay (S2P) platform. They partner closely with Category Managers, Finance, Legal, IT, and business stakeholders to support strategic sourcing initiatives, improve procurement processes, and enhance reporting capabilities. They help maintain accurate spend and contract data, supports workflow automation, and drive adoption of procurement technologies. They bring strong analytical skills with an innate ability to translate data into actionable business insights.

 

Responsibilities

 

  • Develop and maintain spend, supplier, and category management reports and dashboards.
  • Ensure accurate spend classification and data integrity across procurement systems.
  • Partner with Finance and Category Managers on budgeting, forecasting, savings tracking, and cost avoidance reporting.
  • Maintain benchmark data and market indices used to support strategic sourcing initiatives.
  • Analyze pricing, lead times, payment terms, and other supplier performance metrics.
  • Track and report sourcing opportunities, approved projects, and missed opportunities.
  • Create and administer stakeholder surveys to gather feedback on sourcing initiatives.
  • Monitor contract expirations, renewals, and sourcing pipeline opportunities using contract management tools.
  • Support Category Managers with contract reporting and agreement administration.
  • Identify process improvement and workflow automation opportunities.
  • Serve as the business administrator for the Oracle S2P platform, including workflows, approvals, and user access.
  • Partner with IT and Oracle support teams on system enhancements, integrations, and troubleshooting.
  • Maintain supplier catalogs and support user adoption of procurement tools and self-service capabilities.
  • Leverage AI-enabled tools, including Microsoft Copilot, to improve reporting, analytics, and process efficiency.
  • Support training and change management initiatives related to procurement systems and processes.
  • All other duties as assigned to meet evolving business needs.

 

Qualifications

 

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, or a related field.
  • Certification/Licensure: Relevant procurement, supply chain, or analytics certifications preferred.
  • Experience: 3+ years of experience in procurement, business intelligence, analytics, or systems administration.
  • Experience with Oracle S2P or similar procurement and contract management platforms.
  • Proficiency with Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Query, and advanced Excel.
  • Knowledge of procurement best practices, spend analytics, and strategic sourcing processes.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality in handling and protecting sensitive information.
  • Technical: Proficient with common office technologies, including Windows PCs, Microsoft O365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and web conferencing (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)
  • Environment: Comfort commuting to/from and working in a 100% on-site setting (listed in this posting), with travel for related meetings/events.

 

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Numbers & Facts

LocationDallas, TX
IndustryTransport and Storage - Materials
Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
Year Founded1981
Websitehttps://www.forwardair.com/content/careers-0

About Company

Since 1990, Forward Air has been a leading provider of ground transportation and related logistics services to the North American air freight and expedited LTL market. We offer surface shipping on an accelerated “time-definite” basis, delivering cargo at a specific time, but under less time-sensitive situations – supplying you with a cost effective, reliable alternative to air transportation. We work with companies of all sizes to develop tangible advantages and build the best products to meet your specific needs. Forward Air presents to the wholesale transportation community (logistics companies, freight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, passenger/ cargo airlines, and non-traditional shippers), a single-source provider that can deliver more supply chain services and a superior menu of choices. Throughout the years we have added supplementary lines to our linehaul service, such as full truckload operations (Truckload Services), final-mile coverage (Complete® Cartage), and an Airline Logistics program, and we will continue to expand our services to meet the changing needs and growth of our customer base.

Forward Air is structured to optimize both savings and service to our customers. Direct partnerships with owner-operators and other surface transportation providers, enable us to remain cost-competitive. The Forward Air network is designed with over 90 facilities located at or near major U.S. and Canadian airports, 12 regional sort centers and over 300 beyond points (secondary airports provided through our Complete Cartage service), creating one of the most comprehensive linehaul networks in the industry.

The foundation product for Forward Air is our expedited linehaul service, offering consistent and reliable transit and on-time, damage-free deliveries. By locating terminals on or near airports and maintaining a scheduled transportation network, we are able to arrange for convenient and consistent service with broad geographic coverage. Shipments of varying sizes (TL/LTL) are received at our terminals and transported by contracted service providers either (1) on a direct truck to the destination terminal, (2) through our Columbus, Ohio central sorting hub, or (3) through one of our 12 regional hubs, where they are unloaded, sorted, and reloaded in rapid fashion. After reloading the shipments, our contracted service providers deliver them to the destination city for early morning recovery. Through our Forward Air Complete® cartage service, customers also can have shipments picked up from the shipper, delivered to the final consignee, or transferred at the airport, simplifying the freight management processes. These options allow us to maximize handling efficiency of each shipment while minimizing freight loss and damage, improving transit times over traditional ground transportation.

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Benchmarkingunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • Budgetingunmatched
  • Business Administrationunmatched
  • Business Intelligenceunmatched
  • Candidate Sourcingunmatched
  • Category Managementunmatched
  • Change Managementunmatched
  • Contract Managementunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Cost Reportingunmatched
  • Customer Acquisitionunmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • Data Qualityunmatched
  • Expense Analysisunmatched
  • Expense Trackingunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Financial Managementunmatched
  • Forecastingunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
  • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
  • Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Operating Systemunmatched
  • Microsoft Wordunmatched
  • Oracleunmatched
  • Oracle DBA (Database Administrator)unmatched
  • Performance Metricsunmatched
  • Pricingunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Process Developmentunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Procurement Managementunmatched
  • Procurement Softwareunmatched
  • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
  • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
  • Reporting Skillsunmatched
  • Sourcing Strategyunmatched
  • Supply Chainunmatched
  • System Integration (SI)unmatched
  • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
  • Technical Supportunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
  • Web Conferencingunmatched
  • WebExunmatched

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