Strategic Sourcing Analyst

Overview

Build the Future

At McGraw Hill, we are dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. Our focus is on creating seamless, impactful products that truly benefit our users while supporting growth and collaboration across teams. We foster a culture that values innovation, teamwork, and a balance between career growth and personal well-being.

We're seeking a Strategic Sourcing Analyst to join our Global Procurement team.

How can you make an impact?

The Strategic Sourcing Analyst is part of the Strategic Sourcing organization within Global Procurement. You will join a collaborative, high-performing team focused on delivering enterprise value through disciplined sourcing, market insight, and strong business partnership.

In this role, you will support strategic sourcing initiatives across indirect procurement categories by transforming data into actionable insights, conducting market and supplier research, and producing structured materials that enable sourcing decisions. Your work will help ensure sourcing activities are well-documented, compliant with procurement governance, and positioned to drive measurable outcomes.

Success in this role is demonstrated through high-quality analysis, dependable execution, and proactive collaboration with stakeholders in Finance, Legal, Procurement Operations, and business teams.

Reporting to a Manager of Strategic Sourcing and working remotely from a home office, this is a critical position for supporting the Strategic Sourcing organization. This position may travel 3-4 times per year for in-person meetings. This role is open to applicants authorized to work for any employer in the United States.

What you will be doing:

Category Strategy & Market Insight

• Build foundational understanding of assigned categories, supplier landscape, and basic market dynamics; maintain category and supplier profiles.
• Gather and synthesize market information including benchmarks, trends, cost drivers to support category planning and sourcing events.

Commercial & Negotiation Capability

• Support sourcing events (RFI/RFP/RFQ) by preparing bid comparisons, pricing summaries, and evaluation templates.
• Supports contract negotiations through analysis, documentation, and comparison of commercial terms, working under the guidance of senior team members and in partnership with Legal.
• Assist with documenting commercial terms, assumptions, and recommendation rationale for stakeholder review.

Stakeholder & Influence Skills

• Respond to requests from internal stakeholders and team leaders clearly and professionally; communicate status and dependencies.
• Coordinate inputs across cross-functional partners including Finance, Legal, Risk, Procurement Operations to support sourcing timelines and deliverables.

Analytical & Financial Acumen

• Perform accurate spend analysis and basic pricing comparisons; validate data integrity and resolve discrepancies.
• Build and maintain dashboards and tracking tools that provide transparency into sourcing pipeline, status, and outcomes.

Risk, Governance & Compliance

• Follow procurement policies and governance standards; ensure required documentation is complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
• Identify potential commercial or process risks during sourcing activities and escalate appropriately.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Demonstrate accountability, intellectual curiosity, and continuous learning; seek feedback to improve analytical quality and sourcing effectiveness.
• Contribute to team knowledge sharing through documentation and incorporation of learnings into templates and tools.

We're looking for someone with:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Economics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in analytics, procurement, sourcing, finance, or a related discipline.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Ability to structure analysis and communicate findings in clear, concise formats.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word); comfort working with data sets and dashboards.
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and operate effectively in a team environment.
• Professional communication skills and an orientation toward customer and stakeholder support.
• Willingness to learn procurement policies, basic commercial terms, and sourcing governance expectations.

Preferred:

• Exposure to sourcing tools, contract repositories, or procurement workflows.
• Foundational understanding of commercial and contractual terms, with the ability to support negotiation activities through analysis, documentation, and coordination with Legal and stakeholders.
• Experience with basic financial modeling or spend analysis techniques.

Why work for us?

The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfillment that will inspire you to even greater heights.

The pay range for this position is between $62,000 - $80,000 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. A full range of medical and/or other benefits are offered as part of this employment package. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.

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