Manager, Business Analytics- Procurement

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries. The Manager, Business Analytics is responsible for leading the development of advanced analytics and automation solutions to support pricing and category strategy, while overseeing a team of Category Analysts to enhance procurement decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 3-4 Category Analysts
• Set analytical priorities aligned with category and business strategy
• Ensure consistent methodology, documentation, and quality across all analytics deliverables
• Own development, delivery, and maintenance of Power BI dashboards and analytics for:
• Category performance
• Supplier metrics
• Savings and value tracking
• Spend visibility
• Translate business needs into scalable analytical and reporting solutions
• Ensure high data accuracy, consistency, and business relevance
• Communicate insights clearly and concisely to stakeholders at all levels
• Identify and implement automation opportunities for recurring reports, manual data preparation, and repetitive analyses
• Drive adoption of Power BI, Power Query/Power Automate, and DAZ/SQL/scripting tools across the team
• Standardize processes and develop repeatable analytical frameworks and data products
• Serve as the analytics partner to procurement category leadership
• Support category strategies with opportunity sizing, scenario modeling, trend analysis, KPI reporting, and data modeling
• Collaborate with internal operational, procurement, and finance stakeholders to deliver accurate, actionable insights

Requirements:

• 5–8 years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, financial analysis or business analysis roles
• 2+ years of people leadership experience
• Strong Power BI and data-modeling expertise
• Demonstrated experience with automation, including data preparation and reporting workflows
• Experience modernizing reporting processes and establishing enterprise dashboards
• High analytical capability with strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Customer service oriented
• Experience supporting procurement, finance, or operations preferred
• BA/BS in Business, Analytics, Supply Chain, Finance, Data Science, or related field
• Exposure to SAP, Blue Yonder, or other enterprise data systems
• Prior experience with advanced analytics tools, scripting languages, or large-scale BI environments