Business Intelligence Analyst

The Business Intelligence function within Category Management plays a critical role in enabling evidence-based decision-making. This position transforms procurement, contract, financial, and market data into meaningful insights that drive improved performance reporting and strategic outcomes. The specialist contributes as part of a collaborative team responsible for delivering business intelligence capabilities that support both internal and external stakeholders.

• Develop and deliver analytical work products using diverse datasets, including procurement, contract, financial, supplier, and market information.
• Utilize tools such as SAP, Power BI, Alteryx, and other analytics technologies to meet evolving information and reporting needs.
• Collaborate effectively with internal staff and contracted resources in a multi-vendor environment.
• Analyze data and present clear, actionable insights.
• Gather, document, and validate business and technical requirements.
• Design, build, and refine business intelligence solutions, dashboards, reports, and data models.
• Capture and maintain business and technical metadata for all information products.
• Support control processes such as schedule management, status reporting, issue tracking, risk management, and change management.
• Produce deliverables that meet established quality standards and project timelines.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews on business intelligence outputs.
• Respond to ad-hoc data and reporting requests.
• Perform data analysis, data quality assessments, statistical analysis, and data mining.
• Identify, escalate, and monitor issues and risks as required.
• Work effectively within a cross-functional, multi-partner environment.

Must-Have

• Experience with business intelligence tools (Power BI, SAP, Alteryx or similar).
• Strong skills in data analysis, data quality review, and transforming raw data into insights.
• Ability to design and build reports, dashboards, and information products.
• Experience gathering and documenting business and technical requirements.
• Solid understanding of procurement, contract, financial, or market data (any combination).
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively in a team with internal staff and external vendors.
• Ability to meet timelines, follow quality standards, and manage deliverables.
• Strong communication skills for explaining findings and responding to ad-hoc inquiries.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience in a multi-vendor or government-like environment.
• Exposure to data governance, metadata capture, and documentation.
• Experience with risk, issue, and change management processes.