Procurement Data & Business Analyst
Lodz, PL, 93-428 Avintes, PT, 4415-272 Pamplona, Navarra, ES, 31860 Ornago, IT Nenzing, AT, 6710 LUCE, FR, 28110 Rackwitz, DE, 04519 Lichtervelde, BE, 8810 Toulouse, FR, 31037 Barcelona, ES, 8430 FR, 83480 Achim-Uphusen, DE, 28832 CHATEAUROUX, FR, 36008 La Selva del Camp, T, ES, 43470 Tønder, DK, 6270 Székesfehérvár, HU, 8000 Trzcianka, PL, 64-890 Ziar nad Hronom, Banská Bystrica, SK, 96501 Harderwijk, NL, 3846 BB Finspång, SE, 61231 Hoogezand, NL, 9601 LX Offenburg, DE, 77656 Vetlanda, SE, 57481
Hydro Extrusions is a world-leading aluminium extrusion business counting around 100 production sites in 40 countries and employing 20,000 people. Through our unique combination of local expertise, global network, and unmatched R&D capabilities, we can offer everything from standard profiles, to advanced development and manufacturing for most industries.
About the job
We are seeking a highly analytical Procurement Data & Business Analyst to join the Hydro Extrusions Procurement team, a strategic organization that oversees spend within several important indirect categories across sites all over the world.
In close collaboration with Category Managers, you will play a critical role ensuring that procurement decisions are based on accurate data and insightful analysis. In this position, you will have to structure and analyze complex datasets to provide actionable recommendations that will support sourcing decisions, cost optimizations and supplier performance.
This role operates across EU and NA regions, in a fast-paced and imperfect data environment. It requires strong problem-solving skills and the ability to bring structure to complexity with a pragmatic, solution-oriented and results-driven mindset.
What you will be doing
In close partnership with Category Managers, you will play a key role in driving procurement excellence through data.
Data analysis:
- Collect, clean, structure and analyze procurement data from multiple sources (multiple ERP systems, supplier reports, sites databases).
- Develop and maintain Excel-based tools (databases, bid sheets, assessments files) to run wide tenders and support decision-making.
- Analyze supplier performance, pricing, cost structure and spend to provide actionable insights and identify savings opportunities.
- Contribute to supplier negotiations and strategic decisions with clear and structures analysis.
- Create and maintain dashboards to track savings and categories procurement strategies implementation.
Stakeholder management:
- Support execution of complex tenders involving cross-functional teams and stakeholders in different locations.
- Provide solutions and recommendations even when data is incomplete or imperfect, ensuring projects move forward with pragmatic and data-driven recommendations.
- Uphold high personal standards and expectations for quality and impact.
What will make you successful?
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Degree in Mathematics, Business, Economics, Engineering or similar analytical fields.
- Experience in Procurement, Project Management or related Business-oriented role is a plus.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, data modeling, complex formulas and VBA Macros).
- Ability to work in project-based environment, interpret large datasets, and turn complexity into clear insights and pragmatic recommendations, while ensuring continued projects execution.
- Excellent communication skills to present insights clearly to different stakeholders across multiple locations (proficiency in both Excel and PowerPoint).
- Comfortable working with imperfect data and making sound decisions under uncertainty while maintaining accuracy and delivering results.
- Fluency in English is essential, while proficiency in other European languages is a plus.
If you recognize yourself in the description below, don’t wait to apply!
- You enjoy solving complex problems and turning data into clear, actionable insights.
- You are comfortable working with imperfect and incomplete data and thrive finding and bringing structure into it.
- You know how to build comprehensive analyses and present them in a structured, synthetic, clear and visual way.
- You are curious, proactive, adaptable and like to challenge the status quo.
- You are comfortable working in a fast-paced project-based environment handling multiple tasks in parallel.
- You are excited to navigate a dynamic matrix organization and travel up to 25%-30% of time.
- Self-motivated, you are able to perform under time constraints and pressure.
- Excel is your playground; experience with Power Query, Power BI is a plus.
What we offer you
- Whether it’s developing skills or advancing your expertise even further, we’ll support you with continuous learning and development opportunities, to help discuss and steer your long-term Norsk Hydro career path. You’ll be welcomed from day one into an inclusive, trusting environment guided by three core values – Care, Courage and Collaboration
- Opportunity to work in an international, multi-site automotive environment
- Professional development in procurement analytics and category management
- Hybrid working model
- Stable employment in a global industrial organization
Equal opportunities
Hydro values diverse skills and perspectives among employees. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. Qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability. We strive to provide equal opportunities for all to contribute and succeed with us.
Diversity improves our ability to act in accordance with The Hydro Way. Therefore all applications will be considered with equal suitability. Please apply online in ONE with your CV and optionally a cover letter.
