Global Supply Chain Analyst

• About Redwood Materials
• Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse
• recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.
• Global Supply Analyst
• Redwood Materials is looking for a Global Supply Analyst to support the purchasing of indirect goods and services, with a focus on equipment rentals, contract labor and staffing
• facilities and MRO. This person will build the spend visibility, supplier agreements
• buying process behind these categories across all Redwood sites, working closely with construction, facilities, operations, EHS, HR, legal
• Responsibilities will include:
• · Collect, clean, and analyze historical and forecasted indirect spend by category, site, and supplier, maintaining that view as the source of truth
• · Support development of category strategies for rentals, contract labor, and facilities and MRO, including supplier landscape, cost drivers, and consolidation opportunities
• · Run sourcing events end to end: issue RFx packages, level and clarify supplier quotes, build total cost of ownership comparisons, and recommend award
• · Support commercial negotiations and work with legal and finance to get master agreements, rate cards, and rental terms executed
• · Track the rental fleet across sites, including what is on rent, duration, and rate, and build rent-versus-buy analysis where long-term rentals no longer make sense
• · Benchmark contingent labor rate cards, standardize job classifications, and audit agency invoices against agreed rates, markups, and approved headcount
• · Load preferred suppliers, catalogs, and pricing into the purchasing workflow so requesters have a compliant default and off-contract buying drops
• · Establish supplier performance metrics and report on delivery, pricing compliance, and contract compliance for assigned categories
• · Resolve day-to-day supplier issues, including late deliveries, invoice and PO discrepancies, and service quality problems
• · Publish a monthly indirect spend and savings report, including baseline, realized savings, price changes, and open risks
• · Document category playbooks and standard terms so new sites can launch with an established supplier list

Desired Qualifications

• · Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or Finance preferred, or equivalent experience
• · 2 to 5 years in procurement, sourcing, category management, or a supply chain, finance, or operations analyst role
• · Strong Excel and analytical skills, including building bottoms-up cost models from incomplete data
• · Experience pulling and reconciling spend data from an ERP or procure-to-pay system (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Ariba, or similar)
• · Working knowledge of the strategic sourcing process, RFx, and procure-to-pay
• · Experience with indirect categories in a manufacturing, heavy industrial, construction, mining, or energy setting preferred
• · Familiarity with equipment rental agreements, construction contracting basics, or VMS and MSP tools for contingent labor is a plus
• · SQL, Power BI, or Tableau for recurring reporting is a plus
• · Clear and concise written communication, including turning analysis into a short recommendation
• · Comfortable working onsite, walking job sites and warehouses, and dealing directly with the teams using what is purchased
• · Able to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize independently, and operate with limited existing process
• · A Passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
• The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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