Data Analyst - III
Role Overview
Long-term contract assignment for a Data Analyst supporting a client in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Acts as the operational coordinator across engineering, project management, suppliers, inventory management, vendor strategy, and field materials to ensure materials are available for safe, efficient project execution.
The posting states that candidates must live in the Waltham, Massachusetts area.
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Role overview
Long-term contract assignment for a Data Analyst supporting a client in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Acts as the operational coordinator across engineering, project management, suppliers, inventory management, vendor strategy, and field materials to ensure materials are available for safe, efficient project execution.
The posting states that candidates must live in the Waltham, Massachusetts area.
Material planning and supplier coordination
- Coordinate material quoting, ordering, expediting, tracking, and delivery forecasting for inventory and non-inventory materials.
- Support material requirements planning and ordering for engineering and project teams; monitor supplier deliverables, commitments, and milestones.
- Manage supplier communications about schedules, production updates, delivery risks, and issue resolution.
- Maintain material status reports and support sourcing, quote requests, and purchase requisitions.
- Support major, stock, and non-stock material sourcing from technical recommendation through material installation.
Project readiness and supplier performance
- Coordinate with inventory, warehousing, depot, yard, and field materials teams for material receipt, staging, and deployment.
- Identify shortages, delays, and constraints; develop mitigation plans and provide delivery forecasts and material availability updates.
- Monitor supplier execution with procurement and supplier performance teams; provide delivery, quality, and responsiveness data for scorecards and evaluations.
- Escalate supplier issues, support corrective actions and performance reviews, and contribute to continuous improvement and commercial discussions.
Quality, process, and analytics
- Capture supplier quality feedback, provide QA/QC observations and trends, support root cause analysis, and coordinate resolution of quality issues.
- Support material management processes, procedures, standards, and responsibility assignment matrices; identify process and risk improvements.
- Develop dashboards, reports, and metrics for material availability, supplier delivery, forecast accuracy, readiness, quality, and project support.
- Analyze material and supplier performance trends; support executive and operational reporting.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Construction Management, or a related field; equivalent utility industry experience may be considered instead.
- 3–7 years in materials management, supply chain, procurement, supplier management, engineering support, or utility operations.
- Experience supporting capital projects in electric utility, energy, construction, manufacturing, or infrastructure settings.
- Experience coordinating suppliers, material deliveries, or inventory planning.
- Advanced SAP proficiency; proficiency in SAP MM and Ariba procurement and supplier management systems.
- Strong Microsoft Excel capabilities.
Preferred qualifications
- Power BI, Tableau, or similar data visualization experience and knowledge of dashboards, reporting, and data analytics are preferred.
- Utility industry experience is preferred.
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