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Job Title - Procurement Analyst - Third Party Manufacturing (m/f/x)

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Procurement Analyst (m/f/*) for 3rd Party Manufacturing & Hard Goods, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Collect, clean, and organize procurement data from various sources, including ERP systems, supplier databases, and market research reports.

• Analyze and interpret data to identify trends, patterns, and insights related to supplier performance, cost savings, and market dynamics.

• Support the category team in ad-hoc data analysis requests and special projects

• Preparing complex global RFQ packages incl. financial analysis

• Collaborate with the Category Team to develop and implement data-driven strategies to optimize the category procurement processes

• Generate reports and create data visualizations to communicate key findings and insights to stakeholders.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the category procurement.

• Lead regular meetings to discuss target attainment, active projects, incl. cost reduction activities.

Your Skills and Expertise To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

• Proficient experience in master data, procurement, shared services, finance and/or supply chain operations in a global environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Experience Working in multi-cultural environment

• Experience in data analysis, preferably in a procurement or supply chain role

• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights

• Knowledge of procurement processes, supplier management

• Familiarity with ERP systems, such as SAP

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex data findings to non-technical stakeholders.

• Detail-oriented and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines

• Excellent Communication skills and assertiveness

• Project Management Skills

• An interest in understanding products & production processes

• Can work under pressure and to deadlines

• Self-motivated, flexible, can initiate and manage process improvements

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability

• Fluent in English (written and verbal)

  Work location:

• Work Your Way Eligible (Employee choice to work remote, on site, or hybrid)

  Travel: May include up to 5 % domestic/international

  Supporting Your Well-being

  3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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  • At 3M, we believe diversity & inclusion are essential to innovation. We seek and value differences in people! This Job ad is addressed to all potential candidates. As an equal opportunity employer 3M will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race/ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity-related matters, age or disability, or any other relevant characteristic protected under applicable local law.

Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M.

Our approach to flexibility is called Work Your Way, which puts employees first and drives well-being in ways that enable 3M’s business and performance goals. Our global Work Your Way initiative gives our employees flexibility in where and how their work can be performed, subject at all times to any location-specific rules and policies that may be in place from time to time (more information on such rules/policies can be provided upon request from the relevant in-location HR).

At 3M, we believe diversity & inclusion are essential to innovation. We seek and value differences in people! This Job ad is addressed to all potential candidates. As an equal opportunity employer 3M will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race/ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity-related matters, age or disability, or any other relevant characteristic protected under applicable local law.

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