Business Analyst Purchasing Europe F/H/X

AAG services the vast automotive aftermarket through a comprehensive network of distributors, both company-owned and independent affiliates, with over 1,000 points of sale in France, over 800 in the UK and Ireland, over 70 in Germany, over 35 in Portugal and Spain, 250 in Poland and over 190 in the Netherlands and Belgium.

With our ever-growing European network and a strong track record for successful growth, we are continually improving our customer offering within the automotive market.

AAG’s network is constantly expanding. It serves thousands of customers from over 2,000 distributor outlets across Europe supported by a logistics infrastructure of over 75 national and regional distribution centres.

The Group currently employs 15,000 employees and has a turnover of €3.6Bn across 11 countries in Europe.

The role

The underlying function of this role is to support the AAG Chief Purchasing officer activities.

As part of this function, analysis will be required to report on critical pricing elements during commercial supply tenders and can be used to monitor current supplier performance. Further to this, there will be a requirement to produce ad-hoc product / pricing analysis.

The scope of the role will cover all AAG purchase across Europe.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting the Group Purchasing in providing competitive analysis for both forthcoming tenders and providing ongoing Supplier KPI analysis.
• In charge of group supplier purchase 3xnet price analysis
• Support to Category and Supplier Managers
• Performing competitor market analysis.
• Carrying out Profit Margin calculations
• Making recommendations based on Analysis.
• Assisting in Supplier Reviews and Tenders.
• Monitoring market trends on commodities.
• Private Label Performance tracking

Relations:

• Group European role, therefore, need to be in contact with category management and purchasing teams local
• Cross function: Collaboration internally across business functions (finance, Purchasing, Marketing Product, Sales)

Professional experience, Qualifications & Personal attributes

• Power BI Reporting skills (Query development, BI Dashboard report customization)
• Analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills in an international environment
• Ability to apply logic to situations
• Good understanding of the distribution model (Automotive OE or IAM as plus)
• Interest in the Automotive industry desirable