Strategic Sourcing Analyst

Location: The Woodlands, Texas, United States; travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.

Company

Crane Aerospace & Electronics develops aerospace and electronic systems and operates within the Crane organization.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain global supply chain analysis tools, including Zycus, Power BI dashboards, databases, and reporting systems.
• Analyze global spend to identify cost savings, supplier consolidation, productivity improvements, and process optimization opportunities.
• Support vendor onboarding, supplier master data management, invoicing, payment term negotiations, audits, and compliance activities.
• Analyze sourcing trends, pricing fluctuations, cost variances, market conditions, commodity trends, tariffs, and economic indicators.
• Support supplier negotiations through cost-benefit analysis, benchmarking, working capital assessments, and payment term evaluations.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Logistics while facilitating Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain management, strategic sourcing, purchasing, supplier development, supplier performance, and cost reduction.
• Experience with supplier qualification, onboarding, audits, negotiations, payment term optimization, vendor setup, invoicing, and procurement compliance.
• Proficiency in Power BI, Excel, Zycus, ERP systems, Microsoft Office, and business intelligence or reporting platforms.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• APICS CPIM or CSCP and ISM CPSM certifications are highly preferred; a master’s degree is preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employee position within a global aerospace and electronics organization.
• Work includes collaboration across global teams and functions.
• Participation in continuous improvement and Kaizen events focused on growth, safety, quality, delivery, cost, and working capital.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.