About this role
Position Summary:
The Lead Analyst is responsible for managing the end-to-end supplier onboarding, prequalification, and information update processes in compliance with company policy. This role actively maintains accurate supplier master data records across systems, resolves discrepancies, and serves as the primary contact for supplier information management inquiries and insurance. Additionally, the position collaborates with cross-functional teams to monitor supplier risks, manage annual 1099 tax reporting and filing, and drive process improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee offshore service providers, while also collaborating with Legal, Risk Management and other stakeholders to ensure the appropriate risk class and insurance coverage are sufficient.
- Engage with suppliers and associates on onboarding, prequalification, insurance, and updates per company standards. Partner across corporate groups and divisions to monitor performance and mitigate risk. Serve as a supplier data expert, guiding Associates on requirements, escalations, and fraud detection.
- Analyze and process onboarding and information update requests for new and existing suppliers.
- Actively maintain supplier master data records, ensuring accuracy across contact, tax, banking, payment, and licensing details.
- Conduct monthly reconciliations of supplier data between the systems (SAP and Coupa), identifying and resolving record discrepancies.
- Reply to internal and external inquiries regarding supplier information, credentials and insurance.
- Partner with Source-to-Pay and Innovation Technology to continually evaluate and test existing supplier onboarding and risk monitoring tools, identifying process improvements and opportunities to streamline operations.
- Prepare and process reports and analysis including the annual 1099 tax reporting and filing.
- Support team training, process documentation, system enhancements, audits and special projects while identifying automation opportunities, and best practices to enhance the supplier onboarding, data collection and monitoring process and mitigate risk.
Additional Skills:
- Knowledge of Google Suite, SAP, Business Warehouse, and modern procurement tools (e.g. Coupa, Ariba, etc.).
- Strong written and verbal communication.
Preferred Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)
Preferred Years of Relevant Work Experience:
- 2+ years of master data management, supply chain or data analytics, procurement operations, or related experience.
Compensation:
Base Pay Range: $31.54 - $41.06
Actual placement within this range may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.
The Company also offers competitive benefits for full time employees including paid time off, matching 401(k), and health benefits.
About Us:
Irvine Company is a privately held real estate investment company and master-planner committed to creating and sustaining communities that thrive for generations.
Irvine Company is respected for its master planning and environmental stewardship of the Irvine Ranch in Orange County, including diversified operations throughout coastal California. Irvine Company brings to life neighborhoods and sustainable communities with a full range of housing, jobs, retail centers, schools, parks and open space.
We take as much pride in our employee community as we do the communities we create. It’s an environment populated with talented and experienced people, a collaborative spirit and abundant opportunities.
Apply today to join our employee community, and learn more about Irvine Company , our legacy and our guiding principles .
Irvine Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, termination, and training, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, age, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, and local law. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.
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