KOSTAL Group is a globally active, family-owned German company renowned for delivering innovative, market-leading solutions in the solar and automotive industries. Founded in 1912, the company has grown into a worldwide organization with around 20,000 employees across 47 locations in 22 countries.
As part of its continued expansion, KOSTAL established KOSTAL Business Services (KBS) in 2022, marking the launch of its first Business Service Centre in Hungary. This hub provides high-level support across key functions including IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales, and human resources.
Designed as a global centre of excellence, KBS focuses on delivering complex, high value-added services that strengthen and support KOSTAL’s international operations.
Job DescriptionOverall Purpose of Job:
The Procurement Data Analyst uses advanced Procurement analytics and enables measurable cost savings and performance improvement by transforming complex Procurement, BOM, and pricing data into actionable insights, recommendations, and standardized decision processes.
Improved Cost Savings and value capture: Expanding BOM analysis and addressing part number inconsistencies will unlock cost-saving opportunities.
Enhanced Efficiency and standardization: Streamlined reporting and standardized processes will improve efficiency across VAVE, Commodity, and ABP functions.
Better Decision-Making: More comprehensive data analysis will enable data-driven decision-making, leading to more effective strategies.
Main tasks, roles and responsibilities:
- Responsible for Creation, Analysis and maintenance of Program BOMs, Price Report Changes, Easy Pickings Opportunities and Cost Analysis for the Procurement Function
- Maintain reports updated monthly and quarterly, with highlights of trends to management for proper decision making
- Identifying and pursuing missing data to provide direction to management with proper reports
- Collect, clean, and analyze large datasets from various sources to identify trends and patterns
- Develop, maintain, and automate dashboards and reports to monitor key metrics
- Perform ad-hoc analyses to support projects, initiatives, and leadership decision-making
- Follow up on Actions agreed on the reports within the Procurement Team Members
- Procurement VAVE and Product Cost Mgmt (PCM)
- Analysis of BOMs for New Projects and Projects in Serial,
- Creation of Program BOMs with fields for analysis and comparisons for optimization and guide to the team of Commodity and VAVE
- Program BOMs can be used for report to control price changes from Project stages to SOP and VAVE tracking (suggestion is to use the same file for both functions VAVE, Commodity and Project Purchasing)
Experiences and requirements:
- College or University degree – education with studies in economics, data science or business administration related topics
- 5+ years of work experience (3+ years on the field of data analysis/reporting)
- Excellent MS office skills
- Proficient in SQL, Excel, and data visualization tools (e.g., SAC, Power BI, Tableau, Looker)
- Experience with programming languages such as Python or R for data analysis
- Fluent English, German is a plus
Required Skills and Competencies:
- Strong analytical thinking and structured problem solving
- Strong communication and presentation skills, adept at simplifying complex data insights for audiences without a technical background.
- Presentation Skills for key information to mgmt.
- Fast Learning of Procurement topics
- Pursue and get information from team members
What do we offer :
- Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time), you can have a real work-life balance
- Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
- Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
- Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
- KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company, an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
- You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative
Skills Required
- College or University degree in economics, data science, business administration, or related field
- 5+ years of work experience (minimum), including 3+ years in data analysis/reporting
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel emphasis)
- Proficient in SQL and Excel for data querying and analysis
- Experience with data visualization tools (SAC, Power BI, Tableau, Looker)
- Experience with Python or R for data analysis
- Fluent English
- German language skills
- Strong analytical thinking and structured problem solving
- Strong communication and presentation skills for non-technical audiences
- Ability to quickly learn procurement topics and follow up with team members to obtain missing data
What We Do
KOSTAL Group is a global, independent, family-owned company based in Germany that develops and manufactures technologically complex electronic and mechatronic products.
