As a Senior Cost Analysts, you will be responsible and accountable for managing supplier costs for an assigned group of suppliers. You will perform various functions, which primarily involves providing analytic and technical expertise necessary to innovate, build, and maintain well-managed data solutions and capabilities to solve business problems. You will work closely with suppliers, category managers, finance, supply chain and commercial to ensure accuracy, integrity and completeness of assigned deliverables, including supplier cost file maintenance and standard cost governance.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct detailed data analysis on cost data used across business units to evaluate business processes and improve on/create new features.
- Mentorship of analysts and associate analysts to provide real-time support to commercial and corporate teams.
- Provide subject matter expertise and translate the business needs to design; and develop tools, techniques, and metrics, and dashboards for insights and data visualization.
- Responsible for establishing appreciation and adherence to the principles of data quality management, including metadata, lineage, and business definitions.
- Processes and monitors third party price and data submissions, including daily and published pricing events.
- Supports analysts to manage workload responsibilities during high volume times.
- Assigned special projects in support of Cost Management Group.
- SME assistance with training, documentation, and user acceptance training.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree is preferred.
- Masters Degree is preferred.
- Data maintenance and loading processes
- Documenting business processes, creating training plans
- Previous experience in a Procure to Pay Function
- Work in supply chain, finance, operations
- Strong computer skills, particularly Microsoft Excel and Access.
- Ability to interact and work with management and peers.
- Ability to set own priorities along with balance of team priorities.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely; both orally and in writing.
- High paced environment, meet deadlines.
- Must be able to multi-task with strong organization skills.
About UsThis amount is what we reasonably believe we will pay for the position; however, offer amounts may vary based on factors such as geographic location, relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, shift, or any collective bargaining agreements.
In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree
- Master’s degree
- Experience with data maintenance and loading processes
- Experience documenting business processes and creating training plans
- Previous experience in a Procure-to-Pay function
- Experience working in supply chain, finance, or operations
- Strong computer skills, particularly Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access
- Ability to interact and work effectively with management and peers
- Ability to set priorities and balance team priorities
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Clear and concise oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
- Ability to multitask with strong organizational skills
WESCO International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about WESCO International and has not been reviewed or approved by WESCO International.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) with company match is a relative strong point and is consistently part of the package. Retirement offerings are frequently cited as a solid element within the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO policies are favorable, including self‑managed or generous banks in some roles along with paid holidays. Paid parental leave and related time‑off options add to the perceived strength of leave benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Feedback suggests employees have meaningful choice through medical plan options with HSA/FSA alongside ancillary programs like EAP, discounts, and supplemental coverages. The breadth of selectable add‑ons supports tailoring benefits to individual needs.
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What We Do
At Wesco, we believe life should run smoothly. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on. Harnessing 100 years of ingenuity and expertise, we increase profitability, improve productivity and mitigate risk for approximately 150,000 customers worldwide. With nearly 1.5 million products and locations in more than 50 countries, Wesco is your partner in progress. Our company’s greatest asset is our people. From our corporate and field offices to our distribution sites, Wesco employs over 20,000 professionals around the globe. We’re committed to fostering diversity and inclusion across our workforce by embracing the unique perspectives, authenticity, and individuality our team members contribute to the company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company with 2022 net sales of $21.4 billion.
