Sustainable Procurement Analyst

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Job Summary:
The Sustainable Procurement Analyst is a role located in our India office.  This individual will be assisting with analyzing, monitoring and improving the sustainability performance of the Northern Trust organization’s procurement process and supply chain.  The individual will be a change agent working in a fast paced environment to support the effort of aligning the organizations decisions with environmental, social and economic sustainability goals striving to minimize the environmental impact of the organizations supply chain.

Key responsibilities of the sustainable procurement analyst include:
• Conducting supplier assessments to evaluate their sustainability performance and compliance with environmental and social standards.
• Assisting with adherence to policies and practices to promote ethical sourcing and reduce the organizations carbon footprint.
• Collaborate with suppliers to promote sustainable practices including reducing waste, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Monitoring and reporting on key performance indicators related to sustainable procurement, such as supplier diversity, ethical sourcing and carbon emissions.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement in the organizations procurement process to enhance sustainability performance.
• Engaging with internal stakeholders, including procurement teams and senior management, to promote sustainable procurement practices and build awareness of sustainability issues.
• Assist with keeping up to date with local and international sustainability trends in procurement and supply chain management.
• Providing recommendations and guidance on sustainable procurement strategies to support the organizations sustainability goals.
• Executing special projects and/or process improvement initiatives
• Identifying improvements to existing processes to further gain operational efficiency and productivity.
• Preparing / reviewing reports and analyze to determine impacts, issues, and opportunities. Provide KPIs and metrics. 
• Develop, present, and execute ad-hoc products
• Liaise with business units and stakeholders on occasion as point of contact
• Develops category sourcing strategies and overall supplier relationship(s); providing input to pricing discussions
• Carries out activities with financial, vendor, and/or internal business impact

Qualifications and skills required for a sustainable procurement analyst include:
• A Bachelors or masters degree in supply chain management, procurement, sustainability or a related field.
• Strong experience with Excel, Power BI and other technology.
• Knowledge of sustainable sourcing practices and environmental regulations.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and research skills, with experience in supplier assessments and audits.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills to engage with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Familiarity with sustainable procurement frameworks, such as ISO 20400 or Fair Trade is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Passion for sustainable procurement and a commitment for promoting ethical sourcing practices.
• Experience in procurement or supply chain management is a plus.
• Uses expertise to provide guidance to others as a project manager or consultant. Uses expertise to provide guidance to others as a project manager or consultant. 
• Uses prescribed guidelines or policies in analyzing situations. Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction.
• Works on projects and develops project leadership skills
• Solves problems in straightforward situations
• Analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents
• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team
• Strong technical finance and contracts background
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required
• Highly flexible and adaptable to change
• Strong analytical, numerical and reasoning skills
• Strong understanding of process and process improvement
• Approachable and able to promote teamwork through creative solutions
• Requires expanded conceptual knowledge in own job discipline
• Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work
• Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations

Experience:
• A College or University degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or Finance and three to four years relevant work experience and knowledge of Sourcing or Procurement.
• Financial analysis and modeling experience required
• Ideal candidate should have a Finance almost forensic accounting type work experience that has analytics and metrics as key responsibilities.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.