Sourcing Center of Excellence (CoE) Analyst

Your Job

The Sourcing Center of Excellence (CoE) Analyst helps to enable the rapid transformation of our sourcing capability.

Based in Wichita, KS, you will help drive change across Source-to-Pay by identifying the root causes of challenges, supporting adoption of new processes, systems, tools, and AI, and developing training and resources that help changes stick.

Our goal is to be an enabler of change and growth for the sourcing organization, helping the organization move from reactive to proactive.

You will partner closely with Sourcing Analysts and Category Managers, using their experiences and feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and shape how we evolve.

This is an entry-level CoE role, and we do not expect you to be a subject matter expert on day one.

You will build your knowledge over time through exposure to systems, tools, data, and sourcing processes, with support and coaching from CoE Leads.

The ideal candidate is curious about how people work, asks thoughtful questions before proposing solutions, and approaches Sourcing Analysts and Category Managers with a customer-focused mindset.

They seek and share feedback, learn from both successes and setbacks, and openly share knowledge to help the broader team improve.

What You Will Do

Drive transformation of the sourcing capability


* Partner with CoE Leads to turn capability strategy into clear, sequenced changes, and track whether those changes deliver results for the Sourcing organization.


* Plan and run adoption for CoE initiatives and tools, including stakeholder mapping, communications, feedback loops, and tracking whether changes actually get used.


* Support the organization through major system changes.


* Bring the analyst perspective into CoE planning, celebrate wins, and help build a team where people share ideas and challenge how things are done.

Understand the work and solve the right problems


* Observe how work really gets done, including time with Analysts at their desks, and use structured methods such as process mapping and 5 Whys to separate symptoms from causes and quantify the impact.


* Bring findings to the CoE Leads who own the process, system, or data involved.


* Translate analyst needs into clear requirements for IT, data, and systems partners, and translate technical solutions back into plain language for users.


* Partner with our data and reporting experts to tell the story behind the data, gather user feedback on dashboards, and grow your Power BI skills along the way.

Build capability for the future


* Create onboarding, end-user training, job aids, and video content that is built once and stays useful, helping site users and new analysts ramp faster and supporting the Sourcing talent pipeline.


* Experiment with and vet AI tools in Sourcing workflows, share best practices with the Sourcing organization, and stay connected to what Koch companies and INVISTA are doing.


* Help map decisions so...