Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Deckers Brands is a company committed to supporting its employees and delivering strong business results through its brands and operations. The Senior Analyst, Strategic Materials Procurement will transform market, pricing, consumption, supplier, and operational data into insights that guide materials sourcing, negotiations, forecasting, and supplier decisions. The role also leads cross-functional projects and develops reporting tools, models, dashboards, and recommendations for business leaders.
Responsibilities
- Build the analytical backbone for strategic materials procurement, translating demand, pricing, and commercial data into insights that guide negotiations and value capture
- Develop and maintain category analyses, pricing models, spend analyses, and market benchmarks to support supplier decisions and contract negotiations
- Own recurring market intelligence reporting, integrating supply, demand, commodity, production, and macroeconomic signals into clear, actionable views
- Create seasonal and multi-year material forecasts, documenting assumptions and scenario ranges, and translating product mix changes into supplier implications
- Develop materials inputs for strategic planning, partnering with cross-functional teams to compile forecasts, supplier capability, and strategic direction
- Build plan-versus-actual views across forecasts, allocations, purchase orders, receipts, inventory, consumption, and contracts, identifying gaps and supporting corrective action
- Coordinate material-usage and yield studies, reconciling data across PLM, factory production, supplier receipts, and historical results
- Own recurring tools and reporting products, improving quality, accessibility, and decision speed while maintaining controls over high-risk analysis
- Lead special projects and business reviews, turning analysis into action, surfacing risks and opportunities, and preparing decision-ready recommendations
- Prepare executive-ready models, presentations, dashboards, and summaries, translating complex findings into clear business language and actionable scenarios
Skills
- Interested applicants must reside in one of the following approved states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington
- 5+ years in materials sourcing, procurement, supply chain analytics, manufacturing, product development, planning, or consulting
- Demonstrated experience managing large datasets and translating them into clear models, insights, and recommendations
- Strong analytical, project management, and communication skills; able to simplify complex topics and explain the story behind the numbers
- Experience working across functions, cultures, and time zones, especially with teams or suppliers in Asia
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity, creating structure, and owning work from question through recommendation and follow-through
- Positive energy, humility, and a partnership mindset
- Remote - West Coast preferred
- BA/BS in supply chain, business, finance, economics, engineering, data analytics, or related field (or equivalent experience); advanced degree a plus
- Advanced Excel and strong PowerPoint skills; experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or AI-assisted tools is a plus
Benefits
- Competitive compensation programs and bonuses
- Financial planning and wellbeing plans to protect income, pay for expenses, and invest in the future
- Time-away-from-work plans to support family time, health needs, and recharging
- Generous employee discounts
- Community-based programs
- Extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development
- Comprehensive health and wellness programs and offerings
- Remote work arrangement
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