Procurement Data Analyst/Scientist (Maternity cover)

The mission of the procurement group (PG) is to provide procurement excellence across UNOPS that facilitates efficient and sustainable procurement delivery, enabling the success of our partners and clients. 

Our core values in PG include; providing leadership in procurement; delivering as one team; creating value for partners and clients; progress through agility and adhere to and uphold the highest level of procurement principles in the UN.

The Procurement Analyst will report to the Innovation & Improvement Team Leader and will participate in the design, development, delivery and management of procurement analytics.

The functional responsibilities of this position include;

• Prepare all tables/graphs in R programme for the Annual Statistical Report and assist in the report co-ordination and analysis.
• Work in close collaboration with the oneUNOPS (UNOPS ERP solution) reporting team to provide easy to access reports, views and dashboards to heighten the ability to take action on relevant procurement related focus areas.
• Develop and maintain a robust analytics program including reporting procurement information across UNOPS and centralizing data collection, analysis, and online reporting through Microsoft PowerBI.
• Analyze UNOPS procurement related information to identify patterns and trends. This includes: spend analysis, vendor data, sustainability indicators, contract compliance data and benchmarking.

• Establish a methodology to collect relevant procurement statistics, ensuring robust, consistent and trustworthy data; this will include:
  • Preparing and implementing data capture methods/databases.
  • Review and improve procurement data quality and validation protocols.
  • Ensure data integration with source data to and from relevant systems 

• Generate regular, periodic and ad hoc reports on procurement etc. in support of the team, and for internal and external stakeholders.

Education: Advanced University degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Economics or equivalent is required.  A university degree with a combination of at least 2 additional years of relevant past experience may be accepted in lieu of advanced university degree.

Experience: A minimum of 2 years’ professional work experience in systematically analyzing, evaluating, and reporting business related data and/or statistics is required. Must have working knowledge of ‘R’ Programming and MS Excel.

Skills: Demonstrated work experience in business statistics, analysis and modelling, preferably with focus on procurement. Experience with a variety of commonly used techniques and models relevant for data capture, analysis and presentation.

A solid understanding of procurement and supply chain management is desired.
Knowledge and use of data visualization tool such as Microsoft Power BI will be considered an advantage.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners’ expectations.

With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.

A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners' needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale.