Category Analyst

Description

Job Summary: Supply Chain Analyst with experience in contract management and negotiation to optimize the supply chain and create value. Key Highlights: 1. Manages the commodity and service supply chain. 2. Identifies and evaluates suppliers to ensure competitiveness. 3. Negotiates contracts and generates savings for the company. Job highlights * Chile Job ID2097Closing date21/09/2026Last Updated21/08/2026 **Glencore** is one of the world’s largest diversified natural resource companies and a leading producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that make everyday life possible. Through a network of assets, customers, and suppliers spanning the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market, and distribute the raw materials that enable decarbonization while meeting today’s energy needs. With around 140,000 employees and contractors and a strong presence in more than 35 countries—across both established and emerging resource regions—our industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network of more than 40 offices. **Purpose and Objective** Understand Glencore’s internal demand characteristics and the market dynamics of the Plant category—including key suppliers and industry competitiveness—to proactively identify opportunities, create value through negotiating supply contracts for goods and services under improved terms versus existing ones, and execute quotation/tendering processes and contract follow-up. **Technical Education, Experience and Skills** * Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, International Trade or related fields. * Minimum 3–5 years of experience in contract administration, spare parts management, cost control, procurement, or similar functions. * Intermediate proficiency in computer-based analytical tools such as Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Access, and ERP systems (SAP preferred). * Ability to plan and lead negotiations. * Capability to identify opportunities for strategic supplier alliances, evaluate alternatives, and provide recommendations. **Responsibilities** 1\.Develop and manage comprehensive category procurement analysis within the scope of responsibility. Analyses must be conducted thoroughly, with full understanding of internal demand (technical analysis, usage, and constraints) and the supplier market, maintaining an integrated view of categories. Understand internal consumption behavior of the category and forecast demand, anticipating discontinuities. 2\.Have full knowledge of the total cost of ownership of the assigned category, as well as understanding of the supplier industry’s value chain. 3\.Identify, contact, and evaluate potential suppliers, ensuring availability of competitive alternatives aligned with company policies. 4\.Maintain smooth and proactive relationships with current and potential suppliers, ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and sustainability standards. 5\.Ensure up-to-date market information, benchmarking, cost structure analysis, supplier analysis, analysis of alternative supply sources, among others. 6\.Identify value-add or cost-saving opportunities within the responsible category and formulate an action plan, seeking to maximize regional synergies and identifying and validating with Sites both internal levers and supplier-chain-related levers for savings. 7\.Support and challenge user areas in defining demand requirements—quantities, technical specifications, and quality/service-level expectations. 8\.Engage users and customers timely during Site requirement gathering and savings hypothesis generation, identifying and maintaining smooth relationships with Sites and user areas. 9\.Execute category procurement strategy with excellence and in accordance with Glencore policies. Implement the procurement plan corresponding to the category under responsibility. 10\.Monitor contractual compliance by analyzing performance of current suppliers against quality, timeliness, and cost criteria, producing reports with SLA and supplier performance metrics. 11\.Monitor realization of benefits captured through procurement agreements. 12\.Provide effective and timely resolution to specific user issues and needs within agreed SLAs. 13\.Promptly identify supply risks and develop contingency plans to ensure operational continuity at Sites. 14\.Support negotiation, quotation/tendering, and contract award processes by gathering information and generating relevant analyses to identify value-add opportunities. 15\.Evaluate, compare, and present recommendations for contract awards, involving Sites and user areas where appropriate. Manage and facilitate distribution and approval of contractual documents. 16\.Transfer knowledge and train Site and user area management teams on new contractual terms. 17\.Generate reporting on managed products/services. 18\.Prepare reports and presentations for “kick-off” meetings between suppliers and user areas. At **Glencore Copper SAOP**, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that enables the active and full participation of everyone in our organization, in line with fair employment practices. * In Chile, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 21\.015\. * In Peru, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 29\.973\. * In Argentina, all our job opportunities fall under Law No. 22\.431\.