Procurement Market Intelligence, Expert

Department Overview

The Procurement Organization includes a staff of more than two hundred sourcing managers, buyers, analysts, and supplier diversity personnel. Our mission is to deliver cost effective and valued procurement services through strategic, diverse, and sustainable business solutions. Our work requires close integration with all lines of business, finance, and our suppliers.

The Procurement Excellence Center (PEC) is a strategic function dedicated to driving procurement transformation, operational efficiency, and value creation across the organization. Within the Procurement organization, the PEC establishes best practices, standardizes processes, and leverages advanced analytics and market intelligence to enable data-driven decision-making. The PEC collaborates with all Procurement teams to enhance capabilities, improve performance, and optimize costs. Key focus areas include market intelligence and analytics, digital procurement transformation, risk management, supplier relationship management, governance, and capability development.

Position Summary

The Procurement Market Intelligence Expert is a strategic, data-driven expert responsible for delivering deep market insights and analytics to enhance procurement decision-making. This individual contributor role focuses on leveraging data analytics, market research, and advanced modeling techniques to drive procurement excellence, support category strategy, and mitigate supply risks.

This individual will collect and analyze internal and external market data, monitor industry trends, and provide actionable intelligence to inform sourcing strategies, risk management, and cost optimization initiatives. You will work closely with category managers and senior procurement leadership to ensure data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Key responsibilities include developing and managing procurement dashboards, conducting predictive analytics on supplier and market performance, and synthesizing complex data into clear, actionable insights. The ideal candidate has a strong background in procurement analytics, market intelligence, and strategic sourcing, with expertise in data visualization tools, AI-driven analytics, and market trend forecasting.

This role requires a blend of analytical expertise, business acumen, and communication skills to translate complex data into strategic recommendations that drive competitive advantage and procurement efficiency.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland.

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of thejob posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will bebased on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience,market value, and geographic location. The decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.

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Bay Area - $122,000 to $173,000

Reporting Relationship

The Procurement Market Intelligence Expert will report to the Procurement Market Intelligence Senior Manager.

Job Responsibilities

• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of industry trends, supplier markets, commodity pricing, and geopolitical factors that impact procurement decisions.
• Lead in maintaining good working relationship with internal stakeholders. Serve as a liaison to key stakeholders on Procurement Market Intelligence & Analytics.
• Demonstrate and share knowledge of industry, PG&E activities, the California wholesale electricity market and market participants. Provide insights to support sourcing strategies and procurement analytics.
• Take a leadership role in stakeholder initiatives, including assisting junior members of the team with stakeholder comments and presentations.
• With no direction, make presentations about the market. Gather and distill complex data into clear executive-level presentations to drive director-level decision making.
• Prepare "deep dive" position and strategy papers.
• Help support ad hoc requests for analyses of impacts of electric procurement issues as needed. Lead spend analysis, total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling, and should-cost analysis to support sourcing decisions.
• Act as an "internal expert" with other internal business lines. Develop, lead, and manage highly complex market intelligence and analytics programs.
• Take the lead in the preparation of reports to management and other filings to regulatory agencies.

Background Qualifications

Minimum

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