Procurement Data and Analytics Analyst

About the Role

This role is part of the Procurement team within the Finance Division at American Airlines. The Analyst/ Sr Analyst, Procurement Data & Analytics supports Procurement operations by driving performance measurement, cost-saving strategies, and data-driven decision-making. It combines advanced analytics, machine learning, and scalable data infrastructure to deliver actionable insights, improve reporting quality, and enhance operational efficiency.

What You'll Do

Support Procurement operations through performance measurement, cost-saving strategies, and efficiency improvements. Collaborate with business leaders to define reporting and analytic needs to deliver data-driven actionable insights and recommendations. Monitor industry trends and analytic advancements to identify opportunities for process and performance improvement. Apply analytical models and data optimization techniques to support decision-making, policy development, and financial analysis. Design and deploy machine learning and AI models to enhance business outcomes. Manage a diverse report portfolio and develop high-impact analyses to improve Procurement performance. Conduct ad-hoc analyses to support operational decisions and profitability. Integrate new data sources to improve reporting capabilities, enhance data quality and define technical specifications for reusable data objects to simplify analytics in the department. Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and structures for accurate, timely, and self-service reporting and analytics. Contribute to Data Governance initiatives, ensuring proper data cataloging and compliance. Serve as a data steward and support data access policies for owned data assets.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Sciences, Engineering, Economics, or equivalent training/experience
• 3-4 years experience in data science, analytics, forecasting, automation, or relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Data Sciences, Engineering, Economics, or other related field
• Agile project management experience
• Knowledge of American Airlines data landscape and understanding of a variety of data sources across the business
• Experience with data integration, data ingestion, ETL pipelines
• Automating data ingestion from multiple sources into data lakes or cloud data warehouses
• Logically structure analysis of complex issues and develop creative solutions to business and operational challenges
• Querying large data sets using SQL; Scripting with Python or R
• Business intelligence, financial reporting, and Statistical Reporting
• Data visualization tools including Power BI and Tableau and strong Excel modeling
• Familiarity with Data Security and Compliance, SOX compliance, and governance requirements

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Data analysis, Data Extraction, Data mining, Data Warehousing, Data Querying, Real-Time Data Processing, Data Quality Management, and Data visualization
• Ability to demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving and strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Ability to logically structure analysis of complex issues and develop creative solutions to business and operational challenges
• Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, Alteryx, and analytics tools
• Knowledge of agile project management
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office to include Power BI, Azure, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities

What You'll Get

Travel Perks: You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits. We also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more. Wellness Programs: Provide you with all the tools, resources and support you need. 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions are available after one year. Additional Benefits: Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.

Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Key skills/competency

• Data Analysis
• Procurement Analytics
• Machine Learning
• Data Warehousing
• SQL
• Python
• Power BI
• Tableau
• ETL
• Data Governance