Business Intelligence Specialist

Procurement and Supply Chain Practice Group

The purpose of the Procurement Group is to lead and develop the organization’s procurement strategy and practice.  The core functions are to:

a.       Articulate procurement policies and processes; enable operationalization and managerial oversight through appropriate systems and reports; provide corporate advice and guidance; and strengthen the knowledge, skills and career development of procurement practitioners.

b.       Enable UNOPS procurement of goods and services in a transparent, accountable and efficient manner in order to execute the organization’s business strategy.

c.       Identify and develop opportunities for the provision of procurement services for partners and ensure appropriate modalities for service delivery.

• Implementation of strategies and statistical methods to collect robust, consistent and value adding procurement analytics from within UNOPS, supplier and partners/clients.
• Identification of innovation and improvement opportunities through the use of analytics in data driven decision-making.
• Prepare analytics, graphs, tables, including commentary on themes, trends for reports, including the UN Annual Statistical Report
• Develop, manage and govern the PG budget, recommend corrective actions when required, and determine cost recovery measurements and revenue impacts to unit.

Implementation of strategies and statistical methods to collect robust, consistent and value adding procurement analytics from within UNOPS, suppliers and partners/clients:

• Design, develop and maintain a robust analytics program including reporting routines (in support of data and system use in support of all procurement across UNOPS, centralizing data collection, analysis, actions and communication within PG.
• Ensure data integration with source data to and from relevant systems.
• Conduct analysis across the procurement process by projects, countries and supplier sources, which can then be contextualized, with practical conclusions drawn from the data. This includes creating templates/dashboards/models for procurement analytics for PG.
• Communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders to validate the findings, to present the results and to establish dialogue on possible solutions. Provide timely and accurate procurement related information in a clear and concise manner to support proactive decision-making.
• Generate regular, periodic and ad hoc reports on procurement activities in support of the delivery practice and the operational centers including recording delivered results on spend regarding soft and hard savings.
• Design easy to access views and dashboards, leveraging key performance indicators to heighten the ability to take action on savings and efficiencies across UNOPS in relation to procurement activities. 

• Advanced University degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Business Administration, Statistics, Data Science or equivalent is required. 
• A first level University degree with a combination of 2 additional years of relevant past experience will be considered in lieu of advanced university degree.

• A minimum of 5 years of progressive professional experience in systematically analyzing, evaluating, and reporting business related data and/or statistics is required.

• 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.