Business Unit Overview Feeding the world is what we do – how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan peanut butter and more. Our foodservice and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores. Our offices and manufacturing sites are in more than 60 locations in five countries, and we have 11,500+ employees. Over the past 12 years, Post has made 25+ acquisitions and reached $7.9 billion in net sales in fiscal 2024. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries. Post Holdings, Inc. is a Fortune 500® company headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands—together, we make a difference. Responsibilities The Procurement Analyst plays a vital role in enabling strategic, data-driven decision-making across a centralized Procurement department managing over $4 billion in annual spend. This position blends analytical expertise, business process understanding, and cross-functional collaboration to support sourcing initiatives, risk analysis, and performance reporting. By leveraging trusted data sources, validating reporting tools, and translating procurement data into actionable insights, the analyst supports pricing accuracy, spend visibility, and alignment across categories and systems. KEY RESPONSIBLITIES Deliver analysis, reporting, and knowledge of relevant business processes and data as a Procurement analyst serving the centralized Procurement department managing $4+ billion in annual spend Learn and demonstrate accumulated Post-specific knowledge regarding business processes affecting master data, analytics and business metrics, data sources and the meaning of each data component across the various divisional ERP systems Conduct ad-hoc research and analysis to enable Procurement to make data-driven decisions, while ensuring that conclusions reflect relevant complex business processes Support category manager strategic sourcing efforts with discovery of relevant spending and incumbent suppliers Leverage trusted data sources to measure Supply Chain Risks Participate in new data development efforts and ensure the needs of the end users are met Collaborate with team members to define the vision and desired outcome for new projects and efforts Participate in data validation of department projects, to ensure alignment to existing trusted data sources, and to stress-test the usability of the deliverable Participate in development of daily/weekly hedge position reporting for all counterparty trades tied to board positions leveraging intelligent designs Discover opportunities for automation, consolidation, standardization, and improvement Share new deliverables with key Procurement Team members for User Acceptance Testing Enrich the Procurement team’s communication of monthly category and market movements through variance analysis, report development or enhancements, and verification with category managers Generate monthly reporting suite for our centralized Procurement department, to support effective messaging of category risks and opportunities, coverage levels, and market fluctuations Coordinate the monthly collection of new intelligence from category managers using Excel, Access, Smartsheet, and other tools Discover drivers of variance changes between reporting cycles and craft explanatory commentary for material shifts Assess the accuracy of actual and projected costs for quality issues to ensure accurate reporting Perform reconciliations as needed to explain differences between Procurement reporting results compared to custom PPV definitions used by business unit financial contacts and related reporting systems Analyze Cost Out project pipeline and communicate savings results and changes from prior cycle Collect and store market price history for categories of interest, using an automated tool and / or Procurement Team contacts Maintain existing, or implement new, component price models for relevant categories, currently in Excel Maintain the structure of existing component price tools to ensure functionality drivers accurate pricing outcomes, including troubleshooting and research when harvested pricing contradicts expectations Work with category buyers to gather conceptual relationships for relevant components for new-to-PHI categories Assist with budgets for raw materials, packaging, and energy, including changing item mix from year to year as reflected in purchasing budgets received from operating companies, and work with category managers to update component structure as needed Aid in support for the monthly / quarterly / annual forecasting process at the component price level Support the Procurement Team’s reporting portfolio for the entire purchase to pay life cycle Become a super user of Procurement’s trusted datasets and existing report Participate in periodic training sessions to equip existing and new team members to fully leverage available assets and socialize new deliverables within the Procurement department Leverage trusted data sources to expand visibility to our various purchasing areas, including direct materials, indirect spending, and co-manufacturing of finished goods Assist in curating Supplier and Item categorization which allows aggregation of data regardless of ERP system origin Support the integration of new company acquisitions Aid in integration of new acquisitions into Post’s infrastructure to support centralized Procurement across divisions Participate in onboarding new acquisitions in collaboration with the Procurement Analytics team and Decision Science team Assist in formulating plans for immediate data visibility and master data integration & classification as a stopgap during the ERP implementation phase Qualifications QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS Bachelor’s degree required (Finance, Business, Economics, Management Information Systems, or other quantitative discipline a plus) 3 – 5 years related experience (Finance, Procurement, Supply Chains) Proficient in Tableau Desktop or similar data visualization tools Skilled in both written and verbal communication Brings creative, innovative, and strategic thinking to problem-solving; strong business acumen Well-versed in Excel, Access, and PowerPoint Familiarity with Smartsheet or comparable online spreadsheet platforms Experience working with relational data platforms such as Snowflake, MS Access, Oracle, Data Warehouse, etc a plus Capable of balancing multiple projects and priorities while delivering on commitments Detail-oriented and proactive, with the ability to thrive in fast-paced environments Applies logical thinking and initiative to streamline, automate, and improve workflows Able to translate complex data insights or issues into clear, concise communication across teams Maintains high professional and ethical standards Naturally curious and self-driven, with a strong appetite for learning Builds credibility and manages influence across teams and stakeholders Understands and respects data confidentiality and appropriate distribution Regularly initiates reviews of work progress, deliverables, and priorities with leadership This position is a hybrid role based in St. Louis, MO. In office days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Work from home Mondays and Fridays. #LI-hybrid #supplychainjobs #Tableau