Also called: Spend Analyst
Studies everything a company buys to find where it overpays.
You sort a year of purchases and find 12 departments buying the same printer paper from different suppliers at different prices, then recommend one contract.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business, finance or supply chain.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Supply Chain Management, Finance.
Shrinking (about -1% over 10 years). Tracks purchasing agents.
High risk for 10 years. AI spend tools now classify purchases and flag overpaying automatically, which is most of this job.
Classes: Spreadsheets or computer applications, AP Statistics, Accounting.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1023.
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