Foodbuy, LLC is the foodservice industry’s leading procurement services organization focused on lowering purchasing and product costs for both our parent company, Compass Group, as well as for our clients and members.

Foodbuy negotiates and contracts for more than $20bn of food, beverages, and services that our clients need, utilizing more than 600 leading manufacturers and distributors across the U.S. Ultimately, sourcing is at the heart of what we do on behalf of Compass Group and some of the most recognized organizations within the restaurant, healthcare, hospitality, leisure, and entertainment industries.

Foodbuy is the foodservice industry’s leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) focused on lowering purchasing and product costs for foodservice organizations. Currently we offer a Great Opportunity for career development and growth as a Financial Data Analyst. The Financial Data Analyst is responsible for the complete and accurate maintenance and association of master data used to support the Foodbuy revenue tracking model.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, assistance, and direction to the Catalog Management team analysts
• Mentor and train Catalog Management Analysts
• Ability to identify and resolve complex problems related to foodservice products and/or foodservice distributor data
• Develop and maintain training materials for new team members
• Facilitate team projects and assist as needed
• Review assigned packaging to identify issues and make corrections as necessary
• Communicate system and reporting needs to technology
• Creation of manufacturer catalogs and items in accordance with master data standards
• Process and create linkages between distributor data and manufacturer catalog information to achieve the highest percentage of associated manufacturers, customer and item level data
• Maintenance of category/subcategory structure
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of item attributes
• Identify and correct duplicate or inaccurate data within Manufacturer Catalogs
• Present findings to management and solicit feedback via formal/informal communication
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of invoice/transactional reporting process
• Resolve customer challenges, ad-hoc requests, and concerns
• Generate and maintain reports used for analysis and management of daily workload
• Formulate new methodologies to drive efficiencies and increase customer data capture
• Ensure that all dealings with suppliers, clients, and internal personnel are carried out ethically and professionally
• Ongoing manufacturer relationships
• Other duties as required

Qualifications:

• Completion of undergraduate degree and/or equivalent business experience required
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite
• Intermediate knowledge of rebate / contract management technology
• Financial or trend analysis experience
• Supplier and customer interaction experience
• Purchasing/procurement experience
• Distribution or foodservice experience
• Minimal travel required (typically to Charlotte or Atlanta)
• Detail-oriented
• Analytical problem solving
• Flexible/Adapts well to change
• Collaborative - works well as a member of a team
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Customer service focus
• Innovative
• High level of Integrity and Ethics