[Hiring] Print Operations and Procurement Analyst @Contour Education

Role Description

You are Contour's print operations and procurement analyst, in Operations and Business Services: the person who sources suppliers, prepares and places purchases, and analyses what Contour spends on the booklets and study materials students use across our three brands.

• Plan each run back from the teaching calendar:
• Agree quantities and order dates with Production, so every run reaches students before it is needed.
• Source and compare suppliers:
• Request quotes, compare them on unit cost, lead time and terms, and recommend one with the working attached.
• Prepare purchases for approval:
• Put each purchase to its budget owner with the options and your recommendation, then place the order once it is approved.
• Follow orders through to the invoice:
• Track each order from confirmation to delivery, match the invoice to what was approved, and chase any gap until it closes.
• Keep supplier records current:
• Hold each supplier's prices, lead times, terms and delivery history in one place, so a new comparison starts from evidence.
• Analyse spend:
• Report spend on print and other purchases by brand and by run, and show where a cost can come down.
• Work with Design and Quality:
• Pass their specifications to suppliers, and bring every supplier issue back to them for the call.
• If a better tool exists for something we are doing manually, make the case and we will back it.

Qualifications

• Purchasing you handled yourself: quotes gathered, suppliers compared and orders placed, with the records to show for it.
• A cost comparison you built that changed what someone decided to buy, and what it saved or prevented.
• An order you followed from purchase order to delivery and invoice that went wrong, and how you put it right.
• A supplier tracker, price list or spend report you set up that other people relied on.
• A print run, production batch or delivery schedule you planned to a fixed date.
• Recommendations written for whoever held the budget, clear enough that they decided from your page.
• Spreadsheet work you can explain line by line: formulas, lookups and a model someone else could check.

Requirements

• Knowledge of print: paper stocks, binding, print methods and what drives their price.
• An education or educational publishing background.

Benefits

• Fully remote, anywhere in India, and comfortable working across the India and Australia time difference.
• Compensation is competitive and benchmarked to the role and your experience; we discuss it openly early in the process.