Sourcing Center of Excellence (CoE) Analyst

Your Job

The Sourcing Center of Excellence (CoE) Analyst helps to enable the rapid transformation of our Sourcing capability. Based in Wichita, KS, you will help drive change across our Sourcing organization by identifying the root causes of challenges, supporting adoption of new processes, systems, tools, and AI, and developing training and resources that help changes stick.

Our goal is to be an enabler of change and growth for the Sourcing organization. You will partner closely with stakeholders within our Sourcing team and Operations, using their experiences and feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and shape how we evolve. You will build your knowledge over time through exposure to systems, tools, data, and sourcing processes, with support and coaching from CoE Leads.

The ideal candidate brings a customer-focused mindset, is curious about how people work, and asks thoughtful questions to develop solutions. They will seek and share feedback, learn from both successes and setbacks, and openly share knowledge to help the broader team improve.

What You Will Do

Drive transformation of the Sourcing capability

• Partner with CoE Leads to turn capability strategy into clear, sequenced changes, and track whether those changes deliver results for the Sourcing organization.
• Plan and run adoption for CoE initiatives and tools, including stakeholder mapping, communications, feedback loops, and tracking whether changes actually get used.
• Support the organization through major system changes.

Understand the work and solve the right problems

• Translate needs into clear requirements for IT, data, and systems partners, and translate technical solutions back into plain language for users.
• Partner with our data and reporting experts to tell the story behind the data, gather user feedback on dashboards, and grow your Power BI skills along the way.

Build capability for the future

• Create onboarding, end-user training, job aids, and video content that is built once and stays useful, helping site users and new analysts ramp faster and supporting the Sourcing talent pipeline.
• Experiment with and vet AI tools in Sourcing workflows, share best practices with the Sourcing organization, and stay connected to what Koch companies and INVISTA are doing.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in Sourcing, Procurement, or a closely related field
• Experience presenting to diverse audiences, including teaching or coaching on systems/processes
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, information systems, or a related field
• Experience as a Buyer, Sourcing Analyst, Category Manager, Learning & Development, or other Information Systems related roles
• Familiarity with SAP ECC, SAP Ariba, or master data tools such as EBX
• Experience with Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint lists, or mass-update tools
• Hands-on experience using generative AI tools such as Copilot or Claude in your own work

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, INVISTA has a long history of working to make the world around you a better place. From parts for the automotive industry to medical equipment, air bags, food packaging and clothing, our ingredients in the nylon 6,6 and polypropylene value chains help bring many of life's essential products to market.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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