Korean Bilingual Procurement Data Analyst II

What we can offer: 

A crafted employee experience designed to foster professional growth, a focus on health & well-being and an internal community that will set you up for success. 

 We offer an environment that enables colleagues to demonstrate their capabilities, focus on their work and create value.  At LG, you're encouraged to take a creative and individual approach to challenges with strong emphasis placed on performance and skill—and equal, merit-based opportunities across the board.  We want our colleagues to grow with our global business.  That's why we deliver sure rewards for exceptional performance and offer industry-leading benefits.  Come join the team! 

The Opportunity:

Join LGEAI and play a key role in shaping our procurement strategy as a Korean Bilingual Procurement Data Analyst II. In this role, you’ll manage critical tasks within the General Procurement Process, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and value across all purchasing activities.

You’ll be responsible for analyzing procurement data, ensuring stability of SVC parts pipeline and proposing innovative approaches that can transform current ways of working. The role requires close collaboration with global vendors and prospective suppliers across multiple countries, monitoring market trends and global issue that impact operations, and supporting forecasting and cost analysis to enable data-driven decision-making. Strong cross-functional collaboration will be essential to align product delivery, pricing, and quality expectations, helping to achieve company goals.

The ideal candidate is a proactive, detail-oriented professional with strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, and a passion for innovation and continuous improvement in procurement operations

Full fluency in Korean is required for this position.

Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Responsibilities:

Vendor and market research

• Conduct market research to support sourcing and procurement strategies
• Track cost savings initiatives and process-innovation goals
• Understand internal stakeholders’ needs and provide procurement solutions
• Coordinate with various internal groups to align expectations.

Risk Management

• Analyze global economic, geopolitical, and supply chain environments to assess present and future risks and minimize them

Performing metrics analysis and reporting

• Weekly, monthly and yearly reporting on a variety of metrics and/or projects. Areas include process innovation and cost saving on savings, status of procurement requests and issues.

Interdepartmental support

• Working with various groups within the company (Accounting, Quality and Engineering, Customer Service, Field Support, Tech Support, etc.) and provide informative and correct analysis of commodity markets, technology, and trends upon request.
• Working with the Legal Team to create contracts with vendors that minimize risks.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required; data-related or analytical fields strongly preferred
• 3 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, project management preferred
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel (advanced level) and Power Point
• Proven hands-on experience with data analysis tools, including Python, SQL, and/or equivalent data analytics platforms, with a demonstrated ability to automate reporting, analyze large datasets, and drive data-based proposal
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Able to work successfully in a fast-paced, and rapidly changing, environment
• Ability to travel up to 10% if required
• Experience with or strong interest in applying generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) to accelerate workflow automation
• Foundational understanding of statistical and machine learning concepts applied to business problems such as demand forecasting or cost analysis - broad exposure valued over deep specialization
• Working familiarity with data visualization tools (Tableau) to build dashboards and communicate insights
• Korean-English bilingual proficiency required (verbal and written)

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