Purchasing Analyst

About Verizon

At Verizon, people are encouraged to bring their full selves to work, share bold ideas, and grow in an environment built around innovation, collaboration, and impact. The company focuses on connecting people to the things that matter in their lives and supports a culture where teams learn from one another, act with purpose, and contribute to their communities.

Role overview

As a Purchasing Analyst, you will support procurement and contracting work from initiation through completion. Your focus will be on helping the business make sound global buying decisions, coordinating the people and activities needed to execute contracts, and ensuring the work meets IT, regulatory, and global compliance standards. You will act as a key resource for procurement and global contract management across assigned projects.

Key responsibilities

• Manage projects end to end, including planning, coordinating internal and external contributors, and updating stakeholders on progress.
• Set budgets, track exceptions, and help resolve contract-related issues as they arise.
• Assist project managers with all matters connected to contracting.
• Make sure global clearance and import/export legal requirements are followed.
• Coordinate efforts between sourcing teams, legal partners, and other project stakeholders.

What the team is looking for

The ideal candidate builds strong working relationships with suppliers and external partners throughout the contract lifecycle. You should be comfortable handling disagreements professionally, work well under pressure and deadlines, and stay organized while managing several projects at once.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience gained through work and/or military service is required.
• Additional value will be placed on a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technology-related discipline.
• Experience using project management tools, handling global procurement, or working with contract management processes is preferred.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills are important.
• Ability to prepare reports for different audiences and organizational levels is an advantage.

Benefits and workplace details

• Verizon offers a competitive total rewards package with performance-based incentives.
• Employees may receive broad-based discretionary equity awards tied to company success.
• Benefits are market competitive and delivered through established providers.
• Health and wellbeing support includes an Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off is generous, and flexible working arrangements may be available.
• Training, education support, online development tools, and access to industry research are provided to support career growth.
• Employees can participate in volunteering opportunities aligned with environmental, community, and sustainability goals.

Working arrangement

This role is based in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland. The position is described as a hybrid arrangement with a set work location, combining work from home with office days scheduled by the manager. The standard weekly working time is 37.5 hours.

Equal opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants without regard to race, gender, disability, or other legally protected characteristics.