Product Analyst Jobs in California

POSITION SUMMARY

The Product Analyst II independently delivers analysis, configuration, testing, documentation, and support activities for McCarthy’s Source-to-Pay product. This role supports the implementation and long-term product management of a common supplier and procurement capability across the 02S operating model.

The role translates business needs into actionable requirements, drives solution options in partnership with the Product Lead, Procurement and business stakeholders, implementation partners, vendors, and technical teams, and takes ownership of testing, documentation, data quality, and Tier 2 support with minimal day-to-day direction. The analyst helps connect supplier onboarding, catalogs, sourcing, contracts, requisitions, approvals, purchase orders, receiving, invoice automation, spend controls, and supplier performance to the 02S Portal, OMS, Foundry, and CMiC ecosystem.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Owns the functional analysis and ongoing support of McCarthy’s Source-to-Pay product across supplier management, sourcing, contracts, purchasing, receiving, invoicing, spend analytics, and supplier performance.
• Partners with Procurement, business stakeholders, implementation partners, vendors, and technical teams to align enterprise practices, identify improvement opportunities, and accommodate valid business-specific needs.
• Translates business needs into requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, configuration specifications, fit-gap assessments, and future-state process designs.
• Supports solution evaluation, configuration, testing, data migration, data quality, and integration validation across Source-to-Pay and connected enterprise systems.
• Maintains product and process documentation, provides Tier 2 application support, performs root cause analysis, and coordinates defects, enhancements, and platform risks.
• Monitors adoption, transaction performance, exceptions, controls, supplier readiness, and stakeholder feedback; maintains product KPIs and supports training, communications, release readiness, and continuous improvement.

Success Criteria

• Source-to-Pay processes, configurations, integrations, controls, master data, and support documentation remain current, accurate, easy to understand, and promptly updated.
• Requirements, fit-gap decisions, configurations, acceptance criteria, test evidence, dependencies, and ownership are clearly documented and traceable through implementation.
• Solutions are thoroughly tested against requirements and acceptance criteria, resulting in high pre-deployment pass rates, low rework, and minimal production defects.
• Tier 2 issues are resolved within agreed timeframes, root causes are identified, and recurring problems are addressed through durable solutions.
• Supplier, purchasing, receiving, invoice, approval, and integration data remain stable or improve, as demonstrated through quality checks, exception rates, reconciliations, and control performance.
• Common Source-to-Pay processes are clearly defined across affected business areas, with necessary exceptions documented and unnecessary customization minimized.
• Product KPIs, adoption measures, and stakeholder feedback demonstrate that the product is usable, reliable, controlled, and responsive, and are used to guide backlog priorities and continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, procurement, information systems, accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of experience in product management, business analysis, procurement operations, accounts payable, supplier management, or a related role supporting Source-to-Pay processes.
• Working knowledge of supplier onboarding, sourcing, contracts, catalogs, requisitions, approvals, purchase orders, receiving, invoice matching, exceptions, or supplier performance.
• Experience translating business needs into requirements, process maps, user stories, acceptance criteria, configuration specifications, and test scenarios.
• Experience supporting implementation or enhancement work, including data migration or validation, integration testing, user acceptance testing, release readiness, and production support.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify control gaps, data-quality issues, process exceptions, and root causes.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Procurement, Accounting, business stakeholders, technical teams, implementation partners, and vendors while managing multiple priorities with limited day-to-day direction.

McCarthy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

NOTICE TO EXTERNAL SEARCH FIRMS: McCarthy’s Talent Acquisition Team is the only authorized representative permitted to engage with external search firms, staffing agencies, or other third-party recruiting partners. McCarthy maintains an Approved Agency List for recruiting partners, which is reviewed and updated annually.

McCarthy will only consider submissions from agencies with a signed fee agreement in place for the current year. McCarthy does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate submissions, or referrals from agencies that do not meet these requirements.

If a candidate is submitted without an active agreement, McCarthy will have no obligation to pay any fees and reserves the right to contact, engage, interview, or hire such candidate(s) without any financial or other responsibility to the submitting agency. Unsolicited resumes, including those sent directly to hiring managers or other employees, will be considered the property of McCarthy.

For California locations only, the salary range for this position is: $79,000 – $99,000 depending on location. This does not include a possible bonus and other benefits which can impact total compensation. Compensation offered may vary based on work location, experience, qualifications, specialty, training, and market and business considerations, among other factors.