Description
SUMMARY OF POSITION:The Sr Supply Chain Analyst conducts and/or manages strategic supply chain analysis and recommends opportunities for improving efficiency, effectiveness and capabilities of the supply chain.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The Sr Supply Chain Analyst has working knowledge of operations and processes.
-Identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities and to communicate those opportunities to colleagues and/or leaders in Logistics, Operations or IS.
- Integrates information from a variety of sources including, but not limited to: E1, Manugistics, BPCS, SAP archives and/or individuals; this information is then used by the business to monitor progress toward goals and identify or confirm areas for improvement.
-Detects general trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships to provide useful information for business colleagues and partners to track progress and take action to meet customer requirements and achieve goals.
-Implements decisions regarding reporting methodologies, data sources and data integrity; initiates action within a reasonable time.
-Collects and/or extracts and cleanses data to provide performance results to Logistics colleagues and management.
-Provides analysis and trending on key performance metrics to facilitate continuous improvement efforts and progress.
-Participates on projects to improve practices and overall performance.
-Trains/mentors others in reporting practices and ERP systems
-Leads and/or works to identify best practices for implementation in Surgical Solutions data management and workflow application of software tools to support operations and logistics initiatives and improvements.
-Subject matter expert and resource to Logistics in systems and process automation enhancements
-Collects and/or extracts and cleanses data to provide performance results to Logistics colleagues and management.
-Provides analysis and trending on key performance metrics to facilitate continuous improvement efforts and progress.
-Participates on projects to improve practices and overall performance.
-Trains/mentors others in reporting practices and ERP systems
-Leads and/or works to identify best practices for implementation in Surgical Solutions data management and workflow application of software tools to support operations and logistics initiatives and improvements.
-Subject matter expert and resource to Logistics in systems and process automation enhancements.
Skills/Competencies:
-Working knowledge of business processes and interdependencies
-Analytical skills
-Strong communication skills
-ERP systems and other support software solutions/tools
-Planning and logistics