Job Description The Global Distribution Hub Americas (GDHA) Sr Assoc Supply Chain will support GDHA enablement activities including the development, maintain, and analysis of dashboards, KPIs, Team SharePoint, support the team with process mapping and any other business process. Will create and monitor reports to support GDHA operations and advise on issues to be elevated and advice on business processes improvement by gathering information, research & analysis of data.
Accountabilities:
Lead in the development of new tools/reports/systems for new opportunities, data-driven decision making, and visualization in support new business and growth.
Work with stakeholders to investigate use of automation to enhance business processes, increase efficiency and drive OE.
Develop and maintain standardized reporting (performance/budget) for GDHA, aligning with broader strategy and requirements.
Responsibilities:
Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to ensure accurate financial reporting, forecasting inputs, and budget management for GDHA initiatives.
Support budget tracking activities including monitoring spending, processing invoices, tracking actuals versus budget, supporting accrual processes, and collaborating with Finance during month-end close activities.
Manage and coordinate small to medium business improvement and enablement projects, including planning, stakeholder alignment, tracking milestones, risks, actions, and deliverables.
Analyze complex data sets to identify trends, opportunities, and potential areas for optimization.
Leverage this data to drive effective decision-making and elevate issues.
Accurate and up to date understanding of latest market trend in database management, insights visualization and analytical tools. Staying abreast of digital trends in automation, AI/ML, RPA, data analytics.
Develop process solutions to a variety of business problems of medium scope and complexity enabling innovation and automation.
Ownership of month end closing activities/process.
Participate in and contribute to global ERP and business improvement projects as order to cash system SME.
Drive Continuous improvement in functional area.
Collaborate and steer data and system projects, serve as first point of contact with the business/requester.
Support business cases to identify requirements for digital solutions.
Define and (co)create automated interactive dashboards and tools that turn data into business insights.
Strong acumen in data collection, cleaning, processing and visualization.
Lead in ERP operational support and troubleshooting to ensure continued operations.
Ensures that all relevant Supply Chain systems and activities are in compliance with applicable regulations (e.g. GDP, GMP, SOX).
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering / Supply Chain / Logistics / Business or Data Analytics / Computer Sciences or Life Sciences.
3 or more years of related professional experience.
Fluency in English, both in oral and written communication.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Effective Communication skills and Stakeholder management in both work environments, remote and on site.
Excellence in working with MS Office and advanced excel capabilities including use of pivot tables and macros.
Experience in supply chain roles and solid understanding of supply chain management principles and interest in working on complex challenges.
Working knowledge of financial management processes including budget tracking, invoice management, actuals, accruals, forecasting, and financial reporting.
Experience managing small to medium projects, including planning, execution, stakeholder management, risk tracking, and progress reporting.
Tableau and/or Smartsheet and/or PowerBI development/visualization experience including designing and developing reports and dashboards
Ability to communicate and provide meaningful business insights from data.
Experience working/trouble shooting in SAP Order-to-Cash module and SAP TM (or similar ERP systems).
Ability to translate user requirements into system functionality.
Cultural awareness
Customer focused.
Ability to deal with conflicting interest.
Pro-active behavior.
Reporting skills.
Experienced in cross functional project work.
Preferred Requirements:
Experience in a data science, data analyst, business analytics, business intelligence or comparable roles.
Working experience in a highly regulated environment (e.g. GDP).
Ability to bridge functions, particularly technical and non-technical worlds.
Strong problem solving, storytelling and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain technical details in an easy-to-understand language for the business owners.
APICS CSCP or CPIM certification.
Lean Six Sigma certification.
Competencies:
Problem solving and analytical skills.
Analyzes a problem by gathering and understanding all relevant information.
Identifies cause and effect relationships.
Determines appropriate solutions.
Proactive self-starter.
Takes personal responsibility of tasks and work outputs.
Plans and organize tasks and work responsibilities to achieve objectives.
Verbal and written communication.
Expresses ideas effectively.
Organizes and delivers information appropriately.
Ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders at various levels from multiple backgrounds/cultures.
Initiator with analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
Ability to operate in a team or matrix environment.
Provides guidance in the design and implementation of organization-wide projects and systems
Experience in dealing in changing and ambiguous environment
Able to act on operational and tactical level, understanding alignment with overall strategy.
Time management skills.
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