Supply Chain Analyst IV

Summary:

The IT Logistics Team is looking for a highly motivated, goal-oriented, and hands-on Supply Chain Analyst to help implement industrial engineering and Lean principles in the processes at our warehouse in Newark, CA. Through a detailed understanding of the warehouse s objectives and in collaboration with internal and external teams, the Supply Chain Analyst will help improve processes to increase overall efficiency, capacity, quality, and safety.

This Candidate will focus on improving efficiency and costs, working with different vendors and focus on customer satisfaction.

Typical Day would look like:

Factor 1: Supporting processes, set ups and overall management
In the warehouse- deploying phones, laptops to users, focusing on the Telco process to improve warehouse efforts
Reverse actions of these processes as well - data backups , data wipes
Factor 2: Revamping / reengineering supply chain processes and increasing efficiencies
Factor 3: Tasks outside of the warehouse- looking into how transportations work - ensuring the end-to-end process is a good experience for users, finding issues and gaps between these

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist Process Engineers in developing and deploying new processes and methods to improve efficiency, data visibility, inventory accuracy
• Assist Process Engineers to design and implement new workstation layout to increase space utilization and reduce process cycle time.
• Collaborate with the operation team to identify constraints and execute solutions; respond to daily process related escalations.
• Conduct time study; recommend and implement updates to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) following the change management process
• Improve workstation safety and ergonomics.
• Be the liaison between operation team and third-party vendors to coordinate routine activities; track and follow up on open items and escalations
• Support projects with data analysis, process mapping, and proposals of system enhancements
• Support ad hoc requests from stakeholders e.g., data reporting, root cause analysis, etc.
• Pull data query from multiple sources and convert into story-telling charts/graphs for root cause analysis and process improvements
• Assist in solution testing, debugging, and documentations
• Validate data/dashboards and provide insights for decision making

Skills:

• Understands the definition of cycle time, the 8 wastes, root cause analysis, Just-in-Time (JIT), 5S and DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to create process flow maps and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Ability to conduct cycle time studies.
• Ability to work under pressure while managing competing demands and deadlines.
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio).
• Intermediate skills in GSuite (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings and Forms).
• Intermediate data analysis skills, able to run SQL queries and build Tableau dashboard
• Ability to gather data from multiple sources and develop reporting based on in-depth understanding of the process and business needs
• Ability in learning new tools quickly
• Ability to pay strong attention to details
• Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts and make them easily understandable
• Vendor management

Education/Experience:

Bachelor s degree in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business analytics, and 3+ years of related work experience