**Supply Chain Specialist Position**
The Supply Chain Specialistsupports the function with data analysis and coordination to support specific projects.
The Supply Chain specialist partner with the other functions and the analytics team to support business decisions and impact of those decisions.
As required, this role could be expanded to drive other related key initiatives for site the role supports.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Develop, optimize, and maintain analytical packages for the sites & network stakeholders that allow them to drive the best decisions for Thermo Fisher
- Support customer (internal and external) escalations-analyze and communicate the impact to the sites & network leaders
- Work with extended data analytics community to incorporate all solutions into the centralized processes so that targeted work can have universal benefit to the organization
- Provide analytical coverage and problem solving across supply chain ~ demand, supply, materials management, distribution
- Perform data gathering from multiple sources (E1, EDW, Hyperion, Oracle R12, Made 2 manage, Cognos, other as required)
- Perform data reporting via Excel, Microsoft Project, other
- Develop dashboards and power point for data reporting
- Use of root cause analysis and PPI system for sustainable corrective action to maintain customer experience service levels.
- Develop and distribute daily, weekly, monthly reports
- Partner with the analytics team to insure process consistency in reporting and analytics.
- Look for JDI (Just Do it) opportunities that provide an immediate impact and longer term based trend analysis
- Collaborate with others across the organization to drive best practices and process excellence
**Minimum Qualifications**:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 2 years' experience in an specialist role.
- Proficient in managing and analyzing data in Excel; complex pivot tables & reporting, power query, advanced charting, data analysis, index, match, SQL
- Strong Supply Chain acumen
- Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing concepts and principles, finite scheduling, product flow, data management, and supply chain planning
- Knowledgeable regarding MRP principles and system dynamics
- Comfortable with large banks of data.
Spotting process inefficiencies and collaborating with others to drive fixes and solutions
- Ability to demonstrate communication and influencing skills, judgment, tact and diplomacy in dealing with internal and external customers
**Preferred Qualifications**:
- Certified in APICS CPIM, CSCP, Project management PMP, or ISM CPSM
- Lean/six sigma green belt or higher
- Planning and scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment utilizing MRP/ERP tools (Made2Manage, Oracle, SAP, JDE, server-based systems)