Senior Supply Chain Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Substitute end-to-end execution of product substitution events from initial assessment through activation, monitoring, and closeout, ensuring all milestones are met on time and with full data accuracy.
• Manage a portfolio of concurrent substitution programs, proactively identifying dependencies, resolving blockers, and escalating risks to maintain execution momentum.
• Serve as the quality gate owner, verifying that all master data, engineering documentation, customer approvals, and system configurations are complete and accurate prior to activation.
• Coordinate Product Change Notification (PCN) activities and maintain customer approval tracking to ensure substitution events support overall project goals.
• Drive initiatives to improve substitution throughput, reduce cycle times, and increase process consistency across global manufacturing and distribution sites.
• Support seamless order transitions during substitution events, ensuring data integrity and preservation of customer commitments throughout the process.
• Execute substitution closeout activities, ensuring all configurations are cleanly deactivated and systems are returned to a steady state.
• Manage material availability and backlog alignment throughout substitution events, including coordination of VMI/VMR execution to maintain uninterrupted supply to customers.

Governance, Reporting & Visibility

• Develop and maintain dashboards, status reports, and exception summaries to provide leadership with clear visibility into substitution progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Prepare and present project updates and post-event analyses to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Planning, Quality, Engineering, and Customer Operations teams to ensure all stakeholders are aligned at each stage and supply continuity is preserved.
• Contribute to the design and documentation of standardized workflows, functional specifications, and automation opportunities that improve execution scalability.
• Coordinate with IT and data teams to support digital transformation efforts, including system enhancements and process automation initiatives.