Sr Principal Inventory Optimization

About the role

The Strategy & Operational Excellence team is focused on enhancing both customer and employee experiences by optimizing how we plan, buy, make, and distribute products in Waters Global Operations. Our six pillars of focus are Strategy, Network Optimization, Digitization, Process Improvement, Insights, and Strategic Projects.

Responsibilities

• Specify program approach and run the program
• Steer very diverse program and project teams towards a common result overcoming competing targets
• Drive conceptual approach and identify levers / develop hypotheses
• Validate hypotheses with data, linking in analytics and data science team
• Align results with GO stakeholders and finance business partners
• Show trade-offs and prepare decision proposal
• Steer discussions with GO leadership team and divisions
• Develop implementation plan
• Drive implementation of decided levers incl. tracking of results
• Drive change and act as a change agent

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in project/program management roles
• Experience building and managing cross-functional teams
• BS Degree in an Engineering, Science or Supply Chain discipline. Master’s Degree or equivalent industry experience preferred
• Knowledge and skills in effective analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills, including business and financial analyses
• Strong project management skills, experience creating and executing multi-disciplinary projects
• Influencing skills, proven ability to work across organizational boundaries driving change and harmonization across a global organization
• Collaborative, strong listening skills and ability to assimilate other viewpoints to arrive at a better solution
• Agile and responsive, experience handling multiple priorities, acting with urgency, and managing ambiguity
• Customer-centric, track record of investing time in understanding user requirements
• Results oriented, demonstrated ownership mindset and delivering high quality outcomes
• Promised track record of solving problems, breaking down barriers and delivering results ahead of schedule
• Demonstrated ability to promote teamwork and motivate and manage exempt level personnel