Supply Chain Analyst IV, Demand Planning

About the role

This position is responsible for performing moderately complex data analysis on historical purchasing trends to determine future forecasts and inventory needs; creating and analyzing demand forecasts; performing Return on Investment (ROI) analysis for Kaiser Permanente centrally owned inventory; identifying, communicating, and resolving standard and non-standard product shortages, independently, and identifying acceptable alternatives for shortage items, in partnership with sourcing / suppliers / clinicians, and communicating to suppliers/vendors and supply chain teams; participating in the spend savings process on behalf of supply chain in partnership with finance, independently; contributing to inventory readiness and depletion for new products, and conversions, independently; evaluating moderately complex automated replenishment activities across the majority of inventory categories, as well as optimizing stock/par levels at the consumption point; and supporting preparation of moderately complex inventory data and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members;
• Buils relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers;
• Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback;
• Proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers;
• Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations;
• Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes;
• Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome;
• Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies;
• Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results;
• Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines;
• Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.

Requirements

• Minimum two (2) years of experience with databases and spreadsheets.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Material Management, Operations Research, or related field AND minimum four (4) years of experience in purchasing, contracting, negotiations, material management, logistics, finance, or a directly related field OR Minimum seven (7) years of experience in Materials and Inventory Control/Management, Logistics, Finance, Distribution, or a directly related field.
• Two (2) years of experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Two (2) years of experience working with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Two (2) years of experience working with Forecasting and Planning.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in purchasing, contracting, negotiations, material management, logistics, finance, or a directly related field.
• Five (5) years of experience with databases and spreadsheets.

Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience with databases and spreadsheets.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Material Management, Operations Research, or related field AND minimum four (4) years of experience in purchasing, contracting, negotiations, material management, logistics, finance, or a directly related field OR Minimum seven (7) years of experience in Materials and Inventory Control/Management, Logistics, Finance, Distribution, or a directly related field.
• Two (2) years of experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Two (2) years of experience working with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Two (2) years of experience working with Forecasting and Planning.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in purchasing, contracting, negotiations, material management, logistics, finance, or a directly related field.
• Five (5) years of experience with databases and spreadsheets.

Skills

• Applied Data Analysis
• Inventory Planning
• Business Documentation
• Business Relationship Management
• Compliance Management
• Contract Management
• Cost Estimation
• Cost Optimization
• Cost/Managerial Accounting
• Data Extraction
• Data Integration
• Data Integrity
• Distribution Logistics
• Operational Excellence
• Operations Management
• Quality Assurance Process
• Risk Management
• Service Focus
• Supplier Management
• Systems Thinking
• Warehouse Operations

Benefits

Details about benefits will be provided during the interview process.

Pay

$106,900 - $138,270 per year

Schedule

Full-time