Analyst, PL Supply Chain Operations

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies.

Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients- that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don't settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients' lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Your Role:

In this role, you will lead day-to-day activities and work on high-priority strategic initiatives in alignment with the business strategy and long-term goals. Analyzes production, inventory control, distribution, cost analysis, finances and/or a variety of other business and technical problems to formulate and develop new or modified solutions to business issues affecting the 3PL operations.

What you'll be doing:

Planning & Execution

• Act as the primary contact for 3PL warehouse operations, ensuring adherence to service level agreements (SLAs) standards

• Own assigned tasks and resolve general problems with minimal guidance

• Act as subject matter expert and train others to use core data tools

• Assists with tracking import shipments, ensuring timely customers clearance and warehouse delivery

Process Management and Incremental Cost Tracking

• Validate network models, optimize scenarios, and assist in analysis of output to answer complex supply chain questions

• Engage with multiple functions and stakeholders to collect, validate, and prepare data on annual basis to refresh network optimization models

• Provide recommendations with the build-out of internal processes and procedures to support supply chain strategy

• Own customer-facing reporting (weekly/monthly service scorecards, OTIF, lead times, exception logs, root cause summaries, improvement roadmaps)

• Review invoices & approve invoices

Continuous Improvement Projects

• Leads projects to develop tools and organization capabilities to support a data driven supply chain

• Help core teams on the management of program/project requirements, scope, activities, and milestones related to supply chain.

• Lead standard program/project management items, priorities, and capacity needs related to supply chain

• Influence stakeholders to adopt new ideas, projects and / or approaches.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations/Supply Chain, Finance, Mathematics, or related field or equivalent experience

• 1+ years of experience working in operations and/or supply chain

• Knowledge of methodologies for quantitative and qualitative analysis

• Intermediate to expert level of MS Excel

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Advanced Excel

• Detail oriented, analytical and inquisitive

• Strong organizational skills, demonstrated sense of urgency and ability to multi-task and prioritize

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, especially with 3PL partners

• Excellent written, oral communication and presentation skills

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision and can work with an appreciable amount of latitude

• Must be able to effectively interact and communicate with all levels of management and employees within the company

• Must be able to work within a team environment.

Nice to have:

• Lean/six sigma training and certification preferred

• 2 or more years of experience in operations and/or supply chain, healthcare services and/or specialty pharmacy service

• APICS certification preferred

• Fully Bilingual - French & English

• Proficient in JDE

• Prior Inventory/Warehouse Management,…