Supply Chain Analyst II

Supply Chain Analyst II, Fresenius USA Manufacturing Inc., a Fresenius Medical Care N.A. company, Waltham, Massachusetts (Remote)

Responsible for determining opportunities to automate, standardize and support business processes and functions across the business unit and various technologies. Will develop and support existing reporting and analytics to deliver cost and productivity savings. Specific duties will include:

• Serving as business/technical subject matter expert (SME) for various technologies utilized across Warehouse, Distribution and Transportation (e.g., TruBlu fleet) teams to ensure safe and efficient operations.

• Providing business/technical support to Corporate, Supply Chain, Distribution Center personnel for Supply Chain system initiatives, including network optimization modeling and supply chain analytic. 

• Assisting with the development of KPIs and measurement tools.

• Developing standardized reporting / dashboards as per business needs.

• Documenting and publishing detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training materials for technologies.

• Providing on-going training to the Distribution/Transportation teams as required.

• Leading technical meetings and discussions.

• Auditing various technologies to ensure that master data is being updated, maintained and proper procedures are being followed.

• Spearheading initiatives to improve the functionality of systems for the distribution centers.

• Serving as the primary day-to-day business/technical contact for technology service providers and distribution/transportation teams to aid if troubleshooting is required and/or acting as bridge between providers and field personnel.

• Assisting in distribution center vehicle management with regards to current inventory and future needs based on patient / clinic / territory changes and realignment.

• Supply chain modeling and analytics project work with an operations research focus including network optimization modeling, data cleansing and automation, statistical programming, and simulation modeling.

Requirements:

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree (or an equivalent foreign degree) in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or a closely related field and 3 years of experience as a Supply Chain Analyst.  Must also have 3 years of experience (which can have been gained concurrently with the primary experience requirement above) working with the following:

• SQL, VBA, Tableau and MS Office Suite;

• Common Transportation Management (TMS), and Vehicle Routing and Scheduling (VRS) systems;

• Network Optimization/Modeling software including Coupa Supply Chain Guru;

• Commercial or bespoke Vehicle Routing Optimization (VRO) software to define efficient master transportation routes;

• Python, R, and machine learning algorithms;

• Experience processing and cleansing data sets with greater than 500k records using desktop ETL tools including Data Guru or Alteryx.

This is a telecommuting position working from home.  May reside anywhere in the United States.

Salary is $86,278 - $90,592 per year for a 40-hour work week.

Fresenius Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, national origin, age, disability, military service, or other non-merit-based factors