Senior Analyst – Demand Planning Systems

As a Senior Analyst – Demand Planning Systems, you will maintain a focal point within our Inventory Management team as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and owner of the Blue Yonder system. You will champion innovation, process development and the continuous improvement of Blue Yonder across the Inventory Management team. You will engage with all Functions to optimize and leverage the full capability of the system to support service and improve working capital. You will interface with IT and Blue Yonder for ongoing maintenance and technology roadmaps related to delivering a world class planning system.

Responsibilities:

Drives technical changes within the BY environment such as creation and utilization of user defined tables and Flexible Editor pages

Key interface when problems, issues and challenges relating to the BY system occur, offering proactive solutions, analytical support and guidance to resolution

Identifies a roadmap of system upgrades and be the SME in the utilization of BY Demand, Supply and other modules within the portfolio

Liaise with IT for requirements as a result of a change in process / solution and where technical/network issues are causing issues; support and maintain the overall health of the system

Defines, manages and maintains business KPIs and reporting through the use of Power BI or other automated solutions

Owns governance reporting for Blue Yonder and other legacy systems, providing insight to stakeholders on non-conformance to policy

Champions BY across our business both to the Inventory team and the wider business community

Leverages external best practice to benchmark our current business capabilities and ensure we drive a continuous improvement mindset to maintain a world class planning organization

Supports wider inventory management objectives to balance service, cost, and working capital

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree – Supply Chain, Business Administration, Information Technology Finance or related field required; Masters Degree preferred

Licenses/Certificates/Designations – Institute for Supply Management (ISM), Blue Yonder (JDA) or other leading Advanced Planning System (APS), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) or Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

5 years of experience working with BY Demand or Fulfilment as a Subject Matter Expert with relevant training and/or certifications

5 years of experience with Supply Chain Planning applications, Inventory Optimization and/or Network Design (Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, o9, OMP, Oracle, SAP, or other leading Advanced Planning System)

Strong knowledge of Supply Chain processes, such as SIOP -Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning, Forecasting, Demand and Supply Planning, and Materials Management

High degree of mathematical and statistical knowledge, able to identify and analyze complex data, evaluate patterns and techniques to develop conclusions and insights used for the decision-making processes

Exceptional communication and support skills; ability to explain and demonstrate complex concepts and analytics to non-technical audience; translate user requirements into actionable data

Keen Aptitude for working with both quantitative and qualitative data

Accomplished multi-tasking skills, ability to prioritize and manage many high value projects at once with ever shifting priorities and deadlines with ability to track and manage progress

Outstanding in MS Excel, Access, and/or PowerBI or other Business Intelligence (BI) Tools, e.g. Tableau, or Qlik

Experience working with a Master Data, COE or Analytics environment with certifications preferred

Ability to present to executive level or senior management within the Supply Chain or business partner environment preferred

Ability to travel 25% – 50%

Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Wesco”) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

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