Supply Chain Analyst

Job Summary

Use analytical and quantitative methods to understand, predict, and enhance supply chain processes. Responsible for analyzing performance, identifying problems, and developing recommendations to improve the organization's Supply Chain.

Key Responsibilities

Provide analytical support to one or more functional areas Use common processes tools, and information systems to enable supply chain analysis. Ensure data integrity of all analytics and reports. Analyze and interpret Key Performance Indicators to identify areas for improvement and action plans. Participate in six sigma and supply chain improvement projects Use existing business systems to provide analytics and reporting that are capable and repeatable.

Competencies

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.

Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Materials Planning System Utilization - Uses the materials planning system to manage supply and demand plans taking long-term corrective action on exception messages and other alerts based on root cause analysis; occasionally refers to adhoc tools such as Excel, Access, TOAD, OMS, etc. in performing problem solving, while leveraging the materials planning system as the primary tool in day-to-day operations.

Plan for Every Part (PFEP) - Uses PFEP in planning, designing, and management of systems and processes within a facility to ensure delivery of right part at the right time in the right quantity to the right place, which in turn guarantees smooth operations; applies PFEP principles on the end to end supply chain with particular attention to the relationships between master data management, materials planning parameters, engineered material flows, transport management, and warehouse management.

Analysis and Troubleshooting - Extracts, transforms, models, interprets, and presents planning data with the goal of mining useful information, troubleshooting, suggesting conclusions, and supporting value creating decision making.

Inventory Management and Optimization - Uses analytics and algorithms to determine the optimal level of inventory investment across the end-to-end supply chain within specific constraints (warehouse space, customer delivery, etc.); provides guidance and expertise on planning parameter refinement; develops inventory strategies to support Cummins' strategy and not just a business unit strategy.

Material Planning - Uses advanced tools (e.g. Advanced Planning Command Centre, Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboards etc.) to take a decision related to parts availability, inventory optimization and root cause analysis.

Materials KPI Management - Operates in relation to recent or historical outputs as compared to expectations of the organization to determine next steps to drive improvement; assesses gaps to the supply chain performance against the expectation of achieving target deliverables; interprets KPIs to understand end-customer impact; strategically balances trade-offs to influence one KPI while minimizing the impact to others.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications

College, university, or equivalent degree required.

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience

Minimal to intermediate level of experience required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze monthly actual demand data and prepare insights and reports to support the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.
• Analyze monthly forecast data and develop forecast analysis to support demand planning and IBP reviews.
• Perform demand and forecast exception analysis for China and India region, highlighting significant variations and areas requiring attention.
• Maintain monthly forecast analysis and consolidated demand datasets, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timely availability of information.
• Analyze forecast bias, forecast variation, and demand trends to identify deviations and support forecast performance improvement.
• Coordinate with Account Leads to consolidate Vulnerabilities & Opportunities (V&O) inputs and summarize key insights for demand reviews.
• Support Industrial Market Demand Reviews by consolidating relevant analysis, developing review materials and presentations and highlighting key demand changes and exceptions.
• Document key decisions, actions and follow-ups from demand review meetings and support effective closure and governance of agreed actions.
• Collaborate with Demand Planning, Account Leads and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment of demand information used in the IBP process.

Required Skills & Experience

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and data analysis skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with high attention to detail.
• Effective communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience or working knowledge of demand planning, forecasting or supply chain planning.
• Understanding of forecast accuracy, bias, variation and exception analysis preferred.
• Exposure to IBP/S&OP processes would be an added advantage.