Senior Director, Supply Chain Analytics

Description

Position Summary

The Senior Director, Supply Chain Analytics will be responsible for leading efforts to evaluate complex supply chain scenarios that span from pharmaceutical manufacturer to distributor to provider to patient. The Senior Director will report to the Chief Operating Officer and will closely partner with various business unit leaders and functional leaders to identify and collect quantitative and qualitative information related to opportunities and/or issues related to achieving the 6 Rights of healthcare supply chain excellence.  The Senior Director will lead other analysts, project managers, and technical teammates from various business units as those resource actively participate in assisting with assigned problem statements, developing solutions and establishing fact-based control measures.

The Senior Director must have proven experience evaluating and solving multiple complex problems within a healthcare related supply chain. The Senior Director will have exceptional skill sets and capabilities evaluating complex healthcare finances advanced inventory analytics and applying volumetric supply chain interactions to fully understand cost and risk factors. It is essential for the Senior Director to have an exceptionally strong healthcare business acumen and a deep domain understanding of systems architecture and data flow.

Essential Functions and Duties

• Collaborating with business stakeholders to clearly understand and document the specific opportunity or challenge to address.
• Lead the identification and collection of quantitative and qualitative information and data related to specific opportunities.
• Assess opportunities to identify all quantitative and qualitative benefits and costs of potential improvements, as well as associated risks of possible solution sets.
• Working with business stakeholders and team members to clearly articulate proposed solution concepts and along with financial and business justifications.
• Identify win-fast / fail-fast approaches to validate solution concepts and to refine long-term solutions.
• Bridge business concepts to higher detail requirements sufficient for development professionals to provide detailed designs and level of effort.
• Coordinate resource planning among development professionals.
• Developing workplans with associated resource needs, timing, funding, and supporting initiatives to deliver a solution.
• Oversee and actively leading workstreams of assigned initiatives to ensure that work is performed in an Agile and safe-to-fail-fast manner that leads to optimized solutions for implementation.
• Supporting the work team in defining complex system integrations and associated logic and workflows to support the development of a to-be process.
• Key liaison with the IT function for technology solutions and product requirements for data analytics.
• Operates office equipment: computer, scanner, printer, copier, fax, 10 Key, calculator, and phone.
• Adheres specifically to all company policies and procedures, Federal and State regulations and laws.
• Display dedication to position responsibilities and achieve assigned goals and objectives.
• Represent the Company in a professional manner and appearance at all times.
• Understand and internalize the Company’s purpose, Display loyalty to the Company and its organizational values.
• Display enthusiasm and dedication to learning how to be more effective on the job and share knowledge with others.
• Work effectively with co-workers, internal and external customers and others by sharing ideas in a constructive and positive manner; listen to and objectively consider ideas and suggestions from others; keep commitments; keep others informed of work progress, timetables, and issues; address problems and issues constructively to find mutually acceptable and practical business solutions; address others by name, title, or other respectful identifier, and; respect the diversity of our work force in actions, words, and deeds.
• Comply with the policies and procedures stated in the Injury and Illness Prevention Program by always working in a safe manner and immediately reporting any injury, safety hazard, or program violation.
• Ensure conduct is consistent with all Compliance Program Policies and procedures when engaging in any activity on behalf of the company. Immediately report any concerns or violations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Required Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, computer science or engineering.
• A background of progressively learning and growing skill set and knowledge that supports success in the role.
• Lean / Six-Sigma certification. 

Required Experience:

• Ten (10) years of experience or more in leading the design and development of supply chain solutions in a company that is part of the healthcare supply chain.
• Proven capability to analyze large data sets using PowerBI, QLIK or other SQL based analytic tools.
• Exceptional understanding of systems architecture, ETL and data flow.
• Working with various stakeholder functions within the healthcare supply chain including healthcare providers, manufacturers, GPO’s and/or distributors.
• Hands-on experience in a healthcare setting with direct contact with healthcare providers.

Preferred Experience:

• Pharmaceutical Distribution
• IDN Healthcare Provider
• Pharmacy Fulfillment

Required Skills:

• Must have demonstrated experience and mastery skills in the following areas:
  • Process Design and Development
  • Large Scale Systems Implementation
  • Lean Improvement Initiatives
  • Advanced Data Analytics
  • Requirements Development for Technology Integration
  • Comprehensive Financial Analysis
• Must have strong computer skills and experience with:
  • MS Office
  • Process Mapping Software
  • SQL based data analytics
  • Scripting Languages
  • Data Visualization Tools
• Must have strong organizational skills.
• Must have an orientation for attention to detail and proven ability to prioritize work.
• Must have effective verbal and written communication skills and communicate in a timely and convincing manner with absolute clarity.
• Must have the ability to work with limited supervision and as part of a team.
• Sound decision-making abilities.

Physical requirements

Vision, hearing, speech, movements requiring the use of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Must have the ability to view a computer screen for long periods and the ability to sit for extended periods. Must have the ability to work the hours and days required to complete the essential functions of the position, as scheduled.  The employee occasionally lifts up to 20 pounds and occasionally kneels and bends. Must have the ability to travel occasionally. Working condition include normal office setting.

Mental Demands

Learning, thinking, concentration and the ability to work under pressure, particularly during busy times.   Must be able to pay close attention to detail and be able to work as a member of a team to ensure excellent customer service.  Must have the ability to interact effectively with co-workers and customers, and exercise self-control and diplomacy in customer and employee relations’ situations.  Must have the ability to exercise discretion as well as appropriate judgments when necessary.  Must be proactive in finding solutions.

Direct Reports

Yes

EEO/AAP Statement

FFF Enterprises/NuFactor is an equal opportunity employer to all and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on the following characteristics: race, color, caste, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic conditions), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, medical leave or other types of protected leave (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or any state protected leaves), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, reproductive health decision-making, and any other characteristic protected by state or federal anti-discrimination law covering employment. These categories are defined according to Government Code section 12920. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.