Senior Supply Chain Data Analyst

This role reports directly to the Director, Global Supply Chain Operations and requires a broad level of experience and understanding of supply chain management and best practices in warehousing, fulfillment, transportation, packaging, and supplier performance management. This role requires the ability to work both individually and collaboratively within a multi-site cross-functional organization. As a Senior Supply Chain Analyst, you will integrate complex and disparate supply chain data (variable and attribute) to drive global and regional optimization/efficiency and generate reports, models, and data driven recommendations for all levels across the company (including Executive leadership) to enable robust business decision making. You will work with key supply chain partners and internal global and regional stakeholders to drive operational improvements. This role involves supplier performance monitoring, driving multiple key initiatives and developing mechanisms to manage continuous improvement at scale. Finally, you will be an advocate for Whole Foods Market’s core value of win-win supplier relationships throughout our supply chain. Key attributes for success in this role include a strong attention to detail, a passion for manipulating data to drive robust decisions and an ability to coordinate and align multiple stakeholders to drive problem resolution and positive change. High intrinsic motivation, strong critical thinking, flexibility and positively natured are other keys for success in this role.
Responsibilities

• Work effectively with Global Supply Chain & Retail Operations team members including analysts, business process experts, contract auditors and strategists
• Partner with external Supplier Sales, Customer Care and Operations teams and internal WFM Global Support Organizations (Tech, Merchant, Finance, Account Payable) and WFM Regional operations
• Partner with the Supply Chain Audit team to resolve contract execution opportunities
• Monitor top Supplier processes and performance KPIs globally and regionally; identify patterns, trends, and challenges; work with key stakeholders to determine and address root cause issues and ensure sustainable, long-term solutions
• Gather, develop, integrate, review, validate, analyze, report using supply chain data and drive data driven improvements
• Support execution of the Global Supplier Relationship Framework (i.e., business reviews with key suppliers)
• Define, develop, refine, and/or implement global supply chain initiatives and actionable reporting/metrics to enhance business efficiency and effectiveness
• Perform and/or lead ad hoc analysis, make recommendations, and drive continuous improvement actions and initiatives (ex. capacity, incoming quality, on time delivery, order/delivery schedule optimization, etc.)

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of Warehousing and Fulfillment (Manhattan WMS, Wave picking, Labor) and domestic Transportation (Parcel, Truckload), and other Logistics activities performed in support of a Best-in-Class Global Supply Chain
• Highly detail oriented with strong project management and leadership skills as well as demonstrated expertise in problem-solving, data management, change management and time management
• Ability to travel domestically as necessary
• Requires strong proficiency with Alteryx workflow development and ability to efficiently create/maintain databases
• Requires excellent interpersonal, communication (both written & verbal), presentation, prioritization and organizational skills, with the ability to analyze complex situations quickly
• Passion for WFM’s mission
• Experience with Everclear and Tableau a plus
• Requires strong proficiency with MS office (Excel, Pivot/PowerPivot, SharePoint, Teams, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, etc.)
• Assesses how key functions, processes, and operating models impact the business and financial performance; delivers recommendations on how to optimize them
• Serves as a trusted advisor both internally and externally and shifts comfortably between the big picture strategic thinking and the tactics and execution required to achieve outcomes; Identifies risks, creates contingency plans and overcomes barriers

Education & Experience

• Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum 5 years of experience gathering, analyzing, and manipulating business process data within a global supply chain, logistics, quality, and/or finance environment
• BA/BS degree and 8-10 years relevant experience (ex. Supply Chain, Lean/Six Sigma, engineering, logistics, program mgmt.)

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