Manager, Supply Chain Optimization Analytics

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New Brunswick - NJ - US

Princeton - NJ - US

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Full time

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Posted 10 Days Ago

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R1578091

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The GPS (Global Product Development and Supply) Analytics team is an organization within the BMS Business Insights and Analytics organization focused on partnering with the BMS GPS group to answer key business questions that will drive important decisions using advanced analytics and data. These questions span the broad range of areas from Global Supply Chain, through Manufacturing Operations, Quality and Business Strategy
The Manager, SC Optimization Analytics will work towards establishing analytics capabilities for the Supply Chain organization as well as providing data science capabilities for the broader GSC-BIA organization. The Manager, SC Optimization Analytics will enable the Supply Chain organization to make informed business decisions using all phases of the analytical cycle (Descriptive, Predictive and Prescriptive).
Supporting Business Decisions

- Work closely with business stakeholders to address priority business questions within an assigned area. This includes all steps from problem identification and key question development through hypothesis testing, driving analysis and presenting key findings to leadership.
Driving Analytics and Capabilities

– Play a critical role in answering business questions using innovative applied optimization and decision analysis techniques for prescriptive analytics across the supply chain.
Strengthening Partnerships

– Play an important role in developing and strengthening the relationship between BIA and GPS stakeholders. It will be critically important for the Manager to understand business processes in order to build analytical models and capabilities while also communicating the limitations of those models.
Key Responsibilities
Supporting Business Decisions
Identifies and contextualizes critical business issues, working to embed an objective and unbiased point of view into the business conversation.
Drives the application of fact-based decision making for key questions within the GPS portfolio enabling priority business choices.
Develops and maintains a deep understanding of GPS business priorities, meeting agreed upon analytics deliverables/timing
Driving Analytics and Capabilities
Designs, develops, builds, implements and maintains a broad array of business analytics and analytical tools that solve complex problems in a computationally and statistically effective manner.
Identifies new opportunities to further leverage analytics, data and analytical tools
Ensures best practice adoption within stated areas of responsibility, applying appropriate levels of technical capability, standardization and subject matter expertise
Proactively manages planned and ad hoc analytics requests, ensuring consistent quality and timeliness in delivery to business stakeholders
Leverages standards for the provision of analytics to support planning and decision-making processes, and utilizes appropriate escalation processes
Provides input/feedback and works proactively to improve and enhance GPS BIA capabilities
Supports culture of analytics and fact-based decision making through the utilization of standard methodologies and approaches
Strengthening Partnerships
Establishes a close working partnership and relationship with business stakeholders
Effectively partners and collaborates with other BIA team members (including but not limited to GPS Reporting, Demand Planning, Commercial Analytics, etc.) to identify and evaluate current and future analytics needs for GPS and to deliver a consistent BIA engagement model with stakeholders
Effectively partners and collaborates with a broad set of cross functional counterparts (including IT, Procurement and Finance) to achieve organizational objectives
Understands, demonstrates, and drives adherence to all BMS operating policies

Qualifications & Experience
Minimum Qualifications
BA/BS required (Operations Research, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain preferred)
Ph.D. or M.S in operations research, engineering, statistics or other quantitative area of study preferred
2+ years hands-on experience working in operations research, supply chain, data analytics and data integration
Ability to develop and implement production-ready analytics and data science solutions
Experience interacting with management, understanding, anticipating, and fulfilling their insight/analytical information requirements.
Experience interpreting analytical results and ascertaining implications to the business
Proven experience operating successfully in a complex organizational environment
Extensive experience in the application of advanced analytics, modeling, data integration and reporting techniques to solve business problems.
Competencies – knowledge, skills, abilities, other
Knowledge and expertise of analytical models such as linear programming, network optimization, goal programming, multiple objective optimization, decision analysis Markov decision processes
Ability to quickly gain and apply specific business knowledge
Ability to learn new tools quickly
Strong analytical skills with substantial knowledge of data analysis, applied statistics, risk-based analysis
Strong creative problem-solving skills to answer key business questions
Rapidly draws inferences from disparate pieces of data, identify key findings and link to implications and provide recommendations
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with diverse teams across organizational lines and structures
Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects and priorities
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to influence cross-functionally and manage a heavy workload
Software that must be used independently and without assistance
Experience with analytics, modeling platforms, data manipulation software and visualization tools (e.g. Python, R, JavaScript,

Dash/Shiny/Streamlit,

Tableau, Microsoft Suite)
Experience with simulation software (SIMIO, Arena, etc.) or DES libraries (simmer, simpy) a significant plus
Familiarity with BMS applications (including SAP, LIMS, OSI Pi) a significant plus
If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
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