Field Inventory Program Analyst-Supply Chain

A Day in the Life Lead programs and projects across APAC for Field Inventory to achieve targets, improved inventory health, increased country maturity in process and capabilities and obsolescence and waste reduction.
Perform detailed analytics on Field Inventory, excess, optimization and insights to assist countries in action focussed initiatives
Enable best practice deployment across the APAC countries
Engage with Global collegues on initiatives, policy, insights development, testing
Monthly KPI review preparation
Process improvements facilitation across the end to end Field inventory ecosystem
Forecast and Target setting Job Posting Title : Field Inventory Program Analyst Job Specific Summary: Lead programs and projects across APAC for Field Inventory to achieve targets, improve inventory health, increase country maturity in process, capabilities, obsolescence and waste reduction. Perform detailed analytics on Field Inventory, excess, optimization opportunities and present insights with ideas, to assist countries with action focused initiatives. Engagement and participation on APAC and Global programs, best practice and policy deployment, initiatives, data insights capabilities, and testing of new analytical insights across APAC. Impactful PowerPoint preparation, presentation and communication on Monthly KPI s, new performance data insights, and program reviews for leadership and colleagues. Process improvements facilitation across the end-to-end Field inventory ecosystem. Facilitate Forecast and Target setting process. Job Description: Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Plans, performs and implements process improvement initiatives (such as Lean or Six Sigma).
• Prepares and presents impactful KPI and program update presentations to leadership and colleagues.
• Organizes, leads and facilitates cross-functional project teams across APAC.
• Develops metrics that provide data for process measurement, identifying indicators for future improvement opportunities.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify root cause of problems and new actionable insights, with ideas on improvement.
• Engagement with field inventory, operations, supply chain, finance and commercial teams across APAC.
• Analyses and evaluates existing processes and policy for productivity improvements and compliance.
• Aligns improvement to performance shortfalls.
• Provides consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality.
• Surveys and analyzes best practices for capabilities and processes across the global teams.
• Communicates performance progress.

SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically, an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower-level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects - from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor.
Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions.
Coaches and reviews the work of lower-level specialists; may manage projects / processes. Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area.
Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments. Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties.
Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area.
Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements. Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.
Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making. Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others work product . Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
Practical knowledge of project management, excellent data analytical, excel skills, and expertise with impactful PowerPoint preparation, presentation and communication capability.
Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 6 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 4 years relevant experience. Benefits Compensation About Medtronic