Senior Manager, Supply Chain Analytics

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Position Summary

The GPS (Global Product Development and Supply) Analytics team is an organization within the BMS Business Insights and Technology (BI&T) Function focused on partnering with the BMS GPS group to answer key business questions that will drive important decisions using data and advanced analytics. These questions span a broad range of areas from Global Supply Chain, through Manufacturing Operations, Quality and Business Strategy.

The Sr Manager, Demand Forecasting & Supply Chain Analytics is an individual contributor position and will play a leading role in establishing analytics capabilities for the Supply Chain organization, GPS and the broader BI&T organization. This person will enable the Supply Chain organization to make informed business decisions using all phases of the analytical life cycle (Descriptive, Predictive and Prescriptive).

This is an ideal role for someone looking to further strengthen and enhance their analytical skills and apply them to solving major challenges in biopharmaceutical supply chain. The initial focus of the role will be on strengthening the Team’s analytical foundations, so we are seeking candidates with advanced analytical engineering skills and a desire to apply those on our team while also expanding their capabilities into other branches of analytics, such as predictive modeling, decision intelligence and AI.

Key Responsibilities

The position will focus on four key areas of responsibility:

• Strengthening Analytical Foundations: Play a leading role in furthering the Team’s DevOps process, including advancing the team’s core data foundations and capabilities in analytical engineering and building solutions that are scalable and reusable.

• Supporting Business Decisions: Work closely with business stakeholders to address priority business questions using analytics. This includes all steps from problem identification and key question development through hypothesis testing, driving analysis and presenting findings to leadership.

• Enhancing Analytics Capabilities: Play a critical role in furthering the team’s overall analytics capabilities, in diverse areas such as predictive modeling, decision intelligence, ML Ops and AI.

• Strengthening Partnerships: Play an important role in developing and strengthening the relationship between BI&T and GPS stakeholders at all levels. It will be critically important for the person in role to understand business processes to build analytical models and capabilities.

The ideal candidate with be comfortable with the breadth and ambiguity that comes with focusing on solving critical business problems using analytics.

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum Qualifications

• BS required in operations research, engineering, statistics, or other quantitative area of study. Advanced degree preferred.

• 3+ years hands-on analytical engineering experience. We will consider less experience for exceptional advanced degree candidates with a strong interest in developing analytical engineering skills further.

• Expertise in programming with SQL and Python.

• Expert with version control practices and tools, preferably Git/Github.

• Experience building scalable data models in dbt or a similar tool.

• Experience with ML Ops practices including CI/CD and tools such as MLFlow.

• Experience with cloud-based environments (AWS preferred).

• Experience building data visualizations (PowerBI or Tableau preferred).

• Ability to develop and implement production-ready analytic and data science solutions.

• Strong analytical skills with substantial knowledge of data analysis, applied statistics, risk-based analysis.

• Experience interacting with management, understanding, anticipating, and fulfilling their insight/analytical information requirements.

• Experience interpreting analytical results and ascertaining implications to the business.

• Ability to quickly gain and apply specific business knowledge.

• Ability to learn new tools quickly.

• Strong creative problem-solving skills to answer key business questions.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Desired Competencies to thrive in role

• Knowledge and expertise of advanced analytical techniques such as linear programming, network optimization, goal programming, multiple objective optimizations, decision analysis.

• Experience with simulation software (SIMIO, Arena, etc.) or DES libraries (simmer, simpy) a significant plus.

• Familiarity with BMS applications (including SAP, LIMS, Infinity, MES, OSI Pi) a significant plus.

• Experience with cloud-based ELT pipelines.

• Ability to rapidly draw inferences from disparate pieces of data, identify key findings, link to implications and provide recommendations.

• Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects and priorities.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with diverse teams across organizational lines and structures.

• Ability to influence cross-functionally.

• Proven experience operating successfully in a complex organizational environment.

• Experience with biotech process development, supply chain and manufacturing operations.

The starting compensation for this job in Seattle is a range from $147,080-$178,200, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).

The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed. 

Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. 

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.

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