Senior Analyst - Supply Chain Inventory/Purchasing

at  Cardinal Health

WHAT SUPPLY CHAIN INVENTORY/PURCHASING CONTRIBUTES TO CARDINAL HEALTH:

Supply Chain Inventory/Purchasing provides a premier level of service to our customers with optimal levels of inventory by collaborating with our internal and external partners to purchase pharmaceutical and medical products from our Supplier partners. Along with our Supplier partners, the team works with Sourcing, Customer Service, Finance, DC Operations, and Sales to ensure our customers’ needs are met, our processes are efficient, supplier performance is evaluated, and products arrive in the right place, at the right cost, at the right time and in the right quantities.
The Supply Chain Inventory/Purchasing team leverages supplier relationships to improve the experience to our mutual customers. We drive supplier accountability to maximize the number of customer orders that fill from our distribution centers when they are placed. Our team maintains the pipeline of purchase orders and inventory at our distribution centers to achieve high customer fill rates and provide ETAs for unfilled orders.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2-4 years of experience, preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• Supply chain concept understanding, procurement and product knowledge preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office mainly Excel.
• Experience with purchasing systems preferred (SCORE, EAI, SAP, (ECC, etc.)
• Sense of urgency, attention to detail and accountability
• Ability to build strong collaborative relationships, communicates effectively in English, and influences outcomes for internal and external customers.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision at a high level of accuracy.
• Identify and drive improvements using root cause problem solving skills.
• Available 8:00 am-5:00 pm EST
• Strong analytic skills

• Works to support standard processes across Purchasing.
• Works with the Master Data team to set up new suppliers and new items including NDC/UPC changes.
• Work with the CHIP and onshore DSCSA team to work through exceptions that arise.
• Partners with the Sr. Analyst that is processing IDOC failures to help improve the quality of ASN issues.
• Monitor key Planning system parameters to ensure they are properly maintained and cleaned up.
• Conduct monthly output monitoring by reviewing and providing feedback on PO output issues to the Purchasing team.
• Review the manual item report weekly and highlight possible actions for buyers.
• Conduct Accounts Payable pricing discrepancy research (when necessary)
• Understand the P1 team members’ tasks and be the backup to these Analysts as well as help to train newly hired Analysts.
• Assist the Consumer Purchasing team on Plannogram research.
• Assist the Generic Purchasing team by reviewing the Generic Source switch overstock report and provide insights to the Purchasing team to reduce inventory.
• Assist the entire Purchasing team (with priority focus on Brand items) by monitoring new item performance after 4-6 months in stock and discontinued item sell through.
• Additional tasks that are provided by your manager and collaborate with Purchasing on certain action items that may be needed to improve our key metrics.
• Maintains SOP’s