Supply Chain Sr. Analyst - LA

Spectrum Brands' global enabling functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow. Enabling functions may operate as a center-led global team, providing a central strategy, structure, and standards; or as business partner teams, with resources embedded within the businesses to deliver business unit-specific results.

Job Summary

This position assists the Supply Planning & Procurement and Transportation department to develop cross-functional knowledge of all purchasing procedures and processes, develop strategic business relationships with vendors, strategic supply chain methods to decrease inventory levels, while monitoring and reporting supply chain KPIs company-wide, reaching the objective goals.

Supply Chain Operations Support

Order processing for assisting other Divisions as needed

• Responsible to process customer drop orders, maintain records and documents of purchasing, including cost, deliveries and inventories
• Negotiate EX-factory date with vendors and update information also for AB and pricing in SAP, working closely with Sourcing to verify Pricing as per MOQ and Container size.
• Update any change of Pricing in POs based on sourcing notification.
• Provide support to countries with suppliers to Maintain business constrains and services rate.

Procurement/sourcing support and monitoring

• Work closely with sourcing requesting quotes from multiple vendors, completing the analysis to determine which supplier can meet SPB needs.
• Provide shipping instructions to vendors, following up PO's with vendors and PEC Unit, requesting needed documents and shipping status, including drop shipments, and run Open Order Reports.
• Follows up on transportation issues, working closely with PEC Unit, marketing and vendors to support new products delivery and ensure delivery dates.
• Updates ETD and ETA information for all intercompany PO's.
• GT Nexus maintenance.
• Request excess availability to NA inventory manager if required.
• Interaction with NA for US orders in SAP, supporting as needed providing inventory information, issuing the weekly report for inbound/outbound deliveries in the region and obtaining shipping documents from plant staff.

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering / Business
• 3-5 years of prior experience in Supply Chain & Operation

• Fluent in English and Spanish, both oral and written
• SAP required, advanced level preferred. MRP, APO, and GT Nexus is a plus.
• Microsoft office advanced (advanced Excel, Power Point, Macro, and Visio, skills).
• Experience working with Asia vendor.
• Knowledge of how to run reports and ability to prepare PPT presentations for regional meetings.
• Understanding of Latin Market is a plus.
• Creative thinker who can quickly develop innovative ideas across a wide variety of business units.
• Knowledge of Supply Planning, Purchasing, Inventory Control, and Materials Management processes, inventory management methodologies and supply chain optimization.
• Quantitative and qualitative data analysis including business process metrics and measures linking to business KPIs.
• Role includes extensive data mining and spreadsheet analysis - strong mathematical add analytical abilities.
• Able to lead cross functional meetings to make recommendations for corrective actions.
• Strong work ethic - advanced organization and time management skills with ability to multi-task.
• Possesses superior analytical skills and communication skills; ability to make presentations to small groups.
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with internal process partners.
• Must be detail oriented and capable of producing high quality information on a sustainable basis.
• Relationship building skills with the ability to create mutually beneficial relationships with both internal and external clients.
• Team leader and strong ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple projects and requests simultaneously, within an intense competitive deadline environment.

Working conditions are normal for an office environment

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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