COMPANY DESCRIPTION
At AirLife, we are dedicated to improving the quality of every breath. Excellence with Every Breath is not just a tag line, but the way we work and take care of our customers. With a mindset to evolve, innovate, and grow, we are a premier manufacturer of the highest-quality and market-leading breathing consumables. This growth philosophy has positioned us to increase our global footprint and business reach, impacting even more people around the world. Our expanding family of the most trusted brands offers a product portfolio that spans the continuum of care from first responder to home care, with safety, patient comfort, and clinical performance in mind. Collective expertise allows us to provide quality products and experiences to our patients, customers, and our people. Our values of Customer first, Differentiate with our People, Bias for Action, Continuous Improvement and Accountability define who we are and how we work. Join us!
POSITION SUMMARY
This position will report to the Vice President of Supply Chain and provide critical supply chain project management and analytics driven from large scale M&A, Quality, Regulatory, PMO, Engineering, R&D, Continuous Improvement initiatives.
This position will also be accountable for supporting in-depth analytics and serve as a subject matter expert within the existing Supply Chain organization. The Principal Supply Chain Analyst will provide expertise around the various SIOP efforts from Demand, Supply, Inventory, Service, external Supplier support as needed.
This position will collaborate with Marketing Product Managers, Plant Supply Chain/Operations, S&OP/Demand Planners, External Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Customer Service, Master Data, Distribution, Transportation, and the Business Analytics Teams.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
The specific minimum competencies needed to perform the essential duties of the job include knowledge, skills, abilities, level of education, and experience necessary for successful performance. These competencies are generally demonstrated through specific service, education, or training.
Knowledge:
- Possess a Growth Mindset - embraces challenges, seeks opportunities for growth, finds lessons and inspiration from others is required.
- Expert skill level in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Access, SQL and other data management tools.
- Experience across the broader Supply Chain functions – Customer Service, Demand Planning, Capacity Planning, Supply/Inventory Planning, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Distribution, Transportation and advanced level experience in supporting projects that are driven by M&A, Quality, Regulatory, PMO, Engineering, R&D.
Skills & Abilities:
- Cross-functional knowledge throughout the supply chain (manufacturing, distribution, planning, sourcing and supply, transportation) including demonstrated knowledge of financial metrics and drivers.
- Detail oriented and work effectively under pressure while meeting all applicable deadlines.
- Must be able to work independently and with limited direct supervision.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to support AirLife’s significant growth over the next 5 years.
- Able to communicate to leadership effectively, simplifying complex supply chain topics is easily understood concepts in both visual and written form.
- Strong customer orientation and customer service delivery.
- Remain calm and professional in stressful situations. Experience in managing through ambiguity.
- Friendly, courteous, service-oriented, and flexible and enjoy working with a variety of staff.
- Highest levels of personal and professional integrity.
- Multilingual (Spanish or Mandarin) preferred.
Level of Experience:
- Excellent Analytical and Communication skills.
- Knowledge of Excel (expert level).
- Project Management experience (expert level).
- Knowledge of SAP ECC, R3, APO and Business Warehouse are preferred.
- APICS - CSCP, CPIM, SCOR preferred.
- Lean/Six Sigma Green or Black Belt preferred.
Level of Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree related to Supply Chain or equivalent supply chain experience required (12+ years).
- Master's Degree Preferred.
Travel:
Ability to travel up to 15% of time. Valid passport required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The core tasks, duties, and responsibilities that must be performed on the job.
- Identify and solve systemic and complex supply chain issues. Lead a large team/task force for a mid to long term project to resolve these issues and put in place effective countermeasures.
- Continuously analyze the AirLife Supply Chain processes – Identify and propose process and tool improvements across multiple functions beyond Supply Chain. Work cross-functionally to prioritize and drive improvements to capture impact.
- Lead strategic and chartered projects – this includes projects driven outside of Supply Chain but has an impact on AirLife’s strategic imperatives.
- Facilitates onboarding process to peers at staff level within the broader Supply Chain organization.
- Primary contact for projects and initiatives driven outside of standard Supply Chain functions - Customer Service, Demand Planning, Capacity Planning, Supply/Inventory Planning, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Distribution, Transportation. Projects driven by M&A, Quality, Regulatory, PMO, Engineering, R&D that impacts Supply Chain.
- Ability to connect the dots around how other functional projects can have an impact on Supply Chain and Service to AirLife’s growth and cash generation initiatives.
- Leads problem solving sessions that identifies root cause and plan of action.
- Develop capability within the staff and cross-functional teams through relationship building, training and collaborative issue resolution.
- Demonstrate a commitment to quality performance through leading by example.
- Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.
- Communicate fully with superiors and other team members in a manner that is timely, complete, concise, and responsive.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
- Capable to step in and provide indirect leadership for a multitude of functions within the Supply Chain organization.
- Focus on achieving our Company mission.
- Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness in daily work; look for ways to improve and promote quality & safety.
- Inspire the trust of others; treat people with respect and dignity and embrace the value of diversity.
- Use time efficiently; perform job accurately, thoroughly, and conserve Company resources to improve profits.
- Contribute to building and maintaining a positive team environment.
- Assure all policies and guidelines are implemented and followed.
QUALITY POLICY
At AirLife, Quality is our promise. It is our commitment to customer satisfaction and our dedication to product excellence in an evolving global healthcare market. This promise is kept through a continuously improving and effective Quality Management System and compliance to Regulatory Requirements.
DEIA STATEMENT
At AirLife, we are committed to building a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace that reflects the communities and customers we serve. We believe our philosophy on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Advancement (DEIA) encourages excellence and equips us to serve an evolving global marketplace.
