Job description

Location of Position: Shanghai, China

Role & Responsibilities:

Position Definition (Key Purpose of the Position) :

The Senior Analyst will be a key contributor in transforming APAC Supply Chain Operations team into an organization that drives best practices in Supply Chain Analytics so as to bring significant impact to Supply Chain & its related area. To succeed, you will utilize both relationship building & strong analytical skill sets to lead strategic development of descriptive, predictive & gradually prescriptive analytical models.

Key Result Areas:

Provide timely & constructive guidance in terms of Analytics roles, mindset & best practice
Train the potential analysts & Super Users to understand deeply the SC-related data & acquire analytics skills through active on-the-job sharing & mentoring
Promote the analytics mindset to the whole SC team, and also transform them with high literacy of analytics so as to adopt into their daily processes, with the objective to fully integrate business knowledge, analytics knowhow and technology
Actively listen to SC functional teams to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to make better decisions & translate them into Analytics solutions in the Agile approach & situational leadership style
Challenge the status quo, and lead the teams to think creatively & select the best Analytical perspectives & steps
Facilitate the cross-functional collaboration
Bring new Analytics perspectives/algorithms/models to tackle complex scenarios
Identify the road blockers & engage the relevant teams to drive the long-term solutions
Be accountable for delivering consistently high-quality deliverables
Engage in corporate projects & initiatives, mainly focusing in Data and/or Analytics area

Competency Requirements :

Behavioral Competencies -

Passionate for insight-driven thinking, can extract patterns from volumes of data to drive insights & operational efficiencies
Strong problem-solving skills, ability to provide structure in ambiguous situation
Strong attention to detail & commitment to drive data accuracy
High on curiosity and strong desire to learn

Functional Competencies –

Preferrable with experience in a fast paced & highly responsive supply chain environment
Prior retail industry background strongly preferred

Experience

Minimum working experience (related to Supply Chain / Data & Analytics): 3 years
Hands on experience in using data analytic tools is required, e.g. Tableau, PowerBI, SQL, SAS & Alteryx
Hands on experience in databases such as SQL Server, Microsoft Azure, Amazon redshift preferred
Hands on experience in applying Predictive modelling preferred
Experience working in external consulting or internal project environment preferred

Academic Qualifications

Minimum Degree Held: Bachelor’s Degree
Subject Expert In: Data Science, Computer Science, Operation Research, Supply Chain, Engineering, Statistics, Business or related field

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