at Jim Beam Brands Co in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.
What makes this a great opportunity?
The Sr. Manager, GSC Network Optimization will support a broad agenda that is focused on executing key strategic Network Optimization initiatives spanning the end-to-end Supply Chain. Central to the role, this individual will scope & lead strategic network modeling activities for key cross-functional initiatives with focus on Enterprise Productivity, Resilience, Process Improvement, and other strategic SC change imperatives. As this role serves as a business partner to multiple functions across the organization, strong business acumen, project management, and influencing skills will be critical.
Role Responsibilities
Responsibilities and accountabilities for the Sr. Manager, GSC Network Optimization include:
Develop and drive the network optimization agenda on a Global scale: develop the Network Design and Optimization strategies in alignment with the broader Supply Chain & Enterprise Productivity Strategy
Manage a portfolio of projects, each targeting $1MM - $5MM more in net supply chain efficiency opportunities: these projects may include distribution network design, transportation mode selection, inventory hub and spoke optimization, capacity planning, and multi-echelon inventory optimization
Execute project responsibilities, including data collection, analysis, documentation, and presentation, as well as status updates and other relevant communication
Maintain communication routines with broader project management stakeholders, including Steering Teams and other stakeholders regarding project outputs, methodologies, scenario or constraint definitions, status, and prioritization
Update or develop and document best practices and modeling standards that help ensure consistency across network modeling activities globally
Partner with other modeling resources to support a matrixed organization and flexible support model, where our team of modelers can help each other and the portfolio as a whole: provide coaching to analysts in support of specific projects as well as broader development and performance management
Communicate regularly with Senior stakeholders in Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, and others
Qualifications
At Suntory Global Spirits, we recruit the best people to help grow our business and build on our success. To be considered for this position you must be able to demonstrate the following:
Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, operations research, or related experience equivalent
Minimum 8 years experience in Supply Chain Analytics or related discipline
Excellent verbal (presentation) and written communication skills
Strong supply chain experience and understanding of Supply Chain operating models
Analytical experience, including specific experience with Supply Chain Network Modeling, BI tools, visualization, relational data structures, and financial modeling
Ability to work with large amounts of data and fluent in data manipulation and other analytical techniques, including display and visualizationEqual Opportunity Employer
