Planning Analyst

Planning Analyst

A trusted partner for millions of customers, Ecolab is a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and resources vital to life. We deliver comprehensive science-based solutions, data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety, help maintain clean and safe environments, optimize energy use and implement smart water management strategies. Building on a century of innovation, our 48,000 associates support millions of customers in more than 170 countries around the world.

Global ADS serves the global supply chain community with data-driven business insights through analytics solutioning and strategic capabilities for business outcomes influencing their operational decision making.

This role is part of ADS's North American Planning Analytics team. Planning Analytics delivers world-class analytics and digital solutions to Ecolab's North America planning teams. Alongside global partners, this team is responsible for developing and deploying effective, insightful analytical solutions to promote industry leading service, optimal inventory levels, accurate forecasts, effective network design and minimal excess and obsolescence in the North America region with an eye to scale globally.

Are you a driven individual with a passion for data and analytics?

We're looking to hire an Analyst (North America Planning) to join our Global Supply Chain Analytics team in Pune, India. In this role, you'll be responsible for leading initiatives in planning digital solutions and provide support in functional product deployments and maintenance. You'll work closely with the operational stakeholders, data engineering and design teams to cocreate quality products and solutions and get them design-reviewed and support formal product launches. You'll also promote adoption and utilization as an effective change agent.

What you'll do:

Project Management & Planning Analytics

• Work with planning teams (including supply planning, demand planning, and raw material management teams) to gather project requirements and create robust tools to support various operational initiatives.
• Responsible for developing reporting for key KPIs such as forecast accuracy/bias, case fill rate, ship/deliver in full, inventory health, production schedule adherence, network complexity, life-cycle planning execution, and safety stock compliance.
• Partner with data engineering team for curating data and securing steady access to various quality data sources.
• Ensure data quality and data validation processes for planning and relevant datasets.
• Document the work deliverables to ensure successful project delivery.
• Lead design reviews of visualizations and data products within Power BI and other tools.

Process Improvement

• Identify underperforming functional areas in Supply Chain and recommend improvements and resolutions to the problems.
• Works alongside the Design team to ideate product solutioning and help create prototypes and iterations by leveraging technology platforms like Power BI. Create interactive and informative dashboards, while ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
• Lead the functional QA process and governance for all planning analytics products deployed to the North America region.
• Conduct functional, integration, performance, and technical testing.

Product Development, Deployment and Change Management

• Plan and coordinate release activities including training, change management and adoption of new processes and tools.
• Collaborate with global and regional leaders to mobilize enterprise value by standardizing and scaling solutions to multiple regions and use cases.
• Act as the primary subject-matter-expert on new and existing reporting and digital tool offerings, driving operational teams to faster speed-to-insights and improved effectiveness.
• Work on various planning related efficiency improvement, automation and controls projects.
• Maintain a curated catalog of digital resources to support planning teams including lifecycle management and enhancement requests.

Functional Knowledge Management

• Contribute to knowledge management and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Translate operational use cases to clear and complete analytical requirements
• Follow industry trends to identify opportunities to adopt new technologies

What you bring:

Basic:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations management, information systems, engineering or a related field.
• 5 years of experience as a supply chain analyst or planner or Supply chain consultant with a strong understanding of advanced planning principles
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Entry level exposure to technical skills in visualization using MS Power BI and familiarity with programming skills in Python, SQL and M/DAX
• Strong communication, organization and collaboration skills.
• Adept at changing management and maximizing value creation through new processes and tools.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects.

Preferred:

• Exposure in cloud platforms (Azure / AWS) and data management in SQL querying and SAP tables / transactions for Planning, Logistics or other S&OP functions.
• Six sigma green belt certification or other project management endorsements or certifications.
• Advanced degree/certificate in supply chain operations, planning or other similar focus.

What's in it For You:

• Opportunity to join a growth company offering competitive compensation and benefits.
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about grooming talent for creating future leaders.
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives and ideas to achieve our best.
• Feel proud each day to work for a company that provides clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, and disabled individuals at all levels of the workforce. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.