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Global Distribution Operations Manager

Company: Cepheid
Location: Sunnyvale, California
Posted on: August 30, 2021

Job Description:

Providing transportation data analysis and Order Fulfillment decision making support to key senior leaders within the company involved with revenue generation and recognition. Central point of contact, Control Tower, within the Global Logistics team to coordinate and provide direction throughout the finished goods and Sales Transfer Order (STO) processes. Lead projects focused on transportation, order processing for both outbound and returns management. Coordinate with Sales, Marketing teams, Tech Services, Clinical Trials, Planning, Finance, Logistics and the functions within Business Operations, to ensure that orders are properly prioritized, handled efficiently, cost effectively and on time from all global Cepheid shipping locations. Collaborate with multiple business groups with the goal of developing and effectively communicating plans that will ensure optimal revenue recognition, on time delivery and clear cost efficiencies. Identify operational inefficiencies and make recommendations for cross functional process improvements. Create simplified, weekly, cross functional data gathering process/tool to generate globally consistent and current summary of data easily validated by all stakeholders. Provide order fulfillment updates and analytics for senior executives from Finance, Sales, Customer Service and Operations for month, quarter and year end closing activities. Create and provide weekly shipment reporting (focused on future and active orders) to Sr. Director of Global Logistics. Provide methods of communication to global satellite distribution hubs, both directly and through reporting tools that are developed. Assure timely product delivery for key large orders and STOs in accordance with external and internal customer requirements while aligning with Sales, Planning and Manufacturing on product availability. Understand and meet internal KPI of On Time Delivery (OTD) with focus of ensuring the Logistics role in monthly and quarterly revenue recognition is never a cause for missing targets. Monitor daily finished goods production and create clear and timely reports to be available to WH fulfillment teams. Foster and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external business partners to expedite the review and approval process for non-conforming deals. Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus five years of experience as analyst in supply chain management. Alternatively, a Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) and three years of experience as analyst in supply chain management.

Education Required:

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) and five years of experience as an analyst in supply chain management.

OR

Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus three years of experience as stated above.

Position requires 10% international and domestic travel.

Skills Required:

Experience must include working in collaboration with cross functional teams including IT, finance, Logistics and OM to define data requirements for Business and design data models to support SAP enhancements, implementation lifecycles as well as interactive dashboards. Using BIT reporting tools like Tableau, Power BI, Microsoft Power Apps, Microsoft Office, Salesforce or SQL server to facilitate the design of data visualizations and dashboards based on data availability for multiple warehouses. Documenting and training warehouse/logistics personnel on new and existing data visualizations created using advanced SQL queries, DAX languages, ETL models and data warehousing techniques. Proposing and implementing leading edge methods to automate, analyze and interpret data to eliminate manual tasks and improving efficiency within the organization. Working on inventory planning, warehouse management, developing solutions for Parts Presentation, Material Handling, Process Flow and Space Optimization. Sorting, managing and merging data from different sources to identify trends and relational connections within manufacturing and logistics to make decisions on process improvement impacting global logistics operations and customers. Investigating efficiency gains and optimized manufacturing processes using Design of Experiments (DOEs), Statistical Process Control (SPC), FMEA, Gage R&R, Process Capability and other statistical analysis tools.

Interested applicants should send an email to melissa.emerling@cepheid.com with reference to job title.

Keywords: Cepheid, Sunnyvale , Global Distribution Operations Manager, Science, Research & Development , Sunnyvale, California, California


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