What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Supply Chain Analyst position at Candela Medical?
Company Overview
Candela Corporation is a leading global aesthetic device company with a comprehensive product portfolio and a global distribution footprint. We are the market leader in the development, and distribution of medical and aesthetic laser and light-based technologies. The Company’s technology enables physicians to provide advanced solutions for a broad range of medical-aesthetic application including hair removal, wrinkle reduction, tattoo removal, improving the skin’s appearance through the treatment of benign vascular and pigmented lesions, and the treatment of acne, leg veins and other common indications.
The Company is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA, with an additional R&D facility in Yokneam, Israel and commercial locations across Asia Pacific, and Europe. Products are sold directly in 18 countries worldwide and are supported by capital sales, field service, clinical education, technical support and marketing development organizations. Candela maintains contracted distributors in over 60 other countries.
General Summary
This position is responsible for supporting the Americas-wide Operations function covering inventory management, demand forecasting, and network planning to support America’s business growth and, maximize customer experience. The function acts as voice of Operations in the region.
Essential Job Functions
Backlog Management
- Communicate product lead times based on regional supply-demand analyses and/or allocation provided by Global Planning
- Communicate regional product availability to regional Order Management and Commercial team
- Participate and create analyses for meetings with Commercial organization
- Monitor customer backlog and forecast consumption at the NA subsidiary, alerting Global Production Planning and Supply Chain Planning teams when over or under consumption occurs
Demand Forecasting
- Support Americas-wide and Global Distributors demand forecasting process
- Provide input and validation of forecast with subsidiaries on products, parts, and consumables
- Participate in regular calls with global teams on supply review and to determine if improvement can be made to support demand supply disparities
- Create and measure KPIs to drive accuracy and effectiveness
Inventory Management
- Provide input to the organization on inventory, supply, and strategies of existing items, new products, and product phase-outs. Own the development and implementation of these strategies, including Global lead for Product Parts Catalog (PPC) enablement and webstore.
- Review, recommend and own inventory replenishment needs in alignment with Global Planning and Inventory Team
Knowledge/Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business or related disciplines
- 3-5 years supply chain experience with 1-2 years in analytical position
- AI knowledge and implementation experience
- Result oriented with strong problem solving, organization and planning skills
- Excellent communications skills in English, both verbal and written
- Strong team player working collaboratively across functions
- Good work knowledge of data analysis, and performance metrics using business management software like Salesforce, CRM, Power BI
This job description is not all inclusive and is intended to capture a majority of the job functions. Special projects and other tasks may be required by management