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Analytics Manager

Santa Monica, CA 90404

Posted: 07/05/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Procurement/Supply Chain Job Number: 607804 Is job remote?: Yes Country: United States

Job Description


Target PR Range: 87-97/hr
*Depending on experience

We are seeking a highly motivated Manager, Analytics to join our Data Science and Analytics team within Global Supply Chain. This is an individual contributor, remote (US - based) position and will focus on broad data exploration, quantitative methodology and statistical modeling to enhance our supply chain responsiveness, agility and optimization. We are a product-minded team who blends elements of UX design, Product Strategy and Data Mining to build user-centric tools that bring insights into the evolving complexities of our supply chain. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-pace environment, has strong communications and consulting skills and loves problem solving using data.

Responsibilities of the Manager:
  • Serves as a thought partner to global supply chain functions including Network Planning, Procurement, Materials Planning, Logistics and Distribution to understand external variables, learn internal landscape and develop relationships to successfully enable the delivery of analytics
  • Discovers new use cases for applied data science and machine learning opportunities by exploring diverse datasets, assessing feasibility and designing prototype models.
  • Translate problems into specific analytical questions and form hypotheses that can be answered with available data using statistical methods or identify additional data needed
  • Perform hands-on data analyses and modeling to develop insights and recommendations to inform decisions across the supply chain portfolio
  • Delivers insights via well-designed, user-friendly and visually appealing dashboards and reports
  • Build functional apps for advanced dashboards, scenario planning and interactive analysis
  • Develop data wrangling workflows and database objects designed for business consumption (semantic views)
  • Applies UX and Product Management approaches to ensure our deliverables evolve and continue to provide value over time

Preferred Qualifications:
  • 5+ years hands-on experience in analytics, data science or business intelligence
  • 3+ years experience in supply chain, operations, procurement, consulting, life sciences or related field
  • Excellent skills with exploratory data analysis and modeling using Python (pandas, numpy, sklearn), R or SAS
  • Strong SQL skills for complex querying, analysis, and performance optimization
  • Demonstrated experience building interactive data visualizations using tools such as Plotly Dash, Quicksight, Tableau
  • Experience sourcing, merging and cleansing datasets using tools such as Databricks, AWS Glue, Alteryx, Python
  • Experience working on cloud platforms such as AWS (S3, Athena, Redshift, Glue, Sagemaker)
  • Practical experience using tools such as Github, Jupyter Notebook and Jira
  • Foundational understanding of data warehousing concepts, design, modeling and data engineering
  • Experience working with large scale ERP such as Oracle and SAP
  • Ability to work independently, initiate and drive work to conclusion
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills across a diverse audience
  • Understanding of user experience design principles, product management and agile methodology
*CO/NYC candidates might not be considered

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.

Planet Pharma and The Planet Group of Companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.