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Business Analyst

San Rafael, CA 94901

Posted: 03/28/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Business Analyst Job Number: 603357 Is job remote?: Yes Country: United States

Job Description


Global Logistics Project Management
  • Work with key business stakeholders to solidify requirements and priorities & develop project plans
  • Participates in all project status updates and communicates with all stake holders.
  • Establish positive working relationship with cross functional teams involved with project execution.
  • Communicate professionally during stressful situations, resolving problems effectively and positively.
  • Be a thought partner on how best to update current processes, based on business strategy and priority. Support rollout process changes to the entire organization.
  • Track and pull metrics relevant to projects
  • Foresee issues on projects before they occur and raise risks to appropriate parties. Proactively create contingency plans and recommend solutions.
Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence
  • Support process flow discussions and translate existing system functionality to future state processes
  • Support the development of data performance KPIs for Transportation Providers, Carriers, Freight Forwarders, and Distribution Partners
  • Analyses tasks to identify efficiencies and ensure efforts are focused on business critical and business improvement activities.
Transportation,  GDPs, Clinical Supply Chain, and Cold Chain Logistics
  • Coordinate with different Transportation Partners to deliver real-time and complete data related to all transportation business, as well as support Transportation Operations with any KPIs or other performance related issues pertaining to Transportation, Warehousing, or Distribution
  • Work closely with the SAP and SAP support teams to ensure that the system is optimized while maintaining alignment with global standards include Clinical Supply Chain, Transportation Visibility, Freight Audit and Payment, and Temperature Record Management Systems
  • Lend validation systems support for info related to qualification activity with Cold Chain Logistics shipping solutions
  • Identify process and working issues between functions and facilitate resolution where roles and responsibilities need guidance or direction
Requirements:
  • Has a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
  • Superior customer service ethic and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organizational, multitasking and time management skills and ability to perform gracefully under pressure and meet inflexible or shifting deadlines
  • Positive, solution-oriented approach to problems
  • Availability to perform as part of a team as well as individually
  • Strong interpersonal skills and awareness of the Emotional Quotient in a corporate environment
  • Development of project candidates based on organizational needs and goals for Continuous Improvement and Business Technology projects
  • Some education in Lean Six Sigma, Project Management Institute, or general business analysis (nice to have)
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Good organizational skills

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.