Routing Analyst - Spartanburg, United States - adidas

Description

Purpose:

The role ensures the Planning and Routing teams have the most efficient processes and tools to ensure on time planning and routing with the most current understanding of potential business and KPI impacts through reporting, communication and data:

• Develop and enhance the end-to-end routing processes, communication, visibility, and efficiencies.

• Research and optimize planning parameters to ensure orders are available to the operation to meet expected service level agreements, DC KPIs and Performance Metrics.

• Support and contribute to the end-to-end process of planning, waving, routing and the outbound scheduling of daily orders and waves.

• Manage and distribute regular, reliable reports in formats and frequencies required for waving, routing, outbound operations and the overall Productivity Planning landscape.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Initiate, develop, and maintain KPIs for the routing teams.

• Sustain the continuity of reports being generated within the department.

• Assist in development of new operational and management reports for the planning and routing functions and the overall department.

• Document training methods and standard operating procedures for a best-in-class onboarding experience.

• Communicate and provide visibility to key tracking information to key stakeholders with a specific focus on target achievement.

• Vet and test new reporting tools and new releases of existing reporting tools that may be necessary to enhance current process, reporting and visibility.

• Support specific projects undertaken within the department through data gathering, analysis, report development, presentations and recommendations.

• Develop understanding of interdependencies between systems, datasets, and processes.

• Use reporting as a tool to drive change within waving, routing, and DC Operations.

Key Relationships:

• Distribution: Routing, Wave Planning, Productivity Planning, DC Operations, Reporting & Analytics, Inventory Control

• Supply Chain Management: Wholesale Excellence, Compliance, Order Fulfillment, Orderbook Management, DTCE Excellence and Transportation.

• Account Operations / Sales.

• Brand Operations and Top Account Logistics Partners.

• Transportation Partners

• Global IT

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Supply Chain / Logistics / Operations background, preferred.

• Excellent analytical skills and data analysis techniques.

• Advanced MS Excel (pivot tables, power queries, macros) and MS Access (database creation, query design) skills required, SQL knowledge preferred.

• Experience with SCI, Microstrategy, PowerBI and/or Tableau, a plus.

• Ability to accept and meet critical deadlines with good planning and organization skills.

• Understanding of data mining, machine learning, and advanced analytics a plus.

• Experience with WMS (Manhattan), Planning or Routing, a plus

• Ability to anticipate opportunities and offer solutions.

• Ability to challenge the status quo.

• Strong communication skills.

• Strong team player with proven ability to work cross-functionally to achieve objectives.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year degree from college or university required with emphasis in data analytics, supply chain management or logistics preferred

• Minimum 3+ years related progressive work experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Fluent in English (oral and in writing)

Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.

Diversity and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace DIVERSE backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that REFLECTS our consumers and communities. We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Spartanburg, SC.