Principal Solution Analyst, Global IT Supply Chain Solutions
Alajuela - Costa Rica
Job Summary
Partner with Global Supply Chain stakeholders aligned to Plan to Make processes to understand business priorities gain buy-in and identify opportunities to improve standardize or implement business processes and supporting technologies.
Lead requirements gathering process analysis and manage detailed functional designs for enhancements and strategic projects supporting manufacturing procurement material flow inventory and related supply chain operations.
Serve as a senior functional analyst across assigned business applications providing solution ownership day-to-day support issue triage root-cause analysis and recommendations for sustainable resolution. Ensure managed service team can support repeatable lower critical incidents.
Partner with assigned areas of the Planning and Manufacturing Supply Chain Operations on projects/tasks within our portfolio and related business applications.
Configure and support system capabilities where appropriate working closely with technical teams and implementation partners to ensure business requirements are translated into effective solutions.
Participate in and help lead testing efforts for releases and projects including test strategy test script development defect management and support for business User Acceptance Testing.
Assess impacts across upstream and downstream processes data controls reporting and integrations to ensure end-to-end solution integrity.
Partner with Data Engineering Modeling and Analytics teams to help define KPI reporting data needs and AI enablement that improve operational visibility and decision making.
Support deployment of standardized solutions process harmonization and change adoption across sites and functions including documentation training support and transition to steady-state operations.
Contribute to continuous improvement by evaluating current-state processes benchmarking industry practices and recommending capabilities that improve service quality productivity and scalability.
Provide mentoring and functional guidance to other analysts business process owners and project team members while serving as a trusted advisor to business and IT stakeholders.
Experience in Enterprise Technologies for Enterprise Integrated Business Planning Supply Chain Planning Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning Manufacturing and Logistics such as Oracle EBS SAP and Kinaxis Maestro.
Strong understanding of Plan to Make processes and the interaction points across planning sourcing manufacturing inventory logistics and reporting solutions.
Excellent facilitation presentation and communication skills with the ability to gather requirements document processes and present recommendations clearly.
Ability to evaluate business needs and translate them into detailed functional requirements solution options and practical implementation plans.
Strong collaboration skills with business partners technical teams internal IT and external service providers to define and deliver the right solution approach.
Demonstrated ability to support and deploy standardized solutions that optimize processes and provide strategic value for Hologic.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple enhancements projects and operational support priorities while delivering expected results.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience resolving complex process and system issues.
Ability to work independently and effectively within a team environment.
Bachelors degree in information systems Engineering Supply Chain Operations
Business or a related field preferred.
Masters Degree is beneficial.
8 years of experience in Supply Chain and / Manufacturing role that includes delivering IT solutions or business systems support for supply chain manufacturing procurement or operations functions.
6 years with a masters degree.
Overall experience should include strong functional knowledge of Plan to Make processes and 5 years working with Supply Chain business systems (Advanced Supply Chain Planning MRP)
Experience in medical devices life sciences or other regulated industries preferred.