S&OP Analyst

Arxada is a global leader in innovative solutions that protect our world. Our groundbreaking technologies in-depth regulatory know-how manufacturing and process development help our customers to safeguard nutrition health and infrastructure efficiently through chemistry and biotechnology that enhance sustainability. We offer a broad portfolio of ingredients and services for multiple end-markets that include Human Health & Nutrition Home & Personal Care Professional Hygiene Paints & Coatings and Wood Protection.

With customers in more than 100 countries the company achieved sales of CHF 2 billion in 2024. Headquartered in Basel (Switzerland) Arxada employs 3200 associates across 24 production sites and 14 R&D centers all committed to our customers success.

As an S&OP Analyst you will play a key role in supporting Arxadas endtoend Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. Acting as the analytical backbone across Demand Supply and Executive S&OP cycles you will translate complex data into clear decisionoriented insights and executiveready narratives.

Working closely with demand planners supply planners and S&OP leads you will help drive informed decisionmaking balance tradeoffs and strengthen alignment across the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute in a highly collaborative datadriven environment where your insights directly support business performance and continuous improvement.

Essential Job Functions

• Support analytical activities across the full S&OP cycle including S&OE Demand Review Supply Review and Executive S&OP
• Aligning S&OE insights with S&OP outputs to ensure feedback loops into the planning process
• Supporting prioritization decisions (e.g. key customers constrained assets) based on data
• Analyze demand forecasts supply plans inventory positions capacity constraints and key operational KPIs
• Identify gaps risks and tradeoffs (e.g. demand vs. supply service vs. inventory capacity constraints) and monitoring short-term demand and supply deviations versus plan
• Tracking execution KPIs (e.g. OTIF backorders inventory deviations) and highlighting exceptions
• Supporting root cause analysis for short-term service or supply issues
• Perform scenario sensitivity and whatif analyses to support robust decisionmaking
• Providing visibility on risks and opportunities in the near-term horizon
• Prepare and review analytical decks for Demand Supply and S&OP meetings in collaboration with key stakeholders
• Track historical performance (forecast accuracy bias service levels inventory turns) and highlight trends and root causes

Qualifications & Experience

• Strong analytical and problemsolving capabilities with high attention to detail
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience in data analysis modeling and visualization
• Solid understanding of operational KPIs particularly within an S&OP context
• Approximately 3 years of experience in a similar analytical role
• Ability to communicate complex data insights clearly to nontechnical stakeholders
• Capability to work independently while managing multiple priorities
• Knowledge of Power BI (including DAX and Power Query) is an advantage

Arxada has world class offering in two distinct areas:

Microbial Control Solutions (MCS) focuses on threats posed by microorganisms to people and planet through five distinct business lines including Professional Hygiene Home & Personal Care Wood Protection Paints & Coatings and Material Protection.

Nutrition Care & Environmental (NCE) meanwhile provides materials used to manufacture composites for electronics aerospace and other markets as well as vitamins and nutritional ingredients chemicals and performance intermediates and raw materials for a wide range of high-performance applications.

Arxada is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age status as a qualified individual with disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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