Strategic Supply Chain Project Lead (Data & AI)

Controlled Environments Company (CEC); Dublin; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Controlled Environments Company (CEC) in Ireland seeks a Supply Chain Project Specialist to support performance and continuous improvement across key customer accounts. You will combine operational analysis with hands-on improvement, focusing on cost reduction, materials planning and the use of automation and AI to boost efficiency.

Reporting to senior account leadership, you will develop KPIs, dashboards and action plans, engage with customers and suppliers, and drive projects from analysis

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Confidence engaging with customers, suppliers, operational teams and senior stakeholders.
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to articulate points clearly.
• Experience working with operational data, KPIs, dashboards and performance reporting.
• Strong Excel skills and familiarity with reporting or analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau.
• Significant ERP and/or CMMS systems experience.
• Experience delivering process, efficiency or cost improvements.
• Ability to interpret complex data and present actionable insights.
• Good commercial understanding of costs, benefits and savings.

Responsibilities

• Drive and develop operational reporting, dashboards and performance information for internal teams and customer stakeholders.
• Establish and refine KPIs to improve visibility of performance and identify action areas.
• Provide analysis and insight in response to customer, management and operational requirements.
• Use data to identify opportunities for cost reduction, efficiency and improved ways of working.
• Manage key project and program roadmaps with Senior Management to track deliverables and benefits.
• Support cost-saving projects from initial analysis through to supplier engagement and implementation.
• Review program stocking levels, Min/Max assignments, and opportunities for expanding managed inventory.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve efficiency through data, automation, AI and existing systems.
• Support Maximo demand forecasting to strengthen materials planning across key customer programs.
• Collaborate with customer account leadership to standardise and create synergies across programs.
• Support introduction and implementation of new projects and processes across key accounts.
• Provide analysis and improvement support for key customer activities and priorities.
• Contribute to training of new MPS team members.
• Identify and support wider continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Data visualization

Excel proficiency

Power BI

Tableau

ERP experience

CMMS experience

Demand forecasting

Materials planning

Project management

Automation interest

Tools

Maximo CMMS

SAP ERP

Snowflake

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Controlled Environments Company (CEC) in Ireland seeks a Supply Chain Project Specialist to support performance and continuous improvement across key customer accounts. You will combine operational analysis with hands-on improvement, focusing on cost reduction, materials planning and the use of automation and AI to boost efficiency.

Reporting to senior account leadership, you will develop KPIs, dashboards and action plans, engage with customers and suppliers, and drive projects from analysis