Strategic Buyer - Global Sourcing & Cost Optimization

Phinia Inc; Benito Juárez; Híbrido; MXN 900.000 - 1.200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Phinia Inc is seeking a Sr. Supply Chain Optimization Specialist to lead inventory optimization and analytics in a hybrid role based in Juarez, NL. You will drive root-cause analysis, leverage ERP data, and build actionable insights with cross-functional teams.

You will partner with Production Control, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Finance, and Operations to reduce inventory risks and improve governance, using standardized review routines and proactive prevention approaches.

Formación

• Must analyze inventory risks and identify root causes.
• Develop and improve dashboards and reports for visibility into inventory.
• Translate analytics into actionable business decisions with owners and timelines.

Responsabilidades

• Lead root cause analyses for inventory increases, overstock, and obsolescence across FG, RM, WIP, and service inventory.
• Investigate ERP-driven exceptions to identify drivers such as demand, supply, planning parameters, lead times, or master data.
• Develop Power BI dashboards, exception reports, and tools for early visibility of inventory risk.

Conocimientos

Root cause analysis

Inventory optimization

Power BI

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytics

Herramientas

ERP systems

Power BI

Excel

Descripción del empleo

Sr. Supply Chain Optimization Specialist

Sr. Supply Chain Optimization Specialist
Location: Juarez, NL. / Hybrid

BASIC FUNCTION

The Sr Specialist, Inventory Optimization & Supply Chain Analytics is responsible for identifying inventory risks, determining root causes, and driving corrective actions that reduce excess, obsolete, overstock, and overproduction inventory across Kitchen and Bath Americas. Reporting to the Sr Supply Chain Analytics Manager, this role partners with Production Control, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Finance, Manufacturing Operations, Master Data, IT/Data Analytics, and Supply Chain leadership to improve inventory visibility and governance. The position serves as a hands‑on analytics and process improvement expert, using ERP research, Power BI dashboards, exception reporting, and standardized review routines to convert complex inventory signals into clear business actions. The role is expected to work independently, communicate findings clearly, and support the organization in moving from reactive inventory review to proactive prevention.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead recurring root cause analysis for inventory increases, overstock, excess, obsolete, and overproduction across Finished Goods, Raw Materials, WIP, and service‑related inventory.
• Research inventory exceptions in ERP and supporting tools to determine whether drivers relate to demand, supply, planning parameters, MOQ, lead time, forecast bias, material status, discontinuation, last‑time‑buy, production execution, or master data.
• Develop and improve Power BI dashboards, exception reports, and analytical tools that provide early visibility to inventory risk, including PO/PR exceptions, safety stock/time breaches, production overbuilds, blocked or restricted stock, disposition balances, and month‑over‑month changes.
• Partner with IT, Data Analytics, Master Data, and business process owners to improve report reliability, automate recurring analysis, and reduce manual Excel dependency where practical.
• Identify purchase requisitions, purchase orders, production activity, and material receipts that may create inventory above target levels; coordinate with schedulers, buyers, supply planning, customer service, manufacturing, and operations leaders to review, cancel, defer, or correct orders when appropriate.
• Build structured RCA categories and Pareto reporting to quantify major inventory drivers, financial impact, accountable functions, and recurring patterns.
• Translate analytics into clear business actions with owners, due dates, assumptions, risks, and escalation needs; follow up until actions are closed or formally escalated.
• Create standardized processes, decision rules, escalation paths, governance routines, data definitions, and user instructions for inventory optimization tools and dashboards.
• Communicate concise findings to leadership and cross‑functional teams, including what happened, why it happened, financial impact, required decision, owner, and due date.

RELATIONSHIPS AND CONTACTS

• Supervisory Relationships:
• - Reports directly to the Sr Supply Chain Analytics Manager.
• - No direct reports are required; however, the role is expected to lead cross‑functional workstreams and coordinate actions across multiple teams.
• Internal Business Relationships
• 1. Frequent interaction with Production Control Directors, plant production control teams, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, S&OP, Inventory Management, Source Scheduling, Manufacturing Operations, Finance, Master Data