Director Data & Analytics (Supply Chain & Mfg.)

Medline Industries, Inc.; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) contributions

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Medline Industries, LP is seeking a Director of Data & Analytics for Supply Chain and Manufacturing. Lead the data analytics lifecycle, shaping data sourcing, modeling, and productization to scale decisioning across operations.

You will partner with executives to drive a multi-year analytics roadmap, manage demand intake, and ensure initiatives deliver measurable value. Strong leadership and communication across onshore/offshore teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in data engineering, BI and analytics; 4+ years leading data teams.
• Experience owning a portfolio or roadmap for a defined business area.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between Data & Analytics and business leadership across Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Procurement.
• Own a multi-year analytics roadmap and backlog aligned to objectives.
• Lead demand intake, qualification and prioritization; communicate trade-offs to sponsors.
• Define business cases, benefits and success measures for analytics investments.

Skills

Data architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Power BI

ETL/ELT design

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration or related field

Tools

ERP (SAP or equivalent)

Warehouse management (Manhattan or equivalent)

TMS (Transportation Management)

BI tools & semantic modeling

Job description

Job Summary

The Director, Data & Analytics for Supply Chain and Manufacturing, leads the data and analytics delivery lifecycle for the Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Procurement functions, providing strategic and operational leadership to technical and business teams. The role works directly with functional leaders to shape how data is sourced, modeled and productized against defined use cases, and carries the technical depth to set ingestion requirements and design products that support analytics and decisioning at scale.

Job Description

Major Responsibilities

Leadership and Strategic Planning

• Serve as the primary point of contact between Data & Analytics and business leadership across Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Procurement, and represent the analytics portfolio in functional leadership forums.
• Own a multi-year analytics roadmap and backlog aligned to enterprise and business unit objectives.
• Lead demand intake, qualification and prioritization; sequence work against available capacity and communicate trade-offs to sponsors.
• Define business cases, expected benefits and success measures for analytics investments, and report progress, adoption and value realization to senior leadership.

Technical Guidance and Data Product Ownership

• Maintain functional and technical command of the team’s data products and negotiate the features and releases that keep each one current and adding value.
• Advise architects and engineers on data modeling and integration approaches, and review designs for scalability, reusability, performance, supportability and total cost of ownership.
• Champion reuse of certified data products over single-purpose solutions and eliminate duplication across functions.

Delivery, Governance and Adoption

• Hold delivery teams accountable for committed scope, quality and dates, escalating risks early with a recommended course of action.
• Ensure solutions ship with the documentation, runbooks and knowledge transfer required for support, and that production issues carry clear ownership and response paths.
• Partner with Data Governance and Information Security on data quality, stewardship, access management and compliance for operational and supplier data.
• Drive post-deployment adoption through training, communication and change management, including retirement of legacy and duplicative reporting.

People Management and Team Development

• Lead recruiting, onboarding, retention, coaching and performance management, building technical and functional bench strength across onshore and offshore resources.
• Allocate people and vendor capacity across competing initiatives to protect committed dates while minimizing disruption to operations.
• Review and improve departmental policies, delivery standards and support methodologies.
• Own budget planning and cost control for the area of responsibility, including labor, vendor and platform consumption costs.

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Work Experience

• 10+ years in data engineering, business intelligence and analytics, including 4+ years leading data teams.
• Experience owning a portfolio or roadmap for a defined business area, from demand intake through reported outcomes.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of modern data platform architecture, including warehouse and Lakehouse patterns, ETL and ELT design, dimensional modeling and semantic models, sufficient to challenge design decisions without performing the build.
• Ability to read enterprise data in the context of business goals and operational processes.
• Working knowledge of business intelligence and visualization platforms such as Power BI, including semantic model and workspace governance.
• Strong communication skills to navigate between executive, functional and technical audiences.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands, decide with incomplete information, and influence outcomes in a matrixed organization.
• Budget preparation, analysis and cost management within defined financial objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, distribution or procurement functions in a large, multi-site organization.
• Working knowledge of core operational systems and their data: ERP (SAP or equivalent), warehouse management (Manhattan or equivalent), transportation and route planning (TMS), and demand and inventory planning.
• Familiarity with operational performance measures such as fill rate, on-time delivery, inventory turns, forecast accuracy and production yield.
• Experience leading a data platform or reporting modernization, including migration off legacy tools.
• Experience managing distributed teams and external delivery partners across time zones.

Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

We’re dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career. We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best. Explore our Belonging page here.

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.