Operations Excellence and Supply Chain Analytics Lead

Philips International; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 98,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

401k (up to 7% match)

HSA (with company contribution)

Stock purchase plan

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Philips seeks an Operations Excellence & Supply Chain Analytics Lead to transform complex supply chain and financial data into actionable insights for North America. You will drive forecasting accuracy, continuous improvement, and data-driven decisions for senior leadership.

Lead analytics across NA, apply advanced techniques, and partner cross-functionally to improve forecasting, planning, and reporting. Must reside near Stamford, CT, with on-site work expected.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in supply chain analytics with a relevant bachelor’s degree.
• Experience interpreting performance against forecasts and supporting planning.
• Proficiency in advanced data analytics, forecasting, statistics, and data mining.
• Ability to use AI-enabled analytics to improve reporting and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain analytics across North America.
• Evaluate performance against forecasts, targets, and the Annual Operating Plan.
• Identify trends, risks, opportunities, and actions to improve end-to-end performance.
• Apply optimization, simulation, data mining, statistics, and AI-enabled tools.
• Enhance financial and operational reporting, and support data-driven decisions.
• Transform data into clear insights and compelling business narratives.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior/C-suite leadership.
• Conduct root cause analysis and develop sustainable improvements.
• Integrate improvements into standard processes and ways of working.
• Define requirements for automated analytics and reporting across systems.
• Leverage data from multiple sources to improve forecasting and planning.

Skills

Data analytics

Forecasting

Statistical analysis

Data mining

Optimization

Root cause analysis

Continuous improvement

Complex data handling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain / Operations

Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering / Operations / Supply Chain

Tools

ERP systems

AI-enabled analytics tools

Statistical software

Job description

Operations Excellence & Supply Chain Analytics Lead

As the Operations Excellence & Supply Chain Analytics Lead, you will transform complex supply chain and financial data into actionable insights that improve North America supply chain performance, strengthen forecasting, and drive continuous improvement. You will serve as a strategic analytics partner, translating data into compelling business stories and recommendations for senior and C-suit leadership.

Role Summary

Your role: Lead supply chain analytics across North America, evaluating performance against forecasts, operational targets, and the Annual Operating Plan to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and actions that improve end-to-end supply chain performance. Apply advanced analytical techniques, including optimization, simulation, data mining, statistical analysis, and artificial intelligence-enabled tools, to evaluate supply chain scenarios, enhance financial and operational reporting, and support data-driven decision-making. Transform complex supply chain, operational, and financial data into clear insights and compelling business narratives, presenting findings, recommendations, and performance trends to senior and C-suit leadership. Drive operational excellence and continuous improvement by conducting root cause analysis, identifying performance gaps, developing sustainable solutions, and integrating improvements into standard processes and ways of working. Partner cross-functionally to define requirements for automated analytics and reporting, leverage data from multiple systems and sources, and improve forecasting, planning, reporting, and decision-making capabilities across the North America supply chain.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain analytics across North America
• Evaluate performance against forecasts, operational targets, and the Annual Operating Plan
• Identify trends, risks, opportunities, and actions that improve end-to-end supply chain performance
• Apply advanced analytical techniques, including optimization, simulation, data mining, statistical analysis, and artificial intelligence-enabled tools
• Enhance financial and operational reporting, and support data-driven decision-making
• Transform complex supply chain, operational, and financial data into clear insights and compelling business narratives
• Present findings, recommendations, and performance trends to senior and C-suit leadership
• Conduct root cause analysis, identify performance gaps, develop sustainable solutions
• Integrate improvements into standard processes and ways of working
• Partner cross-functionally to define requirements for automated analytics and reporting
• Leverage data from multiple systems and sources, and improve forecasting, planning, reporting, and decision-making capabilities

Requirements

• You’ve acquired 3+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, inventory management, manufacturing, enterprise resource planning systems, supply chain analytics, or a related area; prior experience is not required with a relevant master’s degree.
• You have demonstrated experience interpreting supply chain performance, analyzing results against forecasts, and supporting operational or financial planning.
• Your skills include advanced data analytics, forecasting, statistical analysis, data mining, optimization, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and working with complex data from multiple systems and sources.
• You are comfortable leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to enhance financial and operational reporting, automate insights, and improve decision-making.
• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain Management, or an equivalent field.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This is an office role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won’t stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others. Learn more about our business. Discover our rich and exciting history. Learn more about our purpose. Learn more about our culture.

Pay & Benefits

Philips Transparency Details The pay range for this position in CT is $98,000 to $155,000

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.

Benefits

• Generous PTO
• 401k (up to 7% match)
• HSA (with company contribution)
• Stock purchase plan
• Education reimbursement
• and much more

Location & Work Arrangements

For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Stamford, CT. Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.

Eligibility & Sponsorship

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/child-birth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law.

To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life. For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people’s lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health. Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That’s why we’re taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other’s views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.