Senior Principal Inventory Optimization

Role Description

The Strategy & Operational Excellence team is on a mission to improve both our customer and employee experience by transforming how we plan, buy, make, and distribute products in Waters Global Operations. As the Inventory PMO, you will be responsible for coordinating and driving the end-to-end inventory optimization for Waters. This will be a global initiative across the entire value chain (procurement, manufacturing, planning, distribution) sponsored by the GO leadership team.

• Specify program approach and run the program
• Steer very diverse program and project teams towards a common result overcoming competing targets
• Drive conceptual approach and identify levers / develop hypotheses
• Validate hypotheses with data, linking in analytics and data science team
• Align results with GO stakeholders and finance business partners
• Derive implications from proposed levers on SC, manufacturing, procurement and commercial
• Show trade-offs and prepare decision proposal
• Steer discussions with GO leadership team and divisions
• Develop implementation plan
• Drive implementation of decided levers incl. tracking of results
• Drive change and act as a change agent

Those responsibilities require the following capabilities and tasks:

• Establish and lead a cross-functional team of subject-matter experts from all GO sub-functions
• Collaborate with stakeholders outside of Global Operations to ensure alignment with the overall enterprise
• Develop and employ project management tools to ensure proper organizational structure, project planning/scheduling, budgeting, and governance
• Identify best practices to be adopted into current ways of working
• Create a prioritized roadmap of changes to be introduced
• Design and validate proposed changes
• Develop communication tools and documentation for stakeholders
• Manage project risk assessments, mitigation plans and problem solving efforts

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in project/program management roles
• Experience building and managing cross-functional teams
• BS Degree in an Engineering, Science or Supply Chain discipline
• Master’s Degree or equivalent industry experience preferred
• BA/BS in business, science or engineering; MBA or master’s degree in science or engineering is desirable

Requirements

• Effective analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills, including business and financial analyses
• Strong project management skills, experience creating and executing multi-disciplinary projects
• Strong influencing skills, proven ability to work across organizational boundaries
• Working knowledge of change management in the context of deploying new processes and technology solutions
• Collaborative, strong listening skills and ability to assimilate other viewpoints
• Agile and responsive, experience handling multiple priorities
• Customer-centric, track record of investing time in understanding user requirements
• Results oriented, demonstrated ownership mindset and delivering high quality outcomes
• Proven track record of solving problems, breaking down barriers and delivering results ahead of schedule
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Demonstrated ability to promote teamwork and motivate and manage exempt level personnel
• Ability to travel globally up to 25-30% as required to support site integrations

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. Our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology.

• Collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines
• Ensure the safety of food and water
• Drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance
• Our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community.