Project Advisor, Supply Chain

About Company

Mizuho OSI is the leader in the markets for specialty surgery and patient positioning. The company’s portfolio includes specialty surgical tables for procedure-specific approaches that improve patient outcomes in spine and orthopedic surgeries along with disposable and reusable surgical patient care products.

Job Summary

The Project Advisor for Supply Chain position works on both tactical and strategic projects for the Supply Chain organization within the Operations division using an internal customer perspective. This role could be a Subject Matter Expert, (SME), on a project team, a liaison between project teams, could lead a project team and/or contribute individually to a project.

The Project Advisor will typically work on projects from initiation of solution options through delivery, implementation, and follow-up to ensure successful outcomes. Must be able to coordinate cross-functional teams, lead effective meetings, and measure overall progress.

Projects managed are large in scope. The Project Advisor is responsible for bringing projects to a successful completion both on time and in budget, ensuring the company's ability to meet its strategic objectives.

Leverage systems knowledge, including SAP, and Master Data Management expertise partnering with Supply Chain, Operations, and IT to define requirements, develop functional specifications, supporting SAP capabilities and supply chain improvement initiatives. Provide strategic guidance to align solutions with business objectives, data governance standards, and operational best practices.

This position receives project assignments, scope, objectives, and deliverables from the Director of Global Supply Chain.

Key measures of success for this position are an ability to develop cross-functional support and adoption for project implementation that brings optimum value to the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct needs assessment for projects assigned.
• Analyze and present solution options for each project assigned .
• Identify and evaluate best in class performance measures that are critical to the projects, and or task assigned. Work with People Leaders and Subject Matter Experts (SME) to incorporate these metrics into daily management activities.
• Contribute information and analysis to organizational strategic plans.
• Assist any assigned project team in strategic meetings and follow up with documented meeting notes.
• Actively contributes to being part of a cohesive project team and cross functional program teams and may work independently with external sources to achieve collaboration and results.
• Identify and resolve project management issues within the project team. Guide the Supply Chain team to plan and schedule project timelines and milestones as follows:
• Lead brainstorming sessions and strategic conversations, research, and analysis to ensure each project's challenges have potential resolutions that are discussed with all relevant parties.
• Monitor project activities, progress, milestones, and cost/budget in accordance with the organization’s long-term strategy.
• Report project status on a weekly basis to corresponding departments and communicate with management consistently.
• Secure and justify all projects including funding. Expedite and coordinate a multitude of interrelated activities, resources, and project risks with the available resources and changing priorities.
• Provide planning, leadership and focus to manage deliverables, scope and objective of major projects and sub-projects.
• Coordinate activities, tasks, and assignments for various full-time and part-time project members, contract resources, and cross functional partners.
• Support project planning, solution design, testing, implementation, and post-deployment optimization while ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.
• Present and discuss project status with various levels of the organization as needed.
• Identify and resolve any project related issues such as scheduling, requirements and scope of work. Involve management when necessary.
• Actively and consistently prioritize and pursue cost improvements through process, procedure, and methods control.
• Understand Mizuho OSI's business objectives and the relationship between the Operations and Supply Chain objectives.
• Support and follow the Corporate Vision, Mission & Values Statements while maintaining the services and quality levels set by Mizuho OSI.
• Understand, follow, and support Mizuho OSI's internal Quality System policies, procedures and work instructions including but not limited to applicable external regulations (21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 820 Quality System Regulations and applicable International Standards).

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in material operations, industrial management, manufacturing operations or related field with at least 8 years of directly applicable experience.
• 5 years experience managing supply chains for multi-plant facilities.
• 7-10 years of materials management experience in the medical device industry and 1-3 years of large cross functional project management experience strongly preferred.
• Extensive knowledge of supply and manufacturing processes.
• Effective decision-making skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Maintain professional appearance and demeanor which conveys pride in working for Mizuho OSI. Demonstrate a positive “Can Do” approach and a willingness to assist others.
• Excellent computer skills: Windows, SAP, Microsoft Office 365; Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with customer focus and high sense of urgency.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Effectively manage dynamic situations; adapt plans, actions, and decisions in response to changing circumstances while continuing to meet deadlines or proposing revised deadlines when necessary.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to clearly and effectively communicate both written and verbally: properly use such technical factors as grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to prepare business letters, memorandums, and reports.
• Respond sensitively to the needs and feelings of others regardless of position; maintain rapport and interact effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Strong presentation, project, and organizational skills. 
• Ability to perform arithmetic functions, create and reconcile reports, demonstrate strong analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Apply effective time management processes to maintain structure and consistency, resulting in effective task performance. Plan and prioritize tasks to meet anticipated future needs.
• Ability to establish and accomplish goals independently as well as work collaboratively and cross functionally as a positive and productive team member.
• Knowledge of overall cross functional operations and their relationship within projects.
• Strong consensus building skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Effective influence skills.
• Effective conflict management skills.

Pay Scale: $116,000- $145,000 DOE + potential annual bonus + comprehensive benefits package