Planning Data & Analytics Excellence Lead

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The Position

A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with

the people we love.

That’s what makes us Roche. 

In this exciting position, you collaborate with stakeholders and manufacturing sites worldwide to ensure patient supply and create value for patients. You thrive in an open and dynamic environment, ensuring supply to patients in need.

In this Supply Chain Integrated Planning role, you will transform supply chain strategies into actionable plans. As part of the Supply Chain Planning Capabilities team, you will lead the end to end (E2E) planning process, system design, and continuous improvement. You will work closely with Business Capabilities Owners, Leads, and Specialists. You will be a decision-maker for processes, data, systems, and analytics while being accountable for delivering results through end-to-end thinking and collaboration in a global network. You will be part of an agile organization with a purpose-driven culture built on trust and cooperation, where you are inspired to co-create solutions and develop capabilities to deliver the mission.

The Opportunity

• You will develop and maintain an understanding of Roche’s global Operational Multi-Period Planning (OMP) solution, supply chain planning processes, and data structures.
• You will drive analytical improvements in OMP to maximize solver usage through automation and optimization.
• You will own, maintain, and optimize OMP data management rules, driving improvements and addressing issues.
• You will provide support to the planning community, troubleshooting and resolving solver issues when planning results don’t meet expectations.
• You will conduct root cause analysis of OMP planning issues in collaboration with IT, Planners, and Master Data groups.
• You will act as the business owner for the Solver and Data Rules towards IT, linking IT strategy with business strategies and addressing major technical issues.
• You will contribute to supply chain planning projects, ensuring the fitness of the OMP advanced solvers and sharing benefits and learnings with the broader business community. 

Who you are:

• You will have a degree in a technical field such as engineering, mathematics, computer science, or informatics.
• You will bring 5+years of experience in supply chain planning and/or relevant education/certification is advantageous.
• You will have familiarity with supply chain planning systems, preferably OMP.
• You will have strong motivation to improve planning capabilities using the latest analytical features.
• You will bring a proven mindset for continuous improvement and willingness to engage in ongoing learning within a global organization.
• You will have experience with scripting languages (Python, R, OPAL, Javascript) and visualization tools (Tableau or similar).
• You must be able to effectively communicate technical concepts to the planning community and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Relocation benefits not available for this position**

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Pharma Canada has its office in Mississauga, Ontario and employs over 850 employees. The Mississauga facility is bright, vibrant, fosters collaboration and teamwork, and is reflective of Roche’s truly innovative culture.

As of January 4, 2022, Roche requires all new employees who work in Canada to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on the date they take office. This requirement is a condition of employment at Roche that applies regardless of whether the position is on a Roche campus or remotely. If you have a valid reason for not being fully immunized, which is limited to certain specific medical reasons or other valid reasons protected by applicable human rights laws, you may request an exemption and / or adaptation measures regarding this vaccination requirement.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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