Supply Chain Analyst - Senior

Description

The Supply Chain Analyst Senior develops and delivers advanced supply chain analytics across organizations and business units to improve operational performance, profitability, customer service, inventory, and working capital outcomes. This role enables data-driven decision-making through robust analytics, KPI reporting, benchmarking, compliance support, and continuous improvement initiatives across the end-to-end supply chain.

Key ResponsibilitiesSupply Chain Analytics & Performance Management

• Develop supply chain analytics to make operational performance and trends visible across throughput, lead time, delivery, logistics, inventory, working capital, and order management.
• Develop and maintain reporting capabilities for key supply chain KPIs, ensuring data integrity, repeatability, and accuracy.
• Analyze and interpret KPIs to identify improvement opportunities and recommend action plans.
• Build basic supply chain models for scenario analysis and decision support.
• Conduct internal and external benchmarking analyses.
• Provide financial analysis to support supply chain decisions.
• Use common processes, tools, and enterprise information systems to enable scalable analytics.
  
  

Continuous Improvement

• Lead and participate in Six Sigma and supply chain improvement projects.
• Optimize work processes using continuous improvement methodologies.
• Apply Plan for Every Part (PFEP) principles across the end-to-end supply chain.
  
  

Regulatory, Compliance & Risk Analytics Support

• Maintain regulatory inventory (single source of truth) by country/region, topic, and effective date using defined taxonomy and naming standards.
• Monitor legislation and execute horizon scanning activities by tracking regulatory updates from official sources.
• Support applicability mapping for products, materials, sites, logistics lanes, and supplier tiers.
• Prepare draft regulatory risk summaries, heatmaps, and escalation tickets using defined scoring logic.
• Support interpretation and translation of regulatory requirements into draft obligations and applicability decision aids.
• Assist in gap analysis by comparing regulatory obligations to existing policies, systems, controls, and workflows.
  
  

Controls, Governance & Audit Readiness

• Support compliance governance routines, including meeting preparation, RAID/action logs, RACI tracking, and follow-ups.
• Assist with control documentation, implementation, and testing activities.
• Support incident and escalation handling by gathering evidence and documenting timelines.
• Maintain audit-ready document management, traceability, and evidence vaulting discipline.
  
  

Supplier Due Diligence & Traceability

• Support supplier risk processes including questionnaires, screenings, documentation reviews, and risk profiling.
• Coordinate supplier documentation collection and validate completeness and quality.
• Maintain traceability datasets (BOM linkages, material declarations, chain-of-custody evidence).
• Support audit readiness and corrective action tracking with suppliers.
  
  

Reporting, Dashboards & Communication

• Produce routine reporting on compliance status, deadlines, supplier responses, gaps, exceptions, and risk trends.
• Build and maintain dashboards using Excel, Power BI, or equivalent tools.
• Prepare clear, executive-ready summaries translating analytical and technical findings into actionable insights.
  
  

Responsibilities

Skills & Experience

Technical & Analytical Skills

• Strong analytical skills with experience extracting, transforming, modeling, and interpreting data.
• Experience working with ERP, PLM, TMS, and business intelligence systems.
• Advanced Excel skills; Power BI or equivalent dashboarding tools preferred.
• Knowledge of supply chain KPIs, materials planning, inventory optimization, and root cause analysis.
• Familiarity with PFEP principles and end-to-end supply chain planning.
• Experience supporting regulatory, compliance, supplier risk, or ESG-related analytics is preferred.
  
  

Behavioral & Professional Competencies

• High attention to detail with strong document control and data hygiene discipline.
• Structured problem-solving mindset with strong follow-through.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across functions and global teams.
• Clear written and verbal communication with strong source-based reasoning.
• Customer-focused, results-driven, and accountable.
• Maintains confidentiality and exercises sound judgment with sensitive information.
• Values diverse perspectives and operates with a global mindset.
  
  

Licenses & Certifications

Licenses

• This position may require licensing or authorization for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations, depending on scope and jurisdiction.
  
  

Preferred Certifications (Not Required)

• Supply Chain / Procurement: APICS CPIM or CSCP, CIPS, CPSM
• Trade & Compliance: Trade compliance or export controls training
• Auditing / Quality: Internal auditor training (e.g., ISO-style auditing)
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree required.
• Intermediate level experience required.
• 35 years of relevant work experience preferred.
  
  

Job Supply Chain Planning

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2424453

Relocation Package No

100% On-Site No