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Job Description

Job Title: Project Management Specialist

The Project Lead role at MDS Enterprise is a pivotal position that requires a dynamic individual capable of working collaboratively with various teams. This role involves direct reporting to the MDS Enterprise Director and entails a hands-on approach to streamline the end-to-end (E2E) value chain process. The successful candidate will be instrumental in simplifying complex workflows, thereby enhancing efficiency across supply chains and distribution centers. By liaising with platform supply chain, integrators, site, and the program management team, the Project Lead will drive significant improvements in cost management, cash flow, and gross profit (GP) year over year (YOY), contributing to the organization's strategic financial goals.

Responsibilities:

• Work with MDS stakeholders to supports upstream and downstream operation activities in E2E space to drive cost, cash and GP targets.  The areas of focus should be waste reduction, freight, network, and warehousing optimization.
• Responsible to develop Business Case via documentation of ‘As-Is’ and ‘To-be’ process to develop project pipeline.
• Responsible to provide support to drive project execution- change management initiatives, business continuity efforts & growth efforts. 

• Supports kaizen, and/or workshop activities- establish baseline by defining clear problem through data analysis, and/or trends.

• Perform root case analysis by studying data trends, develop recommendations and present findings to project team.
• Comfortable manipulating large amount of data.  Recommend opportunities from data trends.
• Experience managing ambiguity and providing clarity for teams.
• Assist w/system cleanup activities to support PCLM.
• Candidate should have “collaborative” mindset and be able to “work well with teams.”
• Candidate should be willing to cope with some stress and able to prioritize with help of management.

• Identify and promote best practices while ensuring Global Alignment and Standardization
• Assess, implement, and recommend supply planning technologies and tools (Manual Allocation) Direct link to process performance (Service, Inventory, etc.)

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (Engineering/Commerce/Science) or relevant discipline.
•  2-3 years of related experience in operations and/or supply chain.
• Professional Experience and knowledge of ERP systems – SAP, Kinaxis, JDE etc.
• Knowledge of supply chain metrics like Forecast accuracy, Back Order, Inventory, etc.
• CI / lean profile is preferred.
• Project management skills preferred.

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