Company Overview
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a "Bridgestone West" strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
Job Category
Supply Chain & Procurement
Position Summary
We are seeking a Senior Supply Chain Analyst like you to join our team in Nashville, TN!
This Senior Supply Chain Analyst works with Transportation and Warehousing operations to finalize the monthly finances, create annual budget and forecasts, report key performance metrics, ensure high data quality, and optimize data related corporate processes. At our core our team reports the financial and performance health of the freight and warehousing for the NA region. In addition, our team actively pursues process improvements across supply chain corporate and operations to ensure better information flow, data quality, and report timing. The team is growing, and we need candidates with strong analytical and process improvement background to continue to help Bridgestone LSCM grow. This candidate must be a highly organized, project-oriented individual with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities. Strong communication skills adjusting to multiple levels of organization, from peers to leadership, and cross-functionally across business units.
Collectively with our teams, we are pioneering innovative solutions to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable. If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply.
Supply Chain Analytics work includes:
Performing complex analytics and statistical modelling on large data sets to optimize supply chain operations workflow, reduce costs, and increase efficiency.
Applying mathematical, statistical, and economic techniques to determine and forecast the cost/availability of raw materials, customer demand, production capacity, availability of cost-effective shipping, etc.
Creating data mining architectures/models/protocols, statistical reporting, and data analysis methodologies to identify Supply Chain operations improvements and simulate the impact of proposed initiatives.
Partnering with business line managers to understand and frame operational problems for further analysis.
Responsibilities
Leads projects or processes of diverse scope, while working independently with limited supervision.
Uses advanced analytical/technical problem solving to develop new solutions to existing problems/procedures.
Supports relationships through strong communication and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders.
Ensure proper procedures are followed during the monthly financial close process.
Develop annual budget and mid-year forecasts.
Run transportation and warehousing ad-hoc analyses on request from stakeholders.
Support carrier bid-data governance and process flow.
Connect to 3rd-party data providers (API, sFTP, ODBC, EDI).
Develop workflows and dashboards for reporting.
Implement process improvement solutions in collaboration with stakeholders.
Root cause analyses of processes failures.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, analytics, business, accounting or finance.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience in data related roles.
Minimum of three (3) years using Alteryx and Tableau or similar data blending tools.
Proven record of process improvement implementation.
Working knowledge of supply chain transportation and warehousing.
Working knowledge of forecasting and managerial accounting.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Able to work in ambiguous situations and respond flexible to changing circumstances, priorities and time constraints.
Preferred Qualifications
8 years total analytics experience in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related Logistics field.
Experience with lean organizations, process improvement, and project management.
Relevant organizational certifications: Lean (Six Sigma), Agile (ACP), PMP or equivalent.
Experience with development and reverse engineering of analytical process with Excel, Tableau, SAP, SQL, Alteryx and other Business Intelligence related software.
Relevant software certifications: Tableau, SAP, Alteryx, etc.
At Bridgestone, you are Free to Be
We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they bring their whole self to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.
What we offer
At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to "Serve Society with Superior Quality", for that, we offer you more than just a competitive compensation; we will provide you:
A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
A diverse and inclusive team.
Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Employment Eligibility
If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.
