Description

Logistics & Planing Senior Analyst

Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment.  Buckman is in the middle of a digital transformation of its businesses and focused on building the capabilities and tools in support of this.

Location

• Querétaro, Querétaro, México

Language

• Advanced English is a must.

Travel

• 20-30%

Position Summary

The role will play a pivotal role in executing Buckman’s strategic logistic and planning roadmap. The Logistic & Planning Senior Analyst will be responsible for Planning and Logistics in Buckman Mexico. He/She will manage freight costs, inventory level and have a significant influence over Perfect Order Results. He/She works in full collaboration with Sales and Operations teams to achieve excellent delivery levels.

• Responsible for planning, programming, and management of chemical material inventory.
• Works closely with Sales and operations teams to effectively plan deliveries.
• Analyzes orders in MRP based in sales forecast, stocks, and parameters.
• Coordinate monthly cycle inventory.
• Solve delivery issues, as well as opportunities, strengths, and threats for local and international freights.
• Plan purchasing of materials through the ERP system with effective management.
• Coordination of logistics and storage suppliers
• Coordinate and manage distribution of logistics services achieving the best relationship between cost and quality of service.
• Coordinate and manage internal logistic services seeking for the safety, efficiency, and integrity of goods.
• Coordinate and manage PL3 warehousing services aligning with performance indicators.
• Built relationship with customers, tollers, distributors, suppliers as trust advisor.
• Supervise best practices between tollers and warehousing.
• Manage level of service given by warehouses and other related suppliers with good quality
• Develops and maintains KPI’s tracking tools and performance reporting.
• Monitors market and industry publications; provides summaries and key insights to leadership.
• Drives incremental value in logistics efforts by deploying critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Communicates with suppliers and internal stakeholders on root cause analysis and resolution of quality, service, or other supplier performance issues.

Competencies Needed for Success

• Strong communication skills and ability to build consensus.
• Excellent data analysis skills
• Ability to research, analyze, compile, and assess business and financial data.
• Strong skills with diagnosing and resolving complex issues and opportunities within business planning and logistics models.
• Exceptional analytical decision-making skills
• Must have successful experiences
• Strong customer focus and interpersonal skills
• Excellent research, analytical, problem-solving, planning, and organization skills

Minimum Requirements to Apply

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Planning and Logistics, business, engineering, or other quantitative discipline.
• 6+ yrs of experience on planning and logistics, in a position where he/she had to look outside the company to find superior alternatives for logistics.
• Experience on planning focused in commercialization of chemical products
• 6+ yrs of experience in Chemical Industry
• Strong customer focus and interpersonal skills
• Excellent research, analytical, problem-solving, planning, and organization skills
• Advanced English level
• SAP software experience