Project Analyst, Supply Chain

Position Title: Project Analyst, Supply Chain
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 40411
JOB TITLE: Project Analyst - Supply Chain
LOCATION: Oakbrook Terrace, IL, Toronto, ON, or Florenceville-Bristol, NB
DEPARTMENT: Supply Chain
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy. This is an existing vacancy for McCain which is actively seeking to be hired.
Are you passionate about driving impactful change and optimizing processes within the Supply Chain domain? Here at McCain, we are seeking a talented Project Analyst to join our NA Supply Chain team. In this role, you will play a critical role in project planning and coordination, stakeholder management, and integration efforts within our Supply Chain Sub Functions. If you're a detail-oriented professional with a knack for collaboration and a drive for results, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
Project Planning and Coordination:

• Assist in the planning, scheduling, and coordination of Supply Chain project activities.
• Track project timelines, milestones, and deliverables to ensure adherence to deadlines.
• Coordinate communication between project team members, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Organize and facilitate project meetings, including preparing agendas and documenting meeting minutes.
• Maintain project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and risk registers.

Stakeholder Management and Accountability:

• Manage multiple requests while meeting or exceeding stakeholder expectations.
• Hold others accountable to maintain project scope and timelines. (including internal teams and 3rd party logistics providers)
• Listen to input and feedback from stakeholders while managing scope creep and filtering out non-relevant information.

Sustainable Competitive Advantage (SCA)

• Lead efforts in developing data driven tracking methodologies to quantify the impact of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide thought leadership and expertise to ideate and build a robust portfolio of cost savings initiatives.

Understanding and Integration:

• Project Analysts will be assigned to collaborate with a Supply Chain Sub Function (Logistics, Planning, Customer Solutions, E2E operations)
• Gain expert knowledge of assigned department and their integration into the overall End-to-End (E2E) process.
• Collaborate with CI team to Champion efforts to optimize processes and/or leverage data to improve decision making.

Special Assignments:

• Manage strategic programs as needed (PPM/PMO Process administration, Network Modeling, SCA etc..)

What You'll Need To Be Successful ...

• Ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Information Systems or Engineering.
• 3+ years Supply Chain experience
• Thorough, detail oriented with the ability to work with speed and accuracy.
• Previous work with projects as a team member or leader. PMP certification is a huge plus.
• Results focused. Bias towards action, able to analyze multiple pieces of information and act decisively.
• Effective communication skills (both oral and written) with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Understand sources of information and is able to procure information effectively.
• Tact and diplomacy - ensure professionalism when dealing with internal customers and outside vendors - ability to build strong relationships.
• Self-motivated with leadership skills and a desire to learn and grow.
• Excellent problem solving, organization and planning skills.
• Understanding and exposure to SAP transactional research and error resolution would be a plus.
• Highly proficient in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project or Visio a plus.
• Working knowledge and proficiency with SAP IBP, E2Open TMS (formerly BluJay) and PowerBI would be a plus.
• Ability to travel on occasion (<10>

Compensation Package : $65,500.00 - $87,400.00 . USD annually + Bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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Job Family: Supply Chain & Logistics
Location(s): US - United States of America : Illinois : Oakbrook Terrace
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.