Operations Analyst

Summary: 

Reporting to the Operations Manager- this position is responsible for the planning of NeoStrata products at the various Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO’s) while maintaining strict quality and regulatory compliance as well as balancing the needs of marketing and sales.  The candidate must have a strong understanding of sales and operations planning. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage Air vs Ocean Component Process to ensure timely delivery of components allowing stock levels to be maintained by external manufacturers
• Manage Raw Material and Component Expediting
• Manage Purchase Orders for NeoStrata flexible packaging portfolio, recognizing the variable changes in the Demand Plan week to week and ensuring dates are met/adjusted
• Timely processing of bulk shipments/transactions within NeoStrata ERP system
• Manage Carton Combos with NeoStrata carton suppliers to maximize efficiencies and driving cost savings
• Monthly analysis of Excess and Obsolete Inventory
• Provide updates to other cross-functional departments on production progress
• Interface with marketing, sales, research and development, quality, finance, and business development to support the various business needs

Strong leadership skills are required, as well as the ability to influence partners and manufacturing suppliers.

1. Team Leadership:  Able to articulate and communicate the appropriate direction and level of commitment to other individuals within NeoStrata. Demonstrates ability to properly assess all risk factors and take timely actions accordingly.  Demonstrates ability to be decisive and is a team leader who is trusted, disciplined and stimulating.
2. Proven ability to lead and motivate people in a complex organization to embrace a vision.  Able to achieve organizational focus on key priorities and operate effectively in a dynamic and unstructured environment.
3. Personal Effectiveness:  Demonstrates the highest standards of integrity with the ability to change, adapt, and grow. Is flexible, able to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, comfortable with ambiguity, and rapid change. Personal desire to achieve challenging objectives within ethical boundaries.
4. A focused thinker with superior analytical skills.  A quick study in new situations.
5. Demonstrates success in benchmarking and identifying “best practices”.
6. Communication:  Consistently creates a positive impression through personal credibility, professionalism, integrity, and respect for others. Projects a professional image in all circumstances. Demonstrates outstanding verbal and written communication skills regardless of audience. Clearly and convincingly articulates viewpoints to others. 
7. A track record of success in establishing clear expectations, setting objectives and bringing multiple parties together to drive key initiatives. Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills, creativity, decisiveness and a personal orientation toward action. Sets aggressive goals and delivers.
8. Teamwork: Solicits the opinions of others and modifies the outcome based on information gathered from multiple sources. Seeks opportunities to work together with others on projects and uses teams to address relevant issues and solve problems.
9. Confirmed capability to work effectively to make a positive impact in a team-based organization, collaborate cross-functionally and globally, exercise influence at very senior levels, and build alignment around a common vision.