Analyst Supply Chain

Location: Rotterdam, NL, 3013 AA- Req ID: 85841- Facility: Rotterdam-554- Department: Administration- Division: Olefins and Polyolefins, Refining and SuAre you looking to become a catalyst for change in the world of logistics and operations. Dive into a role where data meets strategy, and technology converges with business savvy to streamline processes, automate tasks, and drive insightful decision-making. Are you ready to make an impact and do you want to work in a leading international company within its field, in an environment where professional and personal growth is encouraged? Welcome to LyondellBasell

**This is LyondellBasell**:
**This is the role**:
The Supply Chain Services Team combines data, technology, and analysis with business acumen to examine processes, automate work streams and generate insights driving better decision-making. The team also governs and supports key Supply Chain reporting systems used by Supply Chain and will act as a focal point in strategic initiatives/projects.

As Analyst Supply Chain you will initially focus on admin processes related to freight rate management and invoicing to learn the general operating environment. After the initial landing phase, you will leverage those learnings to perform data analysis and modeling techniques to improve supply chain operations and performance by identifying repetitive manual processes and formulate proposals that enable efficiencies in the day-to-day operations.

Together with your fellow analysts, you ensure complete and accurate monthly spend reporting and provide specific insights to your business line. You support existing reports and dashboards and next to that you will be an ambassador of continuous improvements by participating in projects and change requests to optimize these and/or introduce new ones.

Your operational activities are linked to securing accurate and timely processing of transportation invoices while maintaining effective business controls.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assure accurate logistics rate management procedures that provide correct rate and invoicing capabilities.
- Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders regarding freight rate/invoicing discrepancies to identify the root-cause and resolve.
- Process ownership of GR (goods receipt) creation for fixed and variable costs in the Supply Chain.
- Ensuring timely updates of dashboards as per agreed with your stakeholders.
- Driving continuous improvements in data quality, actionable insights and process standardization.
- Supporting the Category Managers and Sourcing Leads as an analyst with structural and on demand reports and KPI analysis.
- Monitoring and analyzing supply chain performance data to identify areas for improvement and recommend changes to supply chain models.
- Familiarity regarding working with data: optimizing data loads, transformations, and the creation/maintenance of Supply Chain dashboards.
- Automate processes or process steps using Intelligent Automation tools including but not limited to Alteryx and Power Platform.

**This is who you are**:
To be successful in this role you must recognize yourself in the following profile:
You are someone who brings a positive and empowering mindset to the table, along with being an exceptional team player. You have the ability to manage expectations and are committed to meeting deadlines that have been mutually agreed upon. Your affinity for data visualization and data modeling tools is a strong suit. You possess robust business analytical skills and the capacity for problem-solving. You approach problems in a structured manner, aiming to establish scalable solutions. Stakeholder management is a customer-focused area where you excel. While it’s not a strict requirement, having a basic understanding of end-to-end processes such as Source to Pay, Lead to Cash, and Record to Report will be advantageous. You are adept at working effectively within geographically diverse, cross-functional teams and are capable of collaborating with both functional and technical teams successfully. You have a critical thinking mindset to stay curious and challenge the status quo in aims to improve the process and output in your domain.

**This is what you bring**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance or a related engineering/technical discipline.
- Master’s Degree (in disciplines mentioned above) is preferred.
- Up to 2 years of proven relevant experience in Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, or Data analytics functions.
- Familiar with ERP systems preferably SAP and familiar in software like Alteryx, Power BI, Power Automate, Excel (VBA), Celonis.
- Familiar with working with cross functional flowcharts for process mapping like VISIO.
- Chemical industry experience/knowledge is beneficial.
- English and an additional language preferred.
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills.

**This is what we offer**:
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