Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. 

Optum is seeking a driven leader to fill the role of Supply Chain Operations Analyst at a 300K sq. ft. distribution center located in Columbus (Etna), OH. The Supply Chain Operations Analyst will be on the team of an exciting new business serving patients with varying disease states, pharma manufacturers and providers by distributing critical drugs in a timely, high-quality manner.  The successful candidate will be responsible for creating and managing diverse strategic supplier partnerships that drive enterprise value with innovation, best cost and competitive advantages that benefit customers, pharma manufacturers and patients. The operations analyst will govern, manage, and leverage procurement data and other technology solutions to improve process efficiency and business decision making. This role will report to the Optum Specialty Distribution leader.

The Supply Chain Operations Analyst will also be responsible for planning and implementing activities related to the product or material purchase, inventory control, and shipping/receiving and storage functions. They will ensure that the products and materials are ordered and in stock to meet company requirements, while maintaining acceptable inventory levels.

The Supply Chain Operations Analyst will interact with data through the following ways: They will create competitive advantage by deploying data and technology solutions for supplier selection and management, contract negotiation, supply chain optimization and risk mitigation. They should have an understanding of the current data context, process and availability, and how current data processes and existing data can be leveraged to achieve the desired benefits to optimize Operations functions. The Operations analyst should also be comfortable preparing and analyzing data including locating, profiling, cleansing, extracting, mapping, importing, transforming, validating or modeling to support procurement goals. They will interpret the results of analyses, identify trends and issues, and develop recommendations to support business objectives. All this data collection, evaluation, and reporting will be essential in order to manage inventory as well as analyzing inventory records, interpret results of overall inventory, and they may also collect sales records and trends and evaluate performance measured against inventory budgets.

This is an incredible opportunity to eventually lead all procurement activity of the distribution facility. As a new Optum business, we are building on our strengths but also challenging the status quo. We are creating a business that is designed to specifically serve the unique needs of patient populations using Specialty Pharmacies and supports the opportunity for expansion into additional therapies, which require enhanced services and new capabilities over traditional specialty distributors.

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Design and implement a network fulfillment strategy for suppliers that balances purchasing constraints with customer order fulfillment
• Evaluate and generate purchase orders daily to our suppliers to assure service levels are maintained
• Establish inventory parameters for items being purchased to assure service levels are maintained and balanced with inventory turnover metrics
• Manage demand forecasts at the item-distribution center level to assure they are accurately representing future sales
• Plan, manage, and track projects to assure customer fill rates are maintained throughout
• Build, optimize, and/or automate process/analytics solutions in support of the Procurement org
• Develop and execute strategic plans by leveraging market intelligence, industry knowledge and cross-functional collaboration to drive the future procurement needs of the business
• Provide leadership and guidance for data and analytics programs supporting procurement and collaborate cross-functionally to provide data and analytics support, and thought leadership on critical Optum initiatives across the enterprise
• Communicate complex information so that it is easy to understand and influences others to take action based on the useful information provided
• Implement and maintain decision support or master data management solutions
• Interact with data in an effective manner to:
  • Identify and manage data quality in alignment with the needs of the business and/or industry
  • Ensure complete protection of data with all policies as it relates to visibility and distribution
  • Actively enable and empower analytics and operations professionals across the procurement organization through leadership ability, sharing of best practices, training programs, and in-person development/support
  • Take responsibility for building data and technology-based solutions for Procurement team
• Access and aggregate large, raw data sets from multiple internal/external sources and transform into meaningful analyses, actionable insights, and practical information for decision-making
• Represent Procurement in enterprise and segment data initiatives/strategies
• Manage administrative processes timely to assure they support the activities above
• Responsible for managing, auditing, and training for an assigned process that spans numerous Analysts (future growth opportunity)

Physical Requirements:

General Distribution and Warehousing environment demands.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. 

Required Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience in distribution, inventory & procurement management
• Exposure to advanced analytics, building forecasting models, KPI’s and dashboards for supply chain
• Subject-matter expertise in self-service analytics tools, data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau)
• Knowledge of inventory policies, and practices and systems
• Must be able to work CST or EST

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in inventory and/or procurement management
• Experience in developing advanced Excel models and/or Power BI
• SAP experience
• Experience communicating effectively and interacting with personnel at all levels of technical ability and expertise
• Solid collaboration skills and is a team player
• Business understanding to determine when issues should be escalated
• Experience solving complex problems in a fast-paced environment

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $48,300 to $94,500 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.  

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 

 At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.    

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.      

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.    

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