Business Analyst
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Position Summary

This position is a member of the Supply Chain department at Thermo Fisher Scientific and is a key role in supporting the development of dashboards and data analytics tools. The ideal candidate will possess the skills and ability to handle requirements gathering, drive process improvement initiatives, and use our current and future technology platforms. The candidate should possess cross-functional skills to effectively collaborate with functional groups, such as Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, R&D, IT and Finance.

Location/Division Specific Information

• Tewksbury, MA/ Analytical Instruments Group - Chemical Analysis Division
• This role will be a hybrid role with flexible days.

• Establish measurable criteria to ensure desired results are acquired and provide management with updates via dashboards reflective of key performance indicators in line with set priorities and timing targets.
• Promote the transformation of a reactive organizational culture to one that is more proactive, using data driven decision making and giving priority to preventative actions.
• Review business processes to improve efficiency and benchmark with industry best practices. Drive customer centric process improvements.
• Will identify metrics, tools, and processes to optimize inventory, supporting inventory reduction analytics and execution of action plans.
• Improve insight to past due backlog through process development and working with sites to develop action plans to address.
• Translate business requirements into analytical solutions. Statement of work and project plan development including resource requirements and financial models.
• Collaborate with IT on data availability, cleansing and validation to support division wide insights and analytics.
• Business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

• Three or more years of responsibility related to data analytics, supply chain, and engineering.
• Ability to work efficiently within a team in a fast-paced changing environment!
• Experience working in PowerBI, PowerApps, Power Automate, Sharepoint, SQL and Data Lake technology (ex. Redshift, Athena). Strong acuity in MS Office including spreadsheets and word processing. Working knowledge of Python would be beneficial.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using data from a variety of sources to draw conclusions and insights and translate those insights into actions.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
• Good problems solving skills and creativity, adaptable to new and changing situations.
• Self-motivated with strong customer orientation
• Effective verbal, written, and presentation skills.

• Bachelor's Degree required: Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or Business preferred.
• APICS or related professional certification preferred.
• Previous experience in a Lean Manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience using ERP systems (SAP, InforXA, Intuitive) preferred.
• Excellence in the ability to perform data analysis.
• Intermediate level skills with Microsoft Office suite