Full Job Description
About Us
The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. We’re a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. While Kraft Heinz is co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.
We spark joy around mealtime with our iconic brands, including Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Planters, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Primal Kitchen, and Classico, among others.
No matter the brand, we’re united under one vision: To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally . Bringing this vision to life is our team of 39,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, we’re transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion – and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen – there’s only one thing to do: join our table and let’s make life delicious!
Our Culture of Ownership, Meritocracy & Collaboration
We're not afraid to think differently. Embrace new ideas. Dream big. We empower our people at every level – from entry-level intern to senior leader – to own their work. We share a responsibility to think like Owners – to be mindful of the collective and sustained success of Kraft Heinz – which we apply to every situation, every day. As part of Kraft Heinz, you're supported to grow and achieve. You’re expected to bring your authentic self to work every day, to lead with humility, and drive outstanding performance at every level – and you’ll be rewarded. You’re given opportunities to leave a mark and build a legacy. But you won’t do it alone. You’re supported by passionate teammates along the way, and our collective, collaborative spirit fuels our incredible progress.
Job Description
Role
The Sr Analyst Network Design, Logistics - Transformation is a very exciting opportunity for an ambitious and driven individual to be a part of the journey and help influence Kraft Heinz in its transformation goals. The individual will work on a team to design best-in-class end-to-end supply chain strategies utilizing state of the art optimization tools for Kraft Heinz North America. This highly motivated individual will support and drive strategic decision-making by providing analysis and insights to the leadership team and identify critical projects to improve network performance and costs. This is a key role in driving supply chain business results. The individual will identify and act on inefficiencies and in building cross functional relationships with teams across the operations functions.
Primary Responsibilities
Support the design, execution and validation of Optimization Software (Llamasoft Supply Chain and Data Guru models) to deliver a pipeline of projects for the North American Operations team
Work on a high visibility cross functional team, interacting on regular basis with various operations teams (Manufacturing, Transportation, Warehousing, Finance, Supply & Demand Planning as well as Business Development)
Support weekly and monthly project status updates and strategic sessions with Leadership
Serve as Center of Excellence for data sources, network knowledge and various associated tools
Ability to identify data requirements, necessary supporting analyses and formulate strategies and solutions that yield value for project success
Searching for and integrating new data (both internal and external) that improves visibility (and ultimately decisions)
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree + 2 years of experience or Master’s Degree + 1 years of experience
Degree in Industrial Engineering / Operations Research / Supply Chain Management/ Business preferred
Full-time experience in the field of planning/manufacturing / network optimization / transportation or warehousing
Strong analytics & visualization experience with tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, SQL Server
Highly motivated, self-starter that is well organized and needs minimal supervision
Ability to learn quickly and apply technical skills in a fast-paced environment with constantly changing priorities
Additional Preferred Skills
Familiarity / Modelling experience with Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru & Data Guru
Python / R & VBA experience
Regression analysis, advanced analytics and forecasting experience
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Location(s)
Chicago/Aon Center
Equal Opportunity Employer–minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
