Fulfillment Strategy Manager

Vantive • Deerfield, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities. In this role, you will help define the global Fulfillment function’s direction by assisting in the identification, development, and execution of strategic initiatives. The breadth of functions includes Transportation, Third Party Logistics (3PL), Warehousing, and the overall Network across all Fulfillment regions. Devise strategies aimed to optimize the regional execution with the primary focus on people, processes, and technology. This role will provide thoughtful leadership on cross-functional initiatives and complex projects that include partnering with Commercial, Manufacturing, and Planning team members with the focus on delivering results.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of business strategy, planning, analytics, and operations experience.
• In-depth knowledge in one or more of the following Integrated Supply chain functions: Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Planning and/or Fulfillment.
• Proven track record of collaborating with functional leads to solve complex business problems and presenting solutions to leadership.
• Leadership and influencing skills, ability to successfully complete projects in a highly matrixed, consensus-driven organization.
• Ability to handle ambiguity effectively and oversee multiple projects at once.
• Exceptional oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize data, set actionable goals and drive metrics and execution.
• Problem solving skills, ability to deal with complex and ambiguous business problems and develop concrete integrated supply chain and business recommendations.
• Critical thinking skills, ability to constructively challenge ideas and assumptions.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Advanced Excel.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 5 or more years of business experience working in and leading cross functional teams.
• 3+ year of Project Management experience.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or MS a plus.
• Previous experience in global Supply Chain medical device manufacturing network, or healthcare services and/or specialty pharmacy service preferred.
• Flexible and adaptable - able to work in ambiguous situations and to bring clarity to the process.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy Global Fulfillment strategic initiatives aimed to transform existing business processes to optimize cost and service level.
• Demonstrate project management acumen and skills to prioritize initiatives, build project roadmaps, scope, deliverables, metrics, and scheduled plan.
• Collaborate with the cross-functional to build project requirements ensuring the proposed solution will meet business needs.
• Drive change through exceptional communication with project sponsorship, stakeholders, and team members.
• Exhibit analytical prowess provide a recommendation to business leaders to agree on project prioritization.
• Continuously partner with ISC leaders to identify, analyze, and accelerate strategies for value improvement, proposition, and enhancement.
• Prioritize and manage key projects by deriving insight from analytics.
• Drive collaboration and quality execution of key cross-functional projects.
• Influence stakeholders to adopt new ideas, projects and / or approaches.
• Solve high-impact problems and develop actionable solutions for the most challenging issues facing the company, with an end-to-end focus.
• Identify future growth opportunities for the organization, with particular attention to the capabilities needed to operationalize and capture value from these areas.
• Provide thought partnership to business partners on a broad range of business-critical topics.
• Maintain an external mindset, including staying on top of competitive, and macroeconomic / geopolitical trends.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
• Medical coverage that start on day one.
• Dental coverage that start on day one.
• Vision coverage that start on day one.
• Insurance coverage for basic life.
• Insurance coverage for accident.
• Insurance coverage for short-term disability.
• Insurance coverage for long-term disability.
• Insurance coverage for business travel accident insurance.
• Aon Pooled Employer Plan (“Aon PEP”), Vantive’s 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Educational assistance programs.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service.
• Family and medical leaves of absence.
• Paid parental leave.
• Commuting benefits.
• Employee Discount Program.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Childcare benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level