Supply Chain Analyst - IT Systems Solutions

Merz North America•Racine, WI

About The Position

The Supply Chain Analyst - IT Systems Solutions is a highly motivated individual supporting the Global Supply Chain Systems team within the Merz Aesthetics Global Supply Chain organization. The Incumbent will be a highly versatile Anaplan & Power BI Developer to support enterprise planning and analytics initiatives within a small IT team. This role will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Anaplan models and Power BI reporting solutions, while working closely with business stakeholders across supply chain, finance, and operations. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can operate independently, manage competing priorities, and bridge the gap between business needs and technical solutions and have 2+ years of technical proficiency in tools like Anaplan, Power BI and Excel and possess strong analytical and communication skills.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Information Systems, or Data Analytics, Supply Chain or Finance
2+ years Anaplan model building
2+ years Power BI development
2+ years DAX and Power Query (M), Data modeling and relational database concepts
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, small team environment

Nice To Haves

Anaplan Certification Upon Hire
Power BI Certification Upon Hire
Business & Process Alignment - The capability to align technology, data, and analytics solutions with core business processes—ensuring tools directly support decision-making, operational execution, and strategic objectives.
Analytical Thinking - The ability to systematically evaluate data, identify patterns, and translate insights into actionable business decisions, particularly within complex planning and reporting environments.
Data Literacy – The ability to read, understand, interpret, and effectively use data to support business decisions—ensuring accuracy, consistency, and confidence across planning and reporting processes.
Governance & Change Management - The ability to establish control, standards, and adoption frameworks that ensure data, models, and analytics solutions are accurate, secure, scalable, and consistently used across the organization.
Customer Focus – A passion to represent Voice of Customer of patients/professionals to understand unmet market needs efficient solutions. confirmed results running high profile customer relationships.
Standout Colleague - High energy, great teammate with a focus on meeting commitments/ contributing to a high-performance culture, work in a multicultural matrix environment and build strong collaborative relationships with a diverse group of cross-functional team members including third party vendors, quality, regulatory, supply chain, customer service, transportation, industry partners, and sales.
Communications - Ability to develop/implement communication plans, messaging, and brand campaigns across multiple partners and customers, organization levels and functions. High-reaching Approach – Ability to conceptualize new concepts driven by deep understanding of respective needs.
Quality and Ethics - Strong understanding of QA requirements for Medical Devices. Ability to make the right decisions for our patients, customers, and collaborators. Knowledge of the healthcare environment and confirmed ability to run Medical Devices to ensure compliance with guidelines.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable Anaplan models for planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis
Translate business requirements into Anaplan model architecture, modules, lists, and dashboards
Support model lifecycle management, version control, testing, and documentation
Troubleshoot model issues and provide ongoing production support
Develop and maintain interactive dashboards and reports in Power BI for business users
Build and optimize data models, DAX measures, and calculated columns
Design data transformations using Power Query (M language)
Publish and manage reports within Power BI Service, including workspace and security management
Design and manage data pipelines between systems (Anaplan, Power BI, ERP, databases)
Perform data validation, reconciliation, and ensure data integrity across platforms
Work with IT and business teams to improve data structures and accessibility
Optimize model performance, calculations, and user experience following Anaplan and Power BI best practices.
Articulate a clear and compelling vision aligned with the global cultural tenets and strategic objectives of the company.
Clearly define roles and responsibilities while holding members accountable for their performance.
Develop talent and skills of individual team members.
Empower leaders and employees to make informed decisions, enabling autonomy while providing guidance and support.
Ensures timely and accurate execution of essential people manager responsibilities (business hygiene, for example goal setting, performance management, etc.) and HR compliance requirements.