Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Blue Star Partners is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Project Manager / Business Analyst to support a large-scale Supply Chain Transformation initiative. The role combines project management, business analysis, SAP and master data analysis, warehouse and inventory process improvement, roadmap development, vendor management, and cross-functional coordination.
Responsibilities
- Lead analysis and cleanup of warehouse and supply chain master data
- Identify and resolve data quality issues involving units of measure, short descriptions, compatible units, material attributes, and related inventory data
- Analyze data for inconsistencies, duplicates, missing information, incorrect attributes, and process-related root causes
- Partner with business and technical stakeholders to establish corrective actions and sustainable data standards
- Support development of controls and processes that improve long-term master data quality
- Provide insights and recommendations based on data analysis
- Utilize strong SAP knowledge to support inventory management, order processing, procurement, and warehouse-related activities
- Analyze SAP-related issues affecting inventory accuracy, material availability, warehouse processes, or purchasing
- Support troubleshooting of transactional and master data issues within SAP
- Work with business, IT, and external partners to identify system improvements and resolve operational problems
- Support requirements gathering, testing, validation, and implementation activities related to SAP enhancements
- Apply knowledge of batch, lot, inventory, and order management processes where applicable
- Analyze current warehouse and inventory processes to identify operational gaps and improvement opportunities
- Support improvements across receiving, inventory tracking, storage, material identification, order processing, replenishment, and related warehouse activities
- Investigate operational issues and determine whether root causes are related to process, master data, system configuration, governance, or user practices
- Develop practical recommendations that improve inventory accuracy, process efficiency, and data reliability
- Support implementation of future-state warehouse processes and standards
- Support implementation or enhancement of barcoding solutions designed to improve inventory accuracy and warehouse efficiency
- Partner with warehouse teams, IT, vendors, and other stakeholders to define barcoding requirements and implementation needs
- Help identify where barcode-enabled processes can reduce manual effort, data errors, or inventory discrepancies
- Support testing, rollout, and operational adoption of inventory tracking solutions
- Ensure barcoding initiatives align with SAP, master data, and warehouse process requirements
- Develop and maintain a three-year roadmap for warehouse and supply chain initiatives
- Translate identified business issues and opportunities into prioritized projects, milestones, dependencies, and implementation phases
- Balance near-term operational needs with longer-term transformation objectives
- Coordinate roadmap inputs across warehousing, procurement, engineering, standards, IT, vendors, and leadership
- Adjust roadmap priorities as business needs and organizational priorities evolve
- Present roadmap recommendations and progress to senior leadership
- Manage multiple warehouse and supply chain workstreams simultaneously
- Develop project plans, milestones, action trackers, risk logs, and implementation schedules
- Track project dependencies, decisions, issues, and deliverables through completion
- Coordinate teams across business, IT, engineering, standards, procurement, warehouse operations, and external vendors
- Maintain momentum across initiatives and escalate blockers as needed
- Provide structured project reporting and status updates to leadership
- Partner closely with engineering and standards teams to improve data consistency and compliance
- Help align warehouse and material master data with approved engineering standards and business requirements
- Coordinate resolution of discrepancies involving material specifications, compatible units, descriptions, or related data
- Facilitate cross-functional decisions where engineering requirements and supply chain processes intersect
- Support development of standardized processes that improve consistency across functions
- Support governance and compliance activities related to procurement, inventory, and supply chain processes
- Identify gaps or inconsistencies that may create operational, compliance, or control risks
- Navigate complex governance requirements and help translate them into practical operating processes
- Partner with procurement, category management, business stakeholders, and leadership to resolve governance-related issues
- Support documentation, process controls, and decision-making required to maintain compliance
- Manage and coordinate relationships with external vendors supporting warehouse, procurement, technology, or supply chain initiatives
- Clarify requirements, expectations, deliverables, and timelines with third-party partners
- Track vendor actions, issues, and dependencies
- Evaluate vendor recommendations against business needs and operational realities
- Escalate performance or delivery issues when necessary while maintaining productive working relationships
- Analyze operational and system data to identify trends, root causes, risks, and improvement opportunities
- Translate complex technical, system, and supply chain issues into clear business language
- Develop executive-ready presentations, recommendations, roadmap materials, and status updates
- Communicate findings and recommendations effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Build strong working relationships across functions and create alignment around practical solutions
- Review warehouse and supply chain master data for quality and consistency issues
- Investigate unit-of-measure, material description, compatible-unit, inventory, and procurement discrepancies
- Work within SAP to understand system and process issues affecting warehouse operations
- Coordinate with engineering and standards teams to validate material and data requirements
- Meet with warehouse, procurement, IT, and vendor stakeholders to resolve open issues
- Maintain project plans and the three-year supply chain roadmap
- Support barcoding and inventory tracking initiatives
- Analyze data and prepare recommendations for operational and leadership stakeholders
- Track risks, actions, decisions, and dependencies across multiple workstreams
- Present findings, progress, and recommendations to senior leadership
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in supply chain, warehousing, inventory management, procurement, business analysis, project management, or related work
- Strong experience with warehouse and supply chain master data analysis and cleanup
- Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve data quality issues involving units of measure, material descriptions, compatible units, inventory attributes, or similar master data
- Strong working knowledge of SAP, particularly inventory management, order processing, warehouse processes, or procurement-related functionality
- Experience analyzing and resolving inventory, procurement, system, or operational issues
- Experience developing project roadmaps and managing multiple concurrent workstreams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional business and technical teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex information to senior leadership
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative team environment
- Ability to adapt and pivot as project needs and organizational priorities change
- U.S. Citizens Only
- W-2 Only
- Experience implementing or enhancing barcoding and inventory tracking solutions
- Experience supporting warehouse transformation or optimization initiatives
- Experience working with engineering and standards organizations
- Experience with SAP inventory management, materials management, batch/lot management, or related functionality
- Experience managing external vendors within procurement or supply chain initiatives
- Knowledge of procurement governance, compliance, and control requirements
- Utilities, energy, infrastructure, industrial, or other complex supply chain experience
- Experience supporting enterprise supply chain transformation programs
- Project management, business analysis, Lean, Six Sigma, or SAP-related certification is a plus
- Columbus-based preferred, but open to candidates who are willing to occasionally travel
Benefits
- Remote work with possible travel
- Strong possibility of extension
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