Supply chain Business Analyst (North Reading)

Position: Supply chain Business Analyst

Location: North Reading, MA 01864

Duration: 9 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Pay Rate: $58.88-58.88/ Hourly

Overview

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a company operating a marketplace for consumers, sellers, and content creators. It offers merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by third party sellers.

Job Description:

• Oversee supply chain initiatives for assigned products, working cross-functionally with sourcing, planning, product, and engineering teams to balance commercial and technical trade-offs.
• A successful candidate will leverage experience in global supply chain management, and a self-driven approach to achieving sustained operational excellence and cost optimization.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Work cross-functionally with supply chain teams to identify and drive sustaining operational improvement (cost, lead time, risk management) and seamless execution of programs through sustaining phases
• Act as a single point of contact for program resources to communicate supply chain decisions and progress, provide feedback on supply chain implications of program decisions and changes.
• Synthesize inputs from Sourcing, Planning, Logistics, Engineering, and Finance to create balanced recommendations that drive operational excellence, cost reduction targets, and supply chain resilience
• Execute cost reduction roadmaps measuring total cost of ownership including spares, service, replacements, tariffs, and logistics impacts
• Own lead time optimization analysis with clear reduction roadmaps and transparent reporting
• Maintain ownership of supply chain requirements throughout GA and end-of-life phases
• Coordinate cross-functional implementation for post-launch design changes (ECOs)
• Drive root cause analysis and process improvements that prevent future occurrences, ensuring sustained operational excellence across the product lifecycle

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or product operations management in electromechanical commodities
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder supply chain initiatives in sustained operations
• Strong analytical skills with ability to synthesize data from multiple sources into actionable insights
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority (matrix management)
• Experience with supplier relationship management and performance tracking
• Knowledge of global hardware and electromechanical supply chains

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in robotics, electromechanical systems, or similar technology-intensive industries
• Background in both NPI (New Product Introduction) and sustained operations supply chain management
• 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or product operations management with direct responsibility in multiple commodities (electromechanical, metals, plastics, ICs, etc)
• Advanced degree (MBA, MS in Supply Chain Management, or Engineering)
• Experience with ERP systems (Oracle, SAP) and PLM tools (Agile)
• Demonstrated success in cost reduction and lead time optimization initiatives
• Experience with scenario planning and risk mitigation in complex supply chains
• Knowledge of tariff management and trade compliance
• Strong presentation and executive communication skills
• Experience with Product Development Process (PDP) frameworks
• High degree of autonomy in decision-making with clear judgment on when to escalate versus resolve independently

KPI(Key Performance Indicators to be used to gauge the temporary resource’s performance):

• Time Savings for the rest of team from this work

Leadership Principles:

• Ownership
• Bias for Action

Top 3 must-have hard skills:

• 3+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or product operations management in electromechanical commodities
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder supply chain initiatives in sustained operations
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority (matrix management) Experience with supplier relationship management and performance trackin

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.