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Whether you’re an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.\nWith interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.\nSUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:\nThe Supply Chain Optimization Analyst is responsible for improving customer responsiveness, delivery performance, and manufacturing agility by identifying, quantifying, and executing opportunities to reduce end-to-end order fulfilment and manufacturing lead times. The role uses data-driven analysis of demand, capacity, production flow, inventory, supplier performance, scheduling, and ERP planning parameters to identify constraints and implement sustainable improvements.\nREPORTS TO (Title): Director of Supply Chain\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\nLead initiatives focused on reducing manufacturing and customer-facing lead times.\nAnalyze and maintain ERP/MRP planning parameters, including manufacturing, purchasing, supplier, and transit lead times, safety stock, order policies, lot sizes, and related planning settings to ensure system-generated dates accurately reflect operational capability.\nEvaluate inventory positioning, safety stock, reorder points, lot sizes, stocking strategies, and component segmentation to balance customer responsiveness, manufacturing continuity, and working-capital objectives\nAnalyze production workflows, capacity utilization, bottlenecks, and scheduling practices to identify opportunities for lead time improvement.\nDevelop recommendations to optimize production sequencing, inventory positioning, material availability, and resource allocation.\nMonitor backlog, order demand, manufacturing throughput, and supplier performance to proactively identify risks to lead time commitments.\nPartner with Production Planning and Operations leaders to improve schedule adherence and manufacturing flow.\nInitiate structured root-cause and corrective-action analysis for extended lead times, aged backlog, missed delivery commitments, material shortages, capacity constraints, and schedule instability using methods such as Pareto analysis, 5 Whys, value-stream mapping, and Root Cause Counter Measure (RCCM) problem solving.\nEvaluate the impact of demand fluctuations, engineering changes, material shortages, and production interruptions on lead times.\nSupport Sales and Customer Service by providing realistic and data-driven delivery commitments.\nDevelop and maintain lead-time performance metrics, dashboards, and reporting tools.\nFacilitate cross-functional reviews to identify and prioritize lead-time reduction opportunities.\nRecommend inventory, planning, and supply chain strategies that support improved responsiveness.\nDrive continuous improvement projects utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles to reduce cycle times and eliminate waste.\nAll other duties as assigned.\nKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND REQUIRED ABILITIES:\nStrong understanding of production planning, capacity planning, inventory management, and manufacturing operations.\nAbility to analyze large data sets and translate findings into operational improvements.\nKnowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, or Six Sigma methodologies preferred.\nAdvanced Excel and reporting skills.\nStrong project management and cross-functional collaboration abilities.\nEffective communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization.\nEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:\nBachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field preferred.\n3+ years of experience in manufacturing planning, supply chain, production scheduling, industrial engineering, or operations analysis.\nExperience working with JD Edwards preferred\nWORK ENVIRONMENT:\nAbility to move within office and manufacturing complex, write by hand and keyboard, and perform general office functions.\nAbility to communicate by speech and hearing via phone and in person.\nVisual acuity needed for close detail work and computer use\nThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nAre you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?\nIDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.\nAttention Applicants: If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. 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