Supply Chain Project Manager

Job Summary:

At Ecolab we are the world’s largest sustainability services company focused on industrial water, energy and air applications; delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits to our customers.

Join our growing team as a Supply Chain Project Manager within our Global Planning organization! We help our customers reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and end products while boosting the bottom line. We’re about safety. We’re about sustainability. We’re more than innovative solutions for water, energy and air. We earn customers for life and enhance the lives of our employees while protecting the planet. Be part of our culture where you can create your difference, in a company that makes a difference.

What’s in it For You:

• The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments

• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth

• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives and ideas to achieve our best

What You Will Do:

This role manages and leads Global Planning projects of high complexity. Provides design direction, training, functional specifications and reporting support to identify, recommend and implement advanced planning systems and process improvements for existing operations. Supports new and emerging business growth and provides analysis necessary to formulate standard practices/procedures. Structured as a management growth position.

• Drive standardization of Advanced Planning Systems such as ToolsGroup and JDA/BlueYonder

• Deliver planning system and ERP knowledge, training, and support for Supply Chain Planning initiatives

• Participate in key user change request development for planning and scheduling solutions through completion and implementation with IT and project support teams

• Work with Global Planning SMEs and regional power users to resolve ERP and Global Planning issues in support of better serving our customers

• Travel and participate in global project efforts in support of Global Planning and Supply Chain initiatives

• Routinely communicate openly and with integrity with key business stakeholders to align direction between Supply Chain, Supply Planning, Demand Planning and our Collaborative user community

• Interface with other groups within Ecolab including Data Management, Supply Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, IT, Finance, and Procurement to coordinate global resolutions to business needs and requirements

• Provide clear, effective communication and training of process changes and enhancements to global stakeholders before and after the change takes place

• Work with global Integrated Business Management project teams to improve business processes and develop systematic solutions to support those enhancements

• Align and direct priority setting for employees to meet overall deadlines across multiple work groups/project teams; adapts discipline plans and priorities to address work groups/project teams business, service and operational challenges

• Actively share knowledge across multiple work groups/project teams through existing knowledge sharing processes/systems

Location Details:

• This position has a preference to be located in one of Ecolab’s primary corporate offices in North America and Europe including St Paul, MN, Naperville, IL and Barcelona.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preference in Supply Chain Management

• 5 years’ Supply Chain/Customer Service Management experience

• Strong knowledge/understanding of Demand and Supply Planning processes

• Functional and technical working knowledge of BlueYonder/JDA, Kinaxis, O9, ToolsGroup, or similar advanced planning solution.

• Experience with multi-echelon inventory optimization and network design techniques

• Ability to travel up to 50%

Preferred Qualifications:

• APICS certification or equivalent training

• Strong analytical skills

• Familiar with database querying languages like SQL

• Ability to apply technical knowledge of key concepts in own discipline and act as a key technical resource within own work group/project team

• Solid project management skills and ability to contribute to the completion of difficult or complex projects

• Strong knowledge of external supply chain practices/best practices/trends

• Ability to perform multiple activities in a high pressure, demanding, and fast-paced environment

With annual sales of $15 billion, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources. Our 49,000 associates help make the world cleaner, safer and healthier by delivering critical insights and innovative solutions to help our customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments at nearly three million customer locations in more than 170 countries.

When you come to work at Ecolab, you get to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges – and have the opportunity to learn and grow, shape your career, make an impact and quickly see the importance of your work.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.