Senior Supply Chain Analyst

Job description:

Help shape the future of our global product supply network

Are you passionate about supply chain management, network optimisation, advanced analytics, and solving complex strategic business problems?

Do you enjoy turning data, models, and scenarios into meaningful insights that influence long-term decisions? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

In this role, you'll lead analytical insights, network optimisation, scenario modelling, risk assessment, and capacity planning to support long-term global product supply network strategy and decision-making. You'll work across strategic initiatives that shape future manufacturing, distribution, inventory, warehousing, and supplier network decisions, helping ensure our global product supply network remains resilient, responsive, sustainable, and cost-effective.

What you'll do:

• Lead end-to-end network design studies across manufacturing footprint, distribution networks, inventory positioning, and service trade-offs.
• Develop network optimisation, and scenario-based models to assess future-state supply chain configurations.
• Assess cost-to-serve, service performance, capacity, sustainability, and risk trade-offs across network alternatives.
• Assess network risk and resilience implications of alternative network designs and mitigation options.
• Support long-term capacity and infrastructure planning across manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, and supplier networks.
• Lead analytical workstreams for strategic projects, feasibility studies, business cases, transformation initiatives, and investment decisions.
• Build and continuously improve analytics platforms, dashboards, reporting tools, and network performance metrics.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align assumptions, improve data quality, and support strategic outcomes.
• Mentor analysts and provide technical guidance in advanced analytics, modelling, and network design methodologies.

What we're looking for:

• A tertiary qualification in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Operations Research, Business Analytics, Finance, or a similar discipline.
• At least 5 years' experience in supply chain analytics, network design, optimisation, or a related analytical role.
• Advanced skills in SQL, Python, Power BI, Excel, R, or equivalent analytical tools.
• Experience with optimisation, simulation, and scenario-based modelling methodologies.
• Strong understanding of network design, cost-to-serve, service trade-offs, sustainability, and long-term planning.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and commercial evaluation skills.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Experienced in leveraging AI tools to boost productivity and accelerate analysis
• Ability to communicate complex analytical outcomes to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading analytical projects and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.

Company & Culture

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a major New Zealand company, publicly listed on the NZ and Australian stock exchanges. We are a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative medical devices incorporating features to improve patient care.

Our headquarters, research & development, and manufacturing operations are based in Auckland, with sales and distribution offices throughout the world. Our products are sold via distributors and OEM partners in over ninety countries.

Why join us?

This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping long-term product supply network strategy for a global organisation. You'll work on complex, high-impact supply chain challenges, lead advanced analytical workstreams, and influence decisions that support sustainable growth, network resilience, service performance, and future investment planning.

You'll also help strengthen organisational capability in network design, modelling, and strategic supply chain analysis while working closely with stakeholders across the business.

If you're excited by advanced analytics, strategic network design, optimisation, and solving complex global supply chain challenges, we'd love to hear from you.