Job Description:

Job Description:

Supply Chain Analyst – Irvine, CA

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with 96,000 other curious, creative 3Mers.

“For more than 30 years at 3M, I’ve seen firsthand how it’s a place where curious, creative and collaborative people thrive and build a rewarding career. As a leader in this company, my goal is to ensure each 3Mer sees and feels the positive impact we’re making around the world” – Mike Roman, chief executive officer and chairman of the board at 3M 

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
The person hired for the position of Supply Chain Analyst will be responsible for managing the end to end supply chain, ensuring customer requirements and supply chain metrics are attained.  This position involves partnering with various plant and division personnel and continuously working to improve the planning and scheduling process. This role will also be responsible for identifying and implementing ways to improve customer service, inventory investment, and supply chain efficiency to achieve measurable results

As a Supply Chain Analyst, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Lead cross functional projects across the business to effectively drive improvements in service, cost, and inventory.


• Develop and maintain operating rhythms to ensure smooth supply chain operations, aligning supply with demand.


• Provide a high degree of planning analysis to support decision making.


• Manage scheduling for critical machines.


• Actively partner with plant/division BT team to implement changes related to ERP deployment


• Publish and present service and inventory metrics and results.


• Identify and lead projects that improve supply chain speed and inventory investment.  Review and report on project progress with management.


• Work closely with the business unit to understand customer requirements and forecasts.  Work closely with manufacturing to ensure alignment to business requirements by setting and maintaining sufficient inventory levels and lead times. 


• Actively manage working and non-working inventories in assigned businesses to maintain compliance and achieve inventory investment targets.


• Utilize Supply Chain tools and processes to make data-driven decisions


• Utilize Lean Six Sigma methodologies to improve service, inventory turns, and non-working inventory

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution


• Four (4) years of combined experience working with Manufacturing Planning, Supply Chain, Logistics, Customer Service and/or SAP in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited University in Business Administration, Supply Chain management or Engineering


• One (1) year experience in Supply Chain within a manufacturing plant


• APICS (The Association for Operations Management) certification or demonstrated progress toward completion


• Experience leading Six Sigma Green Belt and/or other projects


• Experience with SAP ERP Software

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic travel

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Resources for You 

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers. 

Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M.

Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

3M is an equal opportunity employer.  3M  will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

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