Specialist, Operations Simulation

Job Purpose

Assist in development of Fulfilment Centre and Transport operations simulation models to strengthen planning capability. Identify operations capacity and process bottlenecks and provide insights into factors influencing overall operations capacity. Support in simulations of seasonal sales & promotional events as part of the S&OP process, unforeseen shift of order profiles and any disruptions for assessing impact to operations.

Scope and Responsibilities

• Build both Fulfilment Center and Transport operations simulation models by working closely with the process design and operations planning team.
• Work closely with Supply Chain Development team for developing simulation models for new solutions and operations being designed.
• Identify planning requirements (in horizons of 12 months,  6 months, 3 months at daily level) and factor into the models for assessing the capacity and process bottlenecks.
• Incorporate seasonal and promotional plans into the simulation models and identify changes to resource requirements and processes. Communicate to planning and process improvement teams to make necessary changes to the plan.
• Map all the current processes to form baseline model, then change parameters and distributions to perform what-if analyses.

Skills and Competencies

• Degree (Bachelor / Masters) in Industrial Engineering / Computational Engineering / Mathematics / Statistics with focus or exposure on Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Strong in analytical skills with experience in simulation software like Simio, Arena, AnyLogic or other discrete-event simulation software.
• A good understanding of warehouse and transport operations
• Detail, service oriented, friendly, professional and a solid team player
• A desire to learn and seek new challenges
• Self-motivated, structural and systematic problem-solving skills
• Ability to motivate and influence others, including key stakeholders
• Good at MS Excel, SQL and statistics.