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Inventory Control Tower Business Analyst

Kaiser Permanente
12 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
Pleasanton, United States
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The Inventory Control Tower Business Analyst is a specialized role responsible for enabling enterprise-wide inventory visibility, utilization management, and inventory optimization across the health system. This position bridges supply chain operations with data and systems to support real-time and near real-time inventory monitoring, proactive issue resolution, and consistent execution of inventory management practices. The role analyzes inventory performance across the network and defines the data, workflows, and system interactions required to support Control Tower operations. Responsibilities include developing and sustaining inventory standards (e.g., min/max, replenishment logic, inventory positioning), translating complex data into actionable operational decisions, and implementing workflows that improve supply availability, reduce waste, and optimize inventory utilization. This individual operates across the full lifecycle of solutions, from problem definition through implementation and sustainment, designing processes, embedding decision logic, and partnering with operational stakeholders to ensure adoption and measurable impact across clinical and non-clinical environments. Job Summary Serves as a consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of successful business initiatives and projects. Provides insight and supports the development and implementation of business initiatives, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state. Contributes to business strategy and supports organizational alignment and prioritization of business initiatives. Manages complex projects or project components, participates in and may lead change management activities, and performs data analyses in support of business initiatives. Supports vendor management as required. Monitors compliance of work activities by ensuring business plans and team members adhere to relevant policies and procedures. Essential Responsibilities Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members; builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers. Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations. Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome. Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions; encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies. Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions; provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines. Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams; uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions. Serves as a consultant to ensure the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse stakeholders to drive the implementation of successful business initiatives and projects across one or more functional tracks or workstreams by identifying and ensuring representation and inclusion of appropriate stakeholders; building rapport and partnerships with stakehold…

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