Associate Director of Inventory Management

Job title: Associate Director of Inventory Management

Company: UnitedHealth Group


Job description: Optum is a global organisation that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum.As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We’ll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You’ll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.The Associate Director of Inventory Management is responsible for delivering real-time (intra-day) management with the purpose of optimizing resources to achieve business objectives. Key functional responsibility includes the ability to demonstrate a strong understanding of how planning/forecasting staffing requirements translate to the creation of optimal schedules and real-time (intra-day) management to support multi-site operations.The team is seeking high-caliber analytics professionals with a specific focus on data management, data investigation, predictive modeling, and data visualization. This leader is responsible for all operational analysis and reporting activities. Key functional responsibility includes work with both finance and business leaders to ensure timely and accurate forecasting and data driven insight on business performance. This role will have significant exposure to management and are expected to become a trusted thought partner.Schedule: Full-time position with standard working hours of Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm.Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.Primary Responsibilities:

• Recommend optimal business strategies based on historical performance, predictive analytics and scenario based analysis
• Develop strong partnerships across the business to deliver complex messages and insights
• Perform continual analysis of current performance (noting recent historical trends) and conduct real-time re-forecasting to make necessary adjustments in staffing plans and coordinate with Operations teams to achieve service level goals / business objectives for a multi-site operation
• Maintain constant communication with Operations teams to coordinate needed staffing adjustments based on current and forecasted results
• Compares results to forecast and identify opportunities for improvement
• Produce analysis and visualizations through cutting edge technologies such as PowerBI and Tableau. Generates innovative ideas and solutions that improve productivity, insights and our ability to efficiently deliver
• This role requires pro-active engagement in decision making, self-directed approach to work and the ability to drive delivery through a dispersed, matrixed team
• Frequent meetings with others across global time zones will require some calls to be made outside of standard business hours

You will be rewarded and recognised for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree (or higher)
• Extensive reporting experience including knowledge of process and data usage
• Knowledge of standard metrics and key performance indicators
• Advanced technical proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint) and dashboarding tools (Tableau, PowerBI and SQL)
• Experience with People Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in Data Analytics and Data Visualization
• Reporting and dashboard experience
• Proven extensive relevant experience in understanding data analysis and reporting
• Ability to travel 15% of the time for occasional trips to the U.S. and India

Soft Skills:

• Ability to work well in a high performing team environment
• Able to work independently in a virtual environment
• Relationship and communication skills
• Organization skills and ability to multi-task

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.For more information on our Internal Job Posting Policy, click .At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalised groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.#RPO

Expected salary:

Location: Dublin

Job date: Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:07:54 GMT

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