Job Description
Bring more to life.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
Shape the Future with Us!
At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.
Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Senior Supply Chain Analyst is responsible for ensuring timely and reliable material supply to Production while optimizing inventory performance and supplier delivery. This role plays a key part in driving supply chain stability, continuous improvement, and cross‑functional alignment within a low‑volume, high‑mix manufacturing environment.
This position reports to the Senior Purchasing Manager, is part of the Purchasing team, located in Singapore, and will be an on‑site role.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Ensure continuity of material supply to Production by proactively managing demand fluctuations, applying Kanban pull systems, and partnering with Planning, Order Fulfillment, and Manufacturing to balance assurance of supply with inventory optimization.
- Lead supplier performance management initiatives, including driving on‑time delivery improvements, maintaining agreed safety stock levels, conducting supplier audits, and collaborating with suppliers to address demand variability, open liabilities, and forecasting accuracy.
- Drive inventory performance and improvement by implementing strategies to achieve target inventory levels and turns, applying IMAG methodology at Gemba, analyzing root causes of stock‑outs, and deploying sustainable countermeasures.
- Execute and improve daily supply chain operations, including purchase order management through dynamic Kanban processes, timely communication of supply risks, upkeep of daily management boards, and resolution of blocked invoices and past‑due purchase orders.
- Champion continuous improvement using Lean principles, leading kaizen events, standardizing work processes, and ensuring compliance with Quality, Environment, Health & Safety requirements.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Diploma or Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
- Multiple years of relevant experience in supply chain, purchasing, or manufacturing operations, with exposure to demand management, inventory control, and supplier coordination.
- Working knowledge of SAP or equivalent ERP systems for purchasing, material planning, and supplier data management.
- Hands‑on experience with Kanban systems and inventory management methodologies
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel, for data analysis, reporting, and operational tracking.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Application of Lean tools such as Kaizen, Daily Management Systems, or standard work deployment.
- Working in regulated manufacturing environments with Quality Management System (QMS) requirements.
- Working experience in a high‑mix low‑volume (HMLV) manufacturing environment.
Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.