The Senior Supply Chain Analyst supports strategic, analytical, and process-improvement initiatives across Global Supply Chain. The role coordinates budgeting and cost-management activities for distribution costs and SG&A, leads benchmarking efforts, and develops data-driven insights, value cases, models, and reporting to support business decisions. The analyst also leads or advises on network design, optimization, and cross-functional initiatives, translating complex cost, service, capacity, risk, and performance information into practical recommendations that improve visibility, efficiency, resilience, and supply chain performance.
A Day in the LifeBusiness Analytics, Cost & Performance Management
- Develop, maintain, and communicate analytical insights related to supply chain cost, service, capacity, inventory, demand, transportation, warehousing, and business performance.
- Build business cases and cost-benefit analyses for proposed solutions, quantify savings opportunities, and present recommendations to Supply Chain leadership.
- Support cost visibility, reporting, forecasting, actuals reviews, and other business analytics initiatives.
- Coordinate and support budgeting activities for distribution costs and SG&A, including consolidation of inputs, forecasts, actuals, and cost-related reporting across supported organizations.
- Coordinate and support supply chain benchmarking activities, including data collection, validation, analysis, and development of insights and supporting narratives.
- Conduct ad hoc analyses and prepare clear, succinct reports and presentations for leadership and business stakeholders.
Network Design, Optimization & Scenario Planning
- Support the design and optimization of global supply chain and logistics networks, including manufacturing flows, distribution centers, transportation, warehousing, and customer delivery channels.
- Build and execute analytical, network optimization, simulation, or scenario models to evaluate cost, service, capacity, sourcing, demand, and footprint trade-offs.
- Analyze routes, modes, load planning, and cost-to-serve opportunities to improve delivery performance and reduce total supply chain cost.
- Identify supply chain risks and model alternative solutions that improve resilience and business continuity.
Data, Digital Enablement & Process Improvement
- Collect, consolidate, cleanse, validate, analyze, and maintain supply chain datasets and master data.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, visualizations, and analytical platforms that improve visibility and decision support.
- Automate and standardize processes to improve efficiency, scalability, repeatability, data quality, and customer experience.
- Support deployment and continuous improvement of analytical, optimization, and extended system tools.
- Lead or consult on cross-functional process-improvement and change-implementation initiatives.
Stakeholder Leadership & Collaboration
- Partner with regional and global stakeholders across Supply Chain, Logistics, Commercial, Finance, Digital, and supported businesses to gather inputs, align assumptions, and implement solutions.
- Serve as a key contact for analytical, cost, network, and process-related topics within the assigned area of responsibility.
- Facilitate workshops, performance reviews, and analytics discussions with business teams and leadership.
- Influence stakeholders, anticipate objections, and promote cross-functional alignment around recommendations and alternative solutions.
- Handle sensitive business information with professionalism and a high degree of confidentiality.
You Bring This Value- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, or a related field is strongly preferred. Candidates with a High School Diploma and at least 10 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
- At least 6 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, supply chain, consulting, analytics, logistics, transportation, distribution, or a related field, including direct experience in supply chain network design.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, including the ability to consolidate, cleanse, validate, manipulate, and interpret data.
- Excellent written and oral communication, organization, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across multiple functions and organizations and with audiences at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, deliver results, and maintain professionalism and confidentiality in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with Power BI or a comparable business intelligence tool; proficiency in Microsoft Office and related analytical tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated project management, change management, process-improvement, interpersonal, and negotiation capabilities.
- Ability to research complex topics and communicate financial, statistical, and operational information clearly and succinctly.
- Experience with SQL or Python.
- Experience with network design, optimization, simulation, or modeling tools such as Coupa, AIMMS, AnyLogistix, Optilogic, 4flow, or similar platforms.
- Experience with ERP software such as SAP.
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Technical Skills
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Motivational Fit
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