Purpose of Job:
The Supply Chain Development & Analytics Manager is responsible for providing comprehensive strategic and analytical oversight, conducting in-depth analyses, synthesizing critical insights, and delivering actionable recommendations to inform high-level decision-making across the Supply Chain function. This role will be expected to lead cross-functional project teams in operationalizing business strategies throughout the organization.
Job Components:
Strategy Development
- Maintain and implement comprehensive short-term and long-term strategies across the Supply Chain organization with special emphasis on AI use case generation and prioritization based on tangible business impact and return on investment.
- Generate and execute actionable insights to drive financial performance through both internal stakeholder collaboration and data analysis and external commodity analysis, competitive intelligence, industry research.
- Develop and present compelling business cases to ensure senior-level stakeholders understand and act upon the latest recommendations.
- Conduct ad hoc analyses or studies to answer key hypotheses pertaining to near, mid, and long-term strategic opportunities.
- Spearhead and manage cross-organizational transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and operational efficiency.
Financial Management
- Collaborate with the Finance function to deliver Supply Chain commitments and provide performance management indicators on effectiveness.
- Accelerate Supply Chain performance by providing recommendations for identified business opportunities and margin expansion.
- Manage supply commodity exposure and opportunities through market research & analysis.
- Support the development and execution of strategies aligned to the Supply Chain financial forecast that results in both short- and long-term accuracy.
- Contribute to risk management efforts ensuring Supply Chain strategy and organizational risk profiles are aligned.
Process Improvement & Analytics
- Coordinate with the broader Supply Chain function on planning, transportation, and inventory management activities to ensure full network integration.
- Enhance departmental processes to improve financial and/or operational performance supporting both new product sales and recycling monetization.
- Provide thought leadership on the development of analytics and reporting metrics to provide real-time management insights.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably with focus in Business, Engineering, Data Science, or Computer Science.
- Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in business strategy, management consulting, finance, data analytics, programming, or related functions.
- Proficiency in AI interfaces, Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI. Preference for any additional experience in Python, SAP, Snowflake, Claude Code, other LLM code tools
- Exceptional analytical and conceptual problem-solving skills translating data into actionable insights with a path to implementation.
- Excellent communication/presentation skills with the ability to explain difficult concepts succinctly.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently.
- Ability to work independently with minimal guidance only on the most complex matters.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others and drive change.
Scope Data:
- Responsible for helping execute against the Supply Chain Annual Operating Plan and 5-Year Plan
- Support forecasting of the Supply Chain Annual Operating Plan
- Clearly communicate complex business plans through multiple levels.
- Build cross-functional relationships across the enterprise and at all levels, including collaboration with the Supply Chain Senior Leadership team.
- Utilize and manage resources efficiently to support Supply Chain strategy activities.
- Exemplify Interstate’s Purpose and Values.
Work Environment:
- Ability to use a computer for prolonged periods of time.
- Ability to sustain posture in a seated position for prolonged periods of time.
- Regularly required to use hands to grasp or handle and talk and hear.
- Specific vision abilities include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
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