- Assist in the report creation and analysis to assess how both short and long-term volume forecasts may impact storage and product flow capacities for one node
- Support the integration of volume flows into the weekly/monthly/yearly capacity and network forecasting processes
- Create and use analytics to assist in the establishment, monitoring, and communication of inventory targets assigned to merchandising product divisions
- Assist the Supply Chain Optimization team with combining and comparing proposed product flow plans to the established flow plans and their relation to capacity
- Perform root cause analysis of current sales and product velocity shifts to determine how they may impact upcoming storage forecasts and capacities
- Analyze, predict, and monitor how the Inventory and Replenishment Planning groups activities will affect future inventory and product flow
- Work with the Flow Forecasting analysts to ensure transparent and concise communications through email and direct communications for both strategic and tactical consumption to the appropriate stakeholder groups Conduct Ad-Hoc analysis using existing data sources and reports to provide any additional actionable insights as they may be needed
Years of Experience
- Overall 6+ years of Experience
- 4+ years of experience in Supply chain Management
- 3+ years experience in Project Management
- 2+ years experience in optimization principals, modeling, and tools
- 1+ years experience of S&OP;/S&OE;
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Research or Related Field
Skill Set Required
Primary Skills (must have)
- Experience in data mining tools - SQL
- Experience in visualization tools - Excel, PowerBI
- Experience in analytical & automation tools - VBA, R/Python
- Prior experience in building reports to provide visibility to business
- Experience in building analytical models, proficient in mathematical and Statistical analysis
- Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and accurate
- Working knowledge of Merchandising decision-making tools for Suppliers, Items and Sourcing to include Financial determinations
- Familiar with Inventory Management, Planning, Forecasting, and Transportation processes and systems
- Excellent writing and communication skills, including the ability to develop analytical documents for presentation to management
Secondary Skills (desired)
- Experience in MS Access
- JDA Demand & Fulfillment experience
- Experience in or knowledge of Supply Chain Planning and Optimization through use of modeling and simulation tools