The Data Analysts plays a pivotal role in applying advanced analytical, statistical, and optimization techniques for decision-making across the Staples Supply Chain. This role is central to driving the next generation of supply chain analytics supporting the integration of traditional data science with emerging AI-driven automation and decision intelligence capabilities. The individual will help accelerate Staples’ evolution toward a highly intelligent, scalable, and agent-enabled analytics ecosystem, unlocking greater efficiency, agility, and business value.
Key Responsibilities
* Participate and contribute to core supply chain functions such as Inventory planning, Network and Capacity planning, Transportation optimization, Labor Planning, as well as Warehouse operations
* Build predictive and prescriptive models using structured and unstructured data to drive visibility and improvement in operational performance
* Collaborate closely with planning and operations focused stakeholders to drive actionable insights
* Create and monitor supply chain metrics to drive optimization of the Staples Supply Chain and improvement in performance
* Develop dashboards and automated reports using BI tools
* Design and develop AI-powered agents and LLM-based workflows
Qualifications
* Bachelors’ degree in a quantitative field such as Operations Research, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or any other highly quantitative discipline.
* Around 3+ years’ experience in the Supply Chain Logistics domain is highly desirable
* Master’s degree is preferred
Technical Skills
* Fluent in programming languages: Python and SQL (highly desirable)
* Data visualization tools: Power BI, Tableau or equivalent
* Cloud and data platforms: Snowflake, SQL server or similar
* Familiarity with other statistical and scripting languages
* Familiarity with cloud ecosystems (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP acceptable)
* Familiarity with Machine learning, statistical modeling and optimization libraries
* Experience or exposure to LLMs and Generative AI (Azure OpenAI, LangChain, etc.)