Sr Specialist GPS Supply Network Control

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Porto; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Sports Jobs Limited seeks an experienced Supply Chain BI & Planning specialist in Porto to provide visibility on planning, market performance, and key business updates across markets and functions. You will consolidate demand trends, COTA projections, and capacity readiness while driving sustainable BI solutions and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities include leading availability analyses, presenting insights in reviews, and collaborating across Source Network Planning, Buy, Post Buy

Qualifications

• Service-minded and consumer/customer oriented.
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• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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• Team player and effective collaborator.
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• Good communication skills with ability to influence at management level.
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• Advanced MS Office/Excel and planning software knowledge.
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• Fluent in English.
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• 3 years of experience in supply chain management, operations or planning.
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Responsibilities

• Serve as primary market SPOC, aligning Supply Planning with local markets.
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• Lead availability and COTA analyses to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
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• Facilitate regular business reviews, presenting performance insights and corrective actions.
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• Identify performance gaps and end-to-end improvement levers for service levels.
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• Collaborate with Source Network Planning, Buy, Post Buy and Market teams to resolve issues.
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• Translate business requirements into data-driven insights and solutions.
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• Design and maintain dashboards and data-driven insights using BI tools.
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• Streamline and standardise processes to improve execution times and efficiency.
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• Contribute to governance and evolution of a scalable Network Control framework.
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• Promote operational excellence and continuous transformation across the network.
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Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Team player

Communication

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Databricks

MS Excel

Job description

About the Role

This role provides visibility on overall planning, market performance and key business updates across markets and functions. It consolidates and shares insights on demand trends, COTA projections, capacity and supply readiness for special programmes, and ensures timely reporting of hot topics, operational risks and key actions. The position combines functional supply chain knowledge with continuous improvement and advanced systems understanding to assess issues, define workarounds and support the implementation of sustainable BI solutions. It sits within Supply Chain & Sourcing and works closely with Global SCM, Market SCM, GPS and PSI Hubs.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as primary market SPOC, ensuring strong alignment between Supply Planning and local markets and providing clear visibility on risks, drivers of availability and required actions.
• Lead in-depth availability and service analyses, including COTA (Confirmed On Time Availability), to identify root causes, emerging trends, structural issues and end-to-end improvement opportunities across the supply chain.
• Facilitate regular business reviews with markets, presenting performance insights, reporting on availability and COTA, and driving discussions focused on corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Proactively identify performance gaps and end-to-end improvement levers, recommending solutions that strengthen supply availability, optimise flow and enhance the overall customer service level.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Source Network Planning, Buy, Post Buy and Market teams to resolve issues, mitigate risks, anticipate disruptions and capitalise on opportunities to improve supply chain performance.
• Translate business requirements into data-driven insights and solutions, ensuring stakeholders have the information needed to make informed, timely decisions.
• Leverage advanced analytical skills and expertise in business intelligence tools and data platforms, including Power BI, Lakehouse, Databricks and other digital solutions, to design, develop and maintain reporting, dashboards and data-driven insights that support operational decision-making.
• Proactively identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and optimise processes, reducing execution times, eliminating inefficiencies, improving service levels and enhancing overall operational performance.
• Support the definition and continuous evolution of a robust, integrated and scalable Network Control framework by identifying control gaps, strengthening governance and ensuring alignment across processes and stakeholders.
• Champion a culture of operational excellence, innovation and continuous improvement by challenging the status quo, promoting best practices and driving sustainable transformation initiatives.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Service-minded and consumer/customer oriented.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Team player and effective collaborator.
• Good communication skills and personal presence, with proven ability to interact, influence and convince at management level.
• Good knowledge of MS Office, including advanced MS Excel skills, and of Supply Chain Planning and Execution software applications.
• Fluent in English.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in supply chain management or in the areas of business administration, logistics, planning and information systems.
• 3 years of experience in supply chain management, operations or planning.

Preferred Skills

• BI and AI enthusiast with experience in Power BI, SQL and Databricks is a strong plus.
• Master's degree is a plus.
• Additional language is a plus.
• Experience in the Accessories, Apparel or Footwear industries is preferred.

About the Company

The company states that embedding diversity, equity and inclusion into its culture and talent processes gives employees a sense of belonging and the brand a real competitive advantage.