Senior Inventory Analytics & Supply Chain Insights

Best Maid Cookie Company; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Annual bonus eligibility

Incentive programs

401(k) contributions

Job summary

Rise Baking Company in Minneapolis, MN is seeking a Sr Supply Chain Inventory Analyst to optimize inventory health and drive data-driven improvements. You will design dashboards, monitor aging and risk, and collaborate with Sales, Finance, Operations, and Procurement to mitigate stock-related risks.

You will validate data, build KPIs, and lead projects using Power BI and Tableau to support cost control and service levels in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, mathematics, computer science, business, or technology and/or equivalent industry experience preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, planning, materials, or similar function related to planning and inventory control.
• Proven success reducing and managing excess/obsolete inventory.
• Experience validating data, data modeling, and creating visualizations/dashboards.
• Experience using business intelligence tools such as Power BI and Tableau.
• Understanding of the application and concepts of planning and production control fundamentals, including MRP (SAP preferred), inventory management, capacity planning, scheduling, and lean manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of continuous improvement/six sigma methodology.
• Strong project management leadership, knowledge, and skills, covering planning and execution, including ability to rapidly assess risk and identify/resolve issues.
• Skilled in engaging teams to deliver results in a rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to organize, manage multiple priorities, and maintain high attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to think quickly and handle frequent change.
• Self-motivated, goal oriented, quality driven, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Help ensure inventory health and optimize inventory levels of the company.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports that provide visibility into inventory levels, aging, and risk exposure.
• Help manage the inventory slow-moving and obsolescence planning process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Sales, Finance, Operations, Procurement) to proactively identify and mitigate future inventory risks.
• Develop processes, tools, and reports to monitor and maintain inventory health.
• Help facilitate solutions to inventory opportunities such as plant transfers, item substitutions, distressed sales, donations, or disposals.
• Source, vet, and maintain active list of qualified outlets for distressed inventory.
• Drive improvements to KPIs, including inventory (gross/net dollars, DIOH), Slow-Moving/Obsolete (SLOB), hold product, and customer service (OTIF).
• Provide early identification of problems, advise leadership of risks, and recommend options and/or corrective actions.
• Establish guidelines to set up inventory-related master data of new items.
• Pulling from multiple diverse internal data sources, help build and create Supply Chain reports and dashboards to create visibility for KPIs to drive continuous improvement while ensuring data accuracy and integrity; update data as needed.
• Manage supply chain data within related systems, including data uploads, data feeds, reporting, data cleansing, and analytics.
• Interpret data to identify business trends, conduct root cause analysis of business problems, suggest areas for process improvement, and help lead supply chain projects to achieve business results such as network optimization analysis.
• Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Power BI

Tableau

Data analysis

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

SAP

MRP

Job description

Rise Baking Company in Minneapolis, MN is seeking a Sr Supply Chain Inventory Analyst to optimize inventory health and drive data-driven improvements. You will design dashboards, monitor aging and risk, and collaborate with Sales, Finance, Operations, and Procurement to mitigate stock-related risks.

You will validate data, build KPIs, and lead projects using Power BI and Tableau to support cost control and service levels in a fast-paced environment.