Sr. Specialist, Supply Chain Analytics

CFS Brands; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CFS Brands in Oklahoma City, OK is seeking a Sr. Specialist in Supply Chain Analytics to support demand planning, forecasting, and replenishment across multiple brands.

The role emphasizes data-driven insights, dashboard development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to optimize inventory, service levels, and working capital. The candidate will work with ERP/BI tools, participate in IBP/S&OP activities, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within a multi-brand

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
• 3–6 years of experience in supply chain planning/analytics.
• Experience with ERP, planning/forecasting, or BI systems; Excel modeling required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with data interpretation.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Support demand planning, forecasting, and replenishment across product categories.
• Analyze historical demand, forecasts, inventory, and service levels for trends and root causes.
• Prepare recurring planning reports and executive summaries for leadership.
• Build and maintain planning dashboards using Power BI for visibility into key metrics.
• Assist with IBP/S&OP activities and data preparation.
• Monitor inventory health and highlight excess or at-risk stock and actions.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Job description

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Sr. Specialist, Supply Chain Analytics

Full Time Supply Chain Oklahoma City, OK, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1888

Position Summary

The Planning Analyst will support the development and execution of CFS Brands' supply chain planning processes across demand, inventory, supply, and purchasing activities. This role will translate data into actionable insights, maintain planning tools and reporting, identify risks and opportunities, and help improve forecast accuracy, inventory levels, service, and working capital. The analyst will partner with Supply Chain, Sourcing, Operations, Sales, Finance, and business leaders to support a consistent, fact-based planning process across a complex, multi-brand portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Support demand planning, forecasting, and replenishment activities across assigned product categories, brands, or business units.
• Analyze historical demand, forecasts, orders, inventory, lead times, service levels, and other planning inputs to identify trends, exceptions, and root causes.
• Prepare recurring planning reports, dashboards, scorecards, and executive-ready summaries for the VP of Supply Chain Planning and cross-functional partners.
• Use Power BI and related reporting tools to build, maintain, and enhance planning dashboards that provide clear visibility to demand, supply, inventory, service, and key performance trends.
• Assist with monthly IBP/S&OP activities, including data preparation, forecast reviews, supply and inventory analysis, issue tracking, and follow-up on agreed actions.
• Monitor inventory health and highlight excess, obsolete, at-risk, constrained, and slow-moving inventory, along with recommended actions.
• Support forecast accuracy, bias, fill rate, inventory turns, working capital, and other planning performance metrics.
• Partner with Sourcing, Operations, Sales, Finance, and Customer Service to reconcile assumptions, resolve data issues, and improve alignment between demand and supply.
• Help maintain planning parameters, master data, item attributes, lead times, safety stock inputs, and other system information that affects planning quality.
• Support scenario analysis for demand changes, new products, promotions, acquisitions, supply constraints, and other business decisions.
• Document planning processes, identify opportunities to standardize and automate recurring work, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support and, as appropriate, lead planning-related projects from requirements through implementation, coordinating stakeholders, timelines, deliverables, status updates, risks, and change management.
• Perform other duties and analytical projects as assigned by the VP of Supply Chain Planning, applying structured project management practices to define scope, milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and follow-up actions.

Success Measures

• Reliable, timely, and accurate planning reports and analysis.
• Improved visibility to demand, supply, inventory, and service risks.
• Consistent support for monthly IBP/S&OP and cross-functional planning reviews.
• Improved data quality, planning discipline, and follow-through on action items.
• Meaningful contribution to forecast accuracy, inventory optimization, service, and working-capital goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• Approximately 3-6 years of experience in supply chain planning, demand planning, inventory analysis, supply chain analytics, procurement analytics, or a related discipline.
• Experience working with ERP, planning, forecasting, or business intelligence systems; experience with Excel-based modeling and reporting is required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret data, identify patterns, and make practical recommendations.
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and convert analysis into business actions.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a changing environment.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including the ability to organize work, coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, manage timelines and dependencies, track risks and issues, and drive projects to completion.
• Experience in a multi-site, multi-brand, manufacturing, distribution, or high-SKU environment is preferred.
• Working knowledge of Power BI, including the ability to use, maintain, and improve dashboards, reports, data models, and visualizations; experience with SQL or other analytical tools is preferred.

CFS Brands:

Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, CFS BRANDS is a market-leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of commercial foodservice, healthcare, and industrial janitorial and sanitation products. The company supports stable and growing end markets supported by strong tailwinds.

CFS BRANDS has maintained a market leading position and continually grew in its segments with relentless customer support, leading product breadth and availability, and a "one-stop shop" solution serving both "front" and "back" of restaurants with a focus on customer intimacy. CFS BRANDS enjoys a unique competitive advantage with the ability to produce in-house with 6 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico, over 700,000 square feet of distribution center space in 4 U.S. facilities and the ability to source products from all over the world.

CFS BRANDS became a portfolio company of The Jordan Company ("TJC"), a private equity firm, in 2018. With over $8 billion in cumulative equity commitments, TJC is one of the world's most respected investors in leading middle market businesses. The TJC team enjoys a storied history of partnering with exceptional management teams to create long-term value for management and investors.

CFS Brands is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization. This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.