Supply Chain Analyst

G3 Enterprises; Woodridge (IL); On-site; USD 94,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

G3 Enterprises is seeking a Logistics Analytics Specialist to serve as a subject matter expert in data mining, market analysis and forecasting. You will build dashboards and models, analyze performance, and drive pricing and inventory decisions across multiple locations.

The role requires strong analytical tools experience, WMS/TMS exposure, and collaboration with legal and compliance teams. A travel allowance up to 5% is included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of analytics/finance experience in logistics
• Experience with information analysis tools (Microsoft Access, MicroStrategy, Tableau)
• Advanced MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and databases; pivot tables, power query and macros
• Exposure to Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and/or Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
• Travel to offices/sites for onboarding, training, meetings up to 5% of time
• Operations experience with effective communication skills
• Compliance background or education

Responsibilities

• Subject matter expert who uses data-driven insights to advise on operational improvements and future initiatives
• Uses benchmark tools to identify market trends, competition insights, and opportunities
• Prepares, forecasts and analyzes logistics trends and shares proactive intelligence with leadership
• Gathers local, regional and national information to assess potential sales or services
• Develops dashboards, reports and models to inform decision-making
• Monitors performance against budget and highlights gaps to drive action plans
• Collaborates with internal customers, legal and compliance to ensure compliant selling practices
• Onboards new customers into the portal and provides training to users

Skills

Microsoft Access

MicroStrategy

Tableau

Pivot tables

Power Query

Macros

WMS

TMS

Communication skills

Compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

5 years analytics/finance experience in logistics

Tools

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

MS Excel

Databases

Job description

G3 Enterprises is an industry leader in packaging, logistics, real estate and minerals solutions. Our diverse portfolio of businesses create a variety of opportunities for career growth. We believe in fully leveraging the talent within our organization, presenting employees with challenging work, opportunities for job rotations, special projects, and a changing landscape.

Job Description

Summary

Serves as a logistics subject matter expert and trusted business partner responsible for data mining and analytics, market and process analysis, and forecasting. Researches and provides financial and business-related analyses to assess the impact of various projects, systems and transactions. Responsible for analyzing performance, identifying problems, making data-driven recommendations, and driving process improvements in support of business goals. Maintains and improves data integrity, accuracy and reporting. Performs a variety of professional administrative tasks in support of the organization’s compliance function. Collaborates cross-functionally and provides support to multiple locations and a variety of stakeholders.

Essential Functions

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

• Subject matter expert who utilizes data-driven insights to advise and recommend strategies for operational improvements, future business initiatives, and adapting strategy to changing conditions.
• Uses benchmark tools to identify and analyze trends within the market, including competition insights, company position, external threats and opportunities.
• Prepares, forecasts and analyzes trends across the logistics industry and provides proactive intelligence sharing with leadership.
• Assists in gathering local, regional, and/or national information to determine potential sales of a product or service.
• Uses statistical methods, modeling and analytical methodologies to develop and deploy tools including dashboards, infographics, reports, and models to inform and support decision-making.
• Tracks performance against budget, identifies gaps versus actual results, and develops early diagnostic data to assist management in the development of action plans to improve financials when needed.
• Develops recommendations to change systems, policies, performance measures, and procedures; ensures timely and accurate implementation.
• Responsible for new customer profiling (SKU, UOM, space layout, configuration & utilization).
• Owns execution of pricing strategy and tactical pricing requests for new opportunities and solutions.
• Facilitates inventory management across partner facilities.
• Responsible for load design and minimization of damage/risk, tracks damage and provides feedback to partner operations. Updates load patterns as needed.
• Partners with internal customers, legal and compliance center of excellence to develop best practices and checks and balances to ensure the organization’s selling tactics are focused upon markets that meet our organizations alcohol compliance requirements.
• Owns software including backend optimization, support, capability-advancement, and implements a variety of processes to address organizational issues.
• Provides customer portal support including onboarding new customers into portal. Provides training to new customers and internal users as needed.
• Collaborates cross functionally and maintains relationships; includes facilitating regular meetings with internal/external customers, and industry partners to share data reporting and provide feedback.
• Maintains satisfactory attendance, to include timeliness.
• Responsible for understanding and complying with applicable quality, environmental and safety regulatory considerations. If accountable for the work of others, responsible for ensuring their understanding and compliance.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 5 years business analytical, systems, or finance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility to include 2 years of work experience focused on the logistics industry; OR Bachelor's degree plus 4 years G3 analytical, systems or finance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility to include 2 years of work experience focused on the logistics industry
• Experience with information analysis tools (Microsoft Access, Microstrategy, Tableau, etc).
• Advanced computer skill requirements include: MS Word and MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel and databases. Requires the ability to create and utilize pivot tables, pivot reporting, advanced formulas, power query and macros.
• Exposure to and working knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and/or Transportation Management Systems (TMS).
• Comfort utilizing technology to extrapolate data and identify trends.
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
• Operations experience with effective communication skills.
• Compliance background or education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration plus 8 years of experience in Business Analytics, Systems, Accounting or Finance to include 3 years within a complex manufacturing or logistics operation reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Marketing background.
• Experience using Micostrategy and Softeon strongly desired.
• Skilled in making effective and persuasive speeches and presentations.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Skilled in multi-tasking, gains quick grasp on situations and easily maintains productivity while driving concurrent projects.
• Skilled in applying mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Skilled in writing reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Skilled at handling many different responsibilities in a team environment.
• Experience in product management or research ideal.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and use hand to finger, handle or feel, talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Compensation

Hiring Salary Range: $93,800 - $117,200

Actual compensation amount paid may be lower or higher to be determined by factors other than race and gender such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Perks & Benefits

This position includes a competitive benefits package.

By providing your phone number during the application process, you give G3 Enterprises permission to send you text messages relating to your application at the mobile number you provide, including via automated technology. Message and data rates may apply.

G3 is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verifying program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required. G3 does not sponsor for employment based visas for this position now or in the future.