Supply Chain Optimization Expert

Alpheva; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpheva is seeking a remote, project-based supply-chain expert to assess demand planning, inventory optimization, S&OP, network design, and supplier-risk decisions for complex global operations. You will review AI forecasts and scenario outputs to ensure credibility and identify missing constraints and risk shifts in the network.

Reporting on practical tradeoffs across working capital, capacity, lead times, and customer service will be key.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in supply-chain planning, operations research, procurement, or logistics.
• Advanced experience with forecasting, inventory policy, optimization, and scenario modeling.
• Leadership experience in manufacturing, retail, life sciences, or industrial supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Assess demand planning, inventory optimization, S&OP, network design, and supplier-risk decisions for global operations.
• Review AI-generated forecasts, policies, optimization outputs, and scenario recommendations for credibility.
• Identify missing constraints, distorted service-level assumptions, and risk-shifting decisions in the network.
• Explain practical tradeoffs across working capital, capacity, lead time, resilience, cost, and customer service.

Job description

Assess demand planning, inventory optimization, S&OP, network design, and supplier-risk decisions for complex global operations.

Review AI-generated forecasts, policies, optimization outputs, and scenario recommendations for mathematical and operational credibility.

Identify missing constraints, distorted service-level assumptions, poor exception handling, and decisions that shift risk elsewhere in the network.

Explain practical tradeoffs across working capital, capacity, lead time, resilience, cost, and customer service.

Remote, project-based contract work. Scope and hours depend on project matching; the listed hourly range applies to matched work.

Requirements

• 8+ years in supply-chain planning, operations research, procurement, or logistics
• Advanced experience with forecasting, inventory policy, optimization, and scenario modeling
• Leadership experience in manufacturing, retail, life sciences, or industrial supply chains

Pay

$120–$185/hr

Alpheva is a new expert network (launched September 2026); payout methods are not published yet, so confirm your first payment before scaling up.