Supply Chain Expert

What You'll Do6

• Take on project work of 10 to 20 hours per week on a part time, asynchronous schedule.
• Examine supply chain plans, procurement scenarios, logistics workflows and operational documents, then judge how sound they are.
• Break down demand forecasts, inventory strategies, sourcing decisions and distribution tradeoffs to see where the numbers hold up.
• Answer operational questions on your own by working through the available data and explaining what it shows.
• Work across several industries and supply chain functions as new projects arrive.
• Document your findings in a form the requesting team can use without extra back and forth.

Requirements8

• 1 to 3 years of professional experience as a supply chain analyst, demand planner, procurement specialist, logistics coordinator or similar role, in a full time or equivalent position.
• Solid grasp of supply chain processes across planning, sourcing, inventory and fulfillment.
• Track record of analyzing operational questions with data and reaching a resolution without hand holding.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business or a related field, or practical experience that covers the same ground.
• Preferred: work across more than one industry, such as manufacturing, retail, CPG, ecommerce or healthcare.
• Preferred: familiarity with S&OP, MRP, lean or Six Sigma practices.
• Preferred: hands on exposure to tools like SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Kinaxis or Excel modeling.
• Preferred: a mix of planning and execution roles, or experience coordinating suppliers, carriers and internal teams.

Who Should Apply

Supply chain analysts, demand planners, procurement specialists and logistics coordinators with 1 to 3 years behind them who want flexible project work in a startup setting. You should be comfortable evaluating plans and forecasts on your own and explaining your reasoning from the data.

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