Sr CPFR Analyst

Mars • Bentonville, AR

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior CPFR Analyst is responsible for utilizing advanced planning, forecasting, and replenishment techniques to drive sales, maximize in-stock levels, improve forecast accuracy, and optimize inventory for Mars Petcare items at Walmart . This role monitors key metrics, including forecast performance, store in-stock levels, case fill rates, network inventory positions, and order patterns, providing strategic recommendations to enhance replenishment and forecasting strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, business, or other related fields
• 2-3 years of prior supply chain experience at a CPG company
• Thorough understanding of CPFR processes and supply chain product flow
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and drive alignment without formal authority
• Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Strong technical proficiency (Retail Link, MS Excel, SAP)

Responsibilities

• Primary point of contact for Walmart Replenishment Team regarding Inventory Planning, Forecast and Replenishment functions.
• Develops strong collaborative relationships with Walmart Replenishment team and Mars Sales, Operations, Demand and Supply Planning teams.
• Lead the investigation and understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain processes with Walmart and identify continuous improvement and value creation opportunities.
• Leverage Walmart’s Retail Link/Scintilla data and Mars internal data to prepare and present recommendations that improve Instock, drive sales, forecast accuracy and right-size inventory.
• Use POS history, POS forecast, Inventory DOS targets, and Store/DC Inventory position to anticipate Mars monthly shipment volume.
• Collaborate with Sales and Planning to integrate these insights into the business plan.
• Owns and reports customer specific service metrics and provides proactive communication and action plans to mitigate service risk.
• Recognized as the senior analyst for the CPFR team, leading critical projects and contributing expertise to strengthen overall team performance.
• Embraces and lives the Mars culture by leading with The Five Principles.

Benefits

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees