Supply Analyst

Ford • Monroe, MI

1d • $84,480 - $162,120 • Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Analyst manages cardboard and foam inventory, including supplier ordering, forecast reviews, and deviation management, and ensures consumables are available for packaging materials at the MPC. The role develops and drives process improvements using tools such as Power BI, AI, Alteryx, and Python to automate manual processes and meet performance objectives. It also maintains consumable past-due orders and backorders within target levels and plans in advance for high-impact items and upcoming material releases.

The analyst reviews SAP schedules and coordinates with consumable suppliers, MPC operations, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Transportation on constraints, prioritization, release variations, recalls, abnormal inbound shipments, and supplier compliance. The role supports EDI implementation, consumable receipt process improvements, and SAP planning implementation, while meeting cycle-time, ageing, schedule-accuracy, and adherence objectives. Critical customer escalations require a response within 48 hours.

This is a 100% onsite position with no hybrid schedule option. The employee must be willing to work all shifts and overtime as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Positive attitude with a focus on problem solving.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work closely with operations to meet objectives.
• Self-motivated and proactive approach to resolving issues.
• Hard-working and willing to learn.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to interpret data, evaluate actions, and reach logical conclusions.
• Goal-oriented.
• Willingness to work all shifts.
• Willingness to work overtime as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience with SAP, SCM-ERP, or inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Manage cardboard and foam inventory, including supplier ordering, forecast reviews, and deviation management.
• Ensure consumables are available to package materials at the MPC.
• Develop and drive process improvements using Power BI, AI, Alteryx, and Python to automate manual processes.
• Develop and drive metrics to meet objectives.
• Maintain consumable past-due orders and backorders within objective levels.
• Review upcoming material releases and plan in advance for high-impact items.
• Periodically review aged past-due orders and backorders.
• Coordinate with MPC operations, SCM, Transportation, and suppliers.
• Respond to critical customer escalations within 48 hours.
• Support EDI implementation and improvements to the consumable receipt process.
• Support SAP planning implementation.
• Review SAP Schedule Monitor and coordinate with consumable suppliers and MPC operations regarding constraints, uptime prioritization, VORs, and escalated VINs.
• Coordinate with SCM regarding release variations and visibility for recalls and abnormal inbound shipments.
• Work with suppliers on compliance to streamline supplier issues.
• Meet overall and VOR cycle-time objectives, STO and VOR ageing metrics, and schedule accuracy and adherence objectives.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up childcare.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level