Supply Chain Planning Analyst

Shaw Industries • Ringgold, GA

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About The Position

The Supply Chain Planning Analyst supports the analytical needs of Hard Surface Planning and serves as a subject matter expert on data analytics for that area. The role partners with business users across the ISC to develop analytical solutions that enable data-driven decisions, improve efficiency, and address complex business problems. It also collaborates with IT and cross-functional groups including Demand Planning, Sourcing, Logistics, and Customer Care.

The analyst supports existing business intelligence reports and automated reporting schedules, develops reporting and dashboard solutions, prepares data for analysis, and translates business needs into requirements. The role also supports process-improvement projects, provides user training, and handles basic project-management tasks, including documenting requirements, business value, and estimated effort. The position requires effective communication and the ability to learn new technical skills in a dynamic environment.

Requirements

• A four-year degree and some work experience designing reporting or system solutions, OR a high school diploma/GED and at least 2 years of work experience writing SQL and developing reports.
• At least 2 years of experience in a role involving data extraction, data analysis, statistical modeling, planning, or inventory deployment.
• Expertise delivering solutions using analytics tools or languages such as SQL, Power BI, Tableau, R, or Python.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Shaw Planning, Sourcing, Logistics, Distribution, and Customer Service business groups.
• Experience with HSRP.
• Experience with Databricks.
• Exposure to forecasting, time-series analysis, or optimization.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships across the ISC and IT, including Demand Planning, Sourcing, Logistics, Customer Care, and Supply Chain Technology.
• Support existing BI reports and automated reporting schedules, with a focus on daily data and analytical needs for Hard Surface Planning.
• Develop, test, implement, and modify advanced reports, research, analytical solutions, and dashboards.
• Create complex SQL scripts to extract data for reporting and analytical solution development.
• Create and maintain dashboards and analytical solutions using BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau.
• Prepare structured or unstructured data for analysis.
• Understand and translate complex business needs into requirements.
• Assess business requirements against business-intelligence environment capabilities, including data availability and quality and analytics or visualization software functionality.
• Support technical needs on process-improvement projects.
• Plan and conduct ongoing user-training classes and provide one-on-one support to help business users leverage each solution.
• Perform basic project-management tasks, initiate meetings to document requirements and business value, and estimate effort for requests.
• Communicate effectively, adapting the level of detail to the audience to solve problems, explain concepts, and propose changes.
• Learn new technical skills and adapt to a dynamic working environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED