Supply Chain Logistics Analyst
About the position The Supply Chain Logistics Analyst ensures finished goods are in the right location at the right time across Aurora Organic Dairy’s internal and third-party warehouse network. Working closely with Production Planning and Customer Logistics, this role manages inter-facility product movement, maintains network inventory balance, and owns order readiness and inventory risk visibility.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with Production Planning to align finished goods movement with production schedules and demand signals, ensuring product availability across all warehouse locations.
- Partner with Customer Logistics to monitor order readiness, flag inventory shortfalls, and proactively manage inventory risk ahead of customer commitments; communicate potential shortfalls or surpluses to supply chain and commercial stakeholders in a timely manner.
- Plan and execute inter-facility shuttle and transfer activity, ensuring timely and accurate movement of product between plants and warehouses.
- Monitor inventory positioning across the network, identifying imbalances and recommending corrective transfers to prevent out-of-stocks or excess concentration at any location.
- Collaborate with 3PL partners to coordinate inbound and outbound movements, resolving logistical issues that affect product availability.
- Identify and review slow-moving, excess, short-code, or at-risk inventory and work cross-functionally to develop and support action plans.
- Generate and maintain KPIs and reporting related to network inventory positioning, order readiness, and transfer efficiency.
- Support supply chain planning models by providing accurate, current inventory positioning data.
- Take on additional duties and projects as needed to support the supply chain team and overall business goals.
- Maintain good relationships with cross-functional teams by resolving issues and communicating relevant information to appropriate personnel in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Sales, and Plant Operations teams to ensure fulfillment of customer orders.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by successfully completing educational courses and workshops relevant to the job.
- Plant operations are 24/7 – some tasks may require attention during non-business hours.
- Available for scheduled and non-scheduled travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or a related field or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of experience in supply chain, inventory management, or logistics
- Experience with inventory planning and product movement across multi-site or 3PL warehouse networks
- Working knowledge of ERP systems; Infor M3 experience a plus
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel required (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, data analysis)
- Experience with Power BI and SQL preferred
- Familiarity with warehouse management systems (WMS) and EDI processes
- Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work cross-functionally across production, logistics, and commercial teams
- Experience with short-code, excess, or at-risk inventory management a plus
- Familiarity with 3PL operations and experience coordinating across internal and external teams
- Experience with the dairy industry is a plus
Nice-to-haves
- Infor M3 experience
- Experience with Power BI and SQL
- Experience with short-code, excess, or at-risk inventory management
- Experience with the dairy industry