A.I. Supply Chain Analyst

Job Description

This member will be a part of VEKA’s Supply Chain organization, playing a critical role in improving Order-to-Cash (O2C) performance through analytics, process improvement, and applied A.I., while also serving as a project leader and strategic enabler across Supply Chain functions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as a Project Leader for cross-functional initiatives, coordinating work between Production Planning and Operations, Customer Call Center, Commercial Sales teams, Shipping and Logistics, and IT.

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Director of Customer Supply Chain on longer-term O2C maturity, digital enablement, and scalability.

• Translate leadership strategy into executable initiatives (what changes, how, and with what success metrics).

• Drive adoption and change management: 

• • Training, playbooks, communications, and reinforcement of new tools/processes.

• Develop exception-based dashboards and alerts that shift teams from reactive firefighting to proactive execution.

• Lead pilots and proofs-of-concept for new A.I. and automation ideas, with clear success criteria and scale plans.

• Design, build, and maintain automated analytics in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) that support day-to-day O2C execution and decision-making.

• Lead continuous improvement of the Auto Replenishment Program (VMI-style): 

• • Replenishment logic, exception triggers, customer segmentation, and performance tracking.

• • Reduce manual intervention, improve service predictability, and work with customers to adhere to ARP guidelines.

• Own analytics and workflow improvements for the ELOP portal (VEKA’s Sales Order website):

• • Ordering accuracy, catalog logic, lead-time messaging, and error prevention.

• • Work with IT as a liaison to continuously improve the ELOP portal.

• Perform deep-dive root cause analysis on: 

• • OTIF misses

• • Backlog volatility

• • Forecast bias and inaccuracy

• • Repeated customer call drivers

• Apply practical A.I. / ML techniques where they demonstrably improve outcomes, such as: 

• • Sales Forecast enhancement.

• • At-risk order identification (OTIF risk scoring)

• • Lead-time and Days of Supply accuracy improvements

Skills:

• Strong analytical and process-improvement mindset with a bias for execution, not theoretical analysis.

• Ability to build analytics and automations (SAC, Excel, SQL/Python, A.I. related tools such as Microsoft Co-Pilot). 

• Ability to lead projects without formal authority, influencing cross-functional teams. 

• Comfortable moving between: 

• • Tactical problem solving (why did this order miss?)

• • Strategic thinking (how do we eliminate this class of problems altogether?)

• Clear communicator who can: 

• • Explain complex analysis in plain business terms

• • Recommend actions, not just insights

• Ability to communicate with VEKA N/A’s customers. 

• Advanced knowledge of ERP systems, preferably SAP.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools such as Excel.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities effectively.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience .

• Analytics Certifications desired.