Sr. Business Analyst - Sales & Logistics

Posting ID: 28906 Job Title: Regular City: Mobile, AL, United States Location: Mobile- Canfor Southern Pine, Inc.

You're a meticulous planner, skilled at dissecting complex issues with precision through analytical problem‑solving. Organized and perceptive, you navigate through challenges and ambiguity effortlessly, foreseeing obstacles and orchestrating solutions seamlessly. With an entrepreneurial spirit driving you forward, you turn obstacles into opportunities and make confident, decisive calls. As Canfor's Senior Business Analyst- Sales & Logistics (US Lumber), you're the one who always uncovers the compelling story behind the numbers and moves people to action with crisp communication.

As the Senior Business Analyst, you'll partner with Sales & Logistics leadership to turn data into decisions that improve margin, service, and cash. You'll lead KPI dashboards, pricing and discount analytics, freight visibility, and inventory turns, while collaborating with Business Intelligence and IT to ensure reliable datasets in Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. This role reports to the Senior Director- Duties, Sales Analytics, and Accounting and is based in our Mobile, AL office.

The life of the Senior Business Analyst includes:

• Driving profitability by identifying, measuring, and improving KPIs across pricing, programs, logistics, and working capital
• Facilitating cross-functional sessions to turn insights into actionable plans with clear owners and timelines
• Preparing KPI dashboards and benchmarking against external sources; communicating results, risks, and opportunities
• Performing ad hoc analyses to support pricing logic, program performance, and operational decisions
• Reviewing sales contract setups for pricing accuracy and revenue recognition integrity
• Developing freight KPIs and dashboards with Logistics; identifying outliers and recovery actions to reduce costs
• Monitoring inventory levels and turns as part of Canfor's working capital strategy; aligning inventory decisions to margin outcomes
• Partnering with Sales leadership on forward-looking sales and mill-net forecasts, including scenario analysis and variance commentary
• Collaborating with BI/IT to maintain governed datasets and automate repetitive reporting

For this role, come equipped with:

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Economics, or related field
• 5+ years in analytics, sales operations, supply chain/logistics analytics, or finance
• Strong proficiency in Power BI and Microsoft Excel; proven ability to build dashboards that drive decisions
• Structured problem solving with a bias to action-you start automating by the second time you do something
• Executive-ready communication skills; ability to "own the room" and influence cross-functional leaders

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