Strategic Supply Analyst

$76,354 - $119,398/Yr

Delicato Family Vineyards - Manteca, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Manteca, CA

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Strategic Supply Analyst plays a crucial role in providing analytical and operational support to the Supply Chain Planning team at Delicato Vineyards. This position involves working collaboratively across various departments to support strategic supply initiatives, optimize inventory management, and enhance supply/demand forecasting processes. The analyst will leverage data analytics to drive decision-making and ensure effective supply chain health reporting, ultimately contributing to the company's operational efficiency and success.

Responsibilities

• Supports strategic supply initiatives by providing analysis, optimizing inventory management, and assisting with supply/demand forecasting.
• Supports bulk wine monthly forecasting process and system updating.
• Tracks & communicates actions for optimizing existing bulk wine inventory and inventory balancing by location.
• Supports the validation of the monthly wine supply review as well as system data for the reporting and analysis to support both cased goods and bulk wine demand requirements.
• Provides input to the Supply/Demand Sales & Operations Planning and the Executive Sales & Operations Planning process to drive business decisions.
• Supports supply/demand review with Winemaking, Finance, Grower Relations, Custom Resource Group and COO to address surplus/gap requirements.
• Provides vintage cross-over projections for Winemaking, Production, Supply Chain and Marketing.
• Supports annual master data auditing process.
• Supports continuous improvement of supply/demand management models.
• Ensures team is equipped with the tools and information to perform their jobs consistent with departmental standards of operation.
• Applies analytic methods, best practices, modelling or tools to drive supply/demand decisions.
• Provides historical trends and modelling of supply/demand requirements.
• Provides ad hoc analysis to support Supply Chain, Winemaking, Grower Relations and Finance/Accounting.
• Collaborates with peers to connect processes and ensure efficient workflow to avoid redundancy and/or disconnects and miscommunications.
• Leads special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent; Bachelor's degree preferred in supply chain, business, finance or related field.
• 3+ years experience in supply chain, demand planning, inventory management or related functions.
• Prior experience in beverage alcohol or CPG preferred.
• Must exhibit excellent analytical skills, problem-solving ability and communication skills for occasional meeting facilitation.
• Requires cross-functional relationship building.
• Strong ability to analyze multi-dimensional data and complex information.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Excel, ERP (SAP preferred) and Power BI/Power Pivot.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance coverage with Delicato covering nearly the entire cost for employees and a large percentage for dependents.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) with generous company match.
• Discretionary profit sharing.
• Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
• Wine & merchandise discounts.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Gym discounts.