A.I. Supply Chain Analyst

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Description

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 required.
• Analytics Certifications desired.