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By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

The Inventory Optimization Analyst is responsible for providing advanced level support implementing and analyzing all aspects of Supply Planning and Optimization. Providing support and recommendations to balance supply and demand across the country, while optimizing ordering groups and network lanes.

Primary Responsibilities

• Enforce Supply Chain inventory improvement programs and policies

• Review and maintain the regional network based on business evolution, risks, and opportunities in order to optimize inventory/distribution costs and service

• Maintain, in collaboration with S&OP, the right levels of inventory

•  Adhere to sourcing/network strategy for new products and suppliers

•  Validate sourcing changes for key Networks and Sites 

•  Responsible for the overall effective and efficient execution of inventory optimization activities

• Ensure consistency in supply chain processes

• Support the execution of corporate buys in conjunction with the replenishment team

• Develop and provide periodic reports on inventory metrics

• Respond to requests from stakeholders for review of inventory level

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• At least 3 years of relevant work experience, ideally in Supply Chain, Purchasing, or Logistics

• Ability to work collaboratively across functions and departments

• Knowledge of end-to-end Supply Chain concepts and understanding of interdependencies between demand, supply, and operations

• Strong MS Excel experience

• Experience with JDA and SAP; the role will require developing high proficiency in JDA and SAP systems for analysis and execution

• Good understanding of products, categories, and channels in the alcoholic beverage industry

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Other characteristics such as personal characteristics

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or mobile device

• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping

• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

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