Supply Chain Analyst

Imperial Dade, a leading North American distributor, has a Supply Chain Analyst role available in Grand Rapids, MI! Join a strong and continuously evolving group, helping to continue to grow our business. If you’re eager for your next opportunity, Imperial Dade is a great place to take that next step. The Supply Chain Analyst will be responsible for compiling large data sets and utilizing output to review tactical key performance measures and provide exception management reporting. The analyst will assist the fast-paced purchasing team and other internal teams in optimizing inventory balancing, drive efficiencies and flow and will also work to coordinate and arrange for product movement between warehouses. 

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Imperial Dade is the leading independently owned and operated distributor of foodservice packaging and janitorial supplies in North America. As a provider of customized supply chain solutions, we serve customers in many business-to-business market segments including restaurants, grocery stores, healthcare, sports and entertainment, and cruise lines. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in New Jersey, Imperial Dade serves as a mission-critical partner to more than 120,000 customers through our footprint of 130+ branches.

**All correspondence will come directly from Imperial Dade and not a personal email address.*

You will:

• Leverage enterprise data to drive supply chain optimization projects
• Align vendor and item master data in accordance with company standards
• Act as a liaison between the purchasing team and the operations team to provide visibility and drive the optimal inventory balancing of product and drive overall efficiencies. 
• Develop and maintain analytical tools, reports, and ad hoc models to track key metrics.
• Develop a working knowledge of key supply chain concepts including material procurement strategy, inventory management, warehouse and distribution operations and ERP systems
• Extract, validate, manipulate, and summarize large datasets
• Perform ad-hoc analyses included but not limited to impact assessment of vendor cost changes, internal inventory transfers, vendor minimum order policies, vendor lead time changes.

You have:

• 1 to 3 years of Supply Chain or Inventory or experience required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Information Technology, Math or Data Science.
• Strong Excel skills a must. Access, iSeries, Microsoft Power Query / Power BI and/or Cognos experience a plus.
• Highly analytical with associated problem-solving skills. Able to work with large and diverse data sets and disseminate key gaps to achieve desired outcomes.
• Computer literacy: Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel (Lookups, data sourcing, formatting, pivots, nested if statements, etc.), and Power Query and Power BI

We offer a dynamic environment for our more than 7,500 employees to work, learn, and grow professionally. We value our people and strive to create rewarding career opportunities by offering competitive salaries and benefits (medical, dental, vision), a 401(k) program with company match, a shared ownership program, life insurance, a generous paid time off package, educational reimbursement, paid family leave, and adoption assistance. We are excited to invite talented individuals with a passion for excellence to join our team.

Imperial Dade is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history, or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.