Sr. Supply Chain Optimization Specialist

Sr. Supply Chain Optimization Specialist Location: Juarez, NL. / Hybrid BASIC FUNCTION The Sr Specialist, Inventory Optimization Supply Chain Analytics is responsible for identifying inventory risks, determining root causes, and driving corrective actions that reduce excess, obsolete, overstock, and overproduction inventory across Kitchen and Bath Americas. Reporting to the Sr Supply Chain Analytics Manager, this role partners with Production Control, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Finance, Manufacturing Operations, Master Data, IT/Data Analytics, and Supply Chain leadership to improve inventory visibility and governance. The position serves as a hands-on analytics and process improvement expert, using ERP research, Power BI dashboards, exception reporting, and standardized review routines to convert complex inventory signals into clear business actions. The role is expected to work independently, communicate findings clearly, and support the organization in moving from reactive inventory review to proactive prevention. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES • Lead recurring root cause analysis for inventory increases, overstock, excess, obsolete, and overproduction across Finished Goods, Raw Materials, WIP, and service-related inventory. • Research inventory exceptions in ERP and supporting tools to determine whether drivers relate to demand, supply, planning parameters, MOQ, lead time, forecast bias, material status, discontinuation, last-time-buy, production execution, or master data. • Develop and improve Power BI dashboards, exception reports, and analytical tools that provide early visibility to inventory risk, including PO/PR exceptions, safety stock/time breaches, production overbuilds, blocked or restricted stock, disposition balances, and month-over-month changes. • Partner with IT, Data Analytics, Master Data, and business process owners to improve report reliability, automate recurring analysis, and reduce manual Excel dependency where practical. • Identify purchase requisitions, purchase orders, production activity, and material receipts that may create inventory above target levels; coordinate with schedulers, buyers, supply planning, customer service, manufacturing, and operations leaders to review, cancel, defer, or correct orders when appropriate. • Build structured RCA categories and Pareto reporting to quantify major inventory drivers, financial impact, accountable functions, and recurring patterns. • Translate analytics into clear business actions with owners, due dates, assumptions, risks, and escalation needs; follow up until actions are closed or formally escalated. • Create standardized processes, decision rules, escalation paths, governance routines, data definitions, and user instructions for inventory optimization tools and dashboards. • Communicate concise findings to leadership and cross-functional teams, including what happened, why it happened, financial impact, required decision, owner, and due date. RELATIONSHIPS AND CONTACTS Supervisory Relationships: • Reports directly to the Sr Supply Chain Analytics Manager. • No direct reports are required; however, the role is expected to lead cross-functional workstreams and coordinate actions across multiple teams. Internal Business Relationships 1. Frequent interaction with Production Control Directors, plant production control teams, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, S OP, Inventory Management, Source Scheduling, Manufacturing Operations, Finance, Master Data, IT, and Data Analytics. 2. Regular interaction with Supply Chain leadership, including Vice President-level stakeholders, to provide updates, escalate blockers, and support decision-making. 3. Regular interaction with schedulers, buyers, material managers, customer service, category teams, and plant leaders to validate root causes and close corrective actions. External Business Relationships: 4. May support discussions with vendors, suppliers, and third-party partners when MOQ, lead time, replenishment, order quantity, or supply constraints contribute to inventory risk. 5. May participate in supply chain benchmarking activities to identify best practices in inventory optimization, analytics, and governance.