Job Description
Job Title: Supply Network Planning Analyst
Job ID: 26-04285
Location: Jacksonville, FL (Hybrid Preferred)
Duration: 19 Months on W2 contract
Job Description:
Function: Supply Chain Planning / Inventory Management
We are seeking a highly analytical and technically skilled Supply Network Planning Analyst to support end-to-end supply, inventory, and distribution planning across the value stream. This role combines supply network planning fundamentals with advanced analytics, reporting automation, and digital capabilities to improve visibility, service, inventory health, and decision making.
The successful candidate will partner with Supply Chain, Planning, Inventory Management, Finance, Data & Analytics, Digital, site planning teams, and downstream partners to translate business needs into feasible supply plans, actionable insights, and scalable analytics solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Supply Network Planning & Net Requirements
Job ID: 26-04285
Location: Jacksonville, FL (Hybrid Preferred)
Duration: 19 Months on W2 contract
Job Description:
Function: Supply Chain Planning / Inventory Management
We are seeking a highly analytical and technically skilled Supply Network Planning Analyst to support end-to-end supply, inventory, and distribution planning across the value stream. This role combines supply network planning fundamentals with advanced analytics, reporting automation, and digital capabilities to improve visibility, service, inventory health, and decision making.
The successful candidate will partner with Supply Chain, Planning, Inventory Management, Finance, Data & Analytics, Digital, site planning teams, and downstream partners to translate business needs into feasible supply plans, actionable insights, and scalable analytics solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Supply Network Planning & Net Requirements
- Propagate net requirements upstream and constrained supply plans downstream across conversion and distribution nodes.
- Create and support network RCCP and MPS processes, incorporating capacity, risk, trade-off assumptions, and multi-site constraints.
- Review planning system outputs to validate net requirements, deployment requirements, and feasible supply plans.
- Communicate and hand over network RCCP, MPS, and distribution plans to site planning, CLS, and affiliate supply chain partners.
- Support supply network planning processes that enable service, inventory, and cash flow objectives.
Inventory Analytics & Optimization
- Analyze inventory performance across Finished Goods, Raw Materials, WIP, and SLOB inventories.
- Identify inventory risks, excesses, shortages, and optimization opportunities across the end-to-end value stream.
- Perform root-cause analysis on inventory and supply drivers, translating findings into actionable recommendations.
- Support entitlement models, safety stock optimization, inventory reduction programs, and planning parameter improvements.
- Develop scenario analyses and what-if assessments to support operational decisions, trade-off discussions, and IBP escalation.
Distribution Planning & Execution
- Review distribution forecasts, plan receipts, manage inventory transfers, and coordinate movement between supply chain nodes.
- Manage deployment order exceptions, including review, approval, changes, and rejection as appropriate.
- Monitor STO, PO, and SO life cycles to support timely and accurate execution of supply plans.
- Collaborate with regional, local, upstream, and downstream partners to execute supply plans within established parameters and guidelines.
Dashboard Development, Reporting & Digital Enablement
- Design, develop, and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and self-service analytics tools using Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms.
- Automate recurring planning and inventory reporting processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Build and maintain data workflows using Alteryx, Databricks, SQL, or similar tools.
- Partner with data engineering and digital teams to improve data quality, accessibility, and integration from ERP, planning, and supply chain systems.
- Support AI-enabled analytics solutions, including Microsoft Copilot Agents, Databricks Genies, or other tools that improve analytical capabilities and user experience.
Business Partnership & Operational Support
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with supply chain, planning, finance, digital, site, and affiliate partners.
- Communicate planning trade-offs, inventory impacts, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Support weekly and monthly planning, inventory reporting, entitlement, KPI, and governance cycles.
- Respond to ad-hoc analytical requests and complete reporting deliverables accurately and on time.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Data Science, Operations Research, or related field.
- 3–7 years of experience in supply chain planning, inventory management, supply chain analytics, business intelligence, or related analytical roles.
- Experience translating large datasets into actionable business insights and recommendations.
- Experience with at least one visualization platform such as Tableau or Power BI.
- Experience with at least one data engineering or analytics platform such as Alteryx, Databricks, SQL, or similar tools.
- Strong understanding of supply, inventory, distribution, or network planning processes.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with RCCP, MPS, net requirements planning, deployment planning, IBP/S&OP, or end-to-end supply network planning.
- Experience with ERP and planning systems such as SAP, OMP, Kinaxis, or similar platforms.
- Experience with inventory entitlement models, safety stock methodologies, SLOB management, or inventory optimization.
- Experience developing Microsoft Copilot Agents, Databricks Genies, or similar AI-enabled analytics solutions.
- Python or other advanced analytical programming experience.
- APICS/ASCM certification such as CPIM or CSCP preferred.
What Success Looks Like
- Delivers reliable supply network planning insights that improve visibility to risks, constraints, inventory opportunities, and service impacts.
- Improves planning and inventory reporting through dashboards, automation, and scalable data workflows.
- Supports feasible supply plans that balance service, inventory, capacity, and cash flow objectives.
- Becomes a trusted analytical partner to Supply Chain, Inventory, Planning, and leadership stakeholders.
Contact:
Sharath Babu: sharath.b@sunrisesys.com | (732) 395-4575 | URL: www.sunrisesys.com
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Jacksonville, FL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
| Website | http://www.sunrisesys.com/ |
About Company
Sunrise Systems was founded in 1990 with a clear vision to deliver world-class staffing service solutions in all labor categories, including IT consulting and solutions; all with the commitment to provide service that exceeds expectations and become the most trusted name in the industry. More than two and a half decades later, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the staffing industry. Combining our deep industry expertise, insights, and global resources, we have partnered with our clients to connect them with top professionals across several different industries.
We provide cost-effective Managed Staffing Solutions, Information Technology and Information Technology Consulting Services to several Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Government agencies. We provide our clients with flexible engagement models and customized products that are budget and time specific. Understanding the challenges that every business faces, we offer our services either on-site at the clients' site or from one of our globally distributed technology centers. Our onshore and offshore development capabilities ensure that we excel at meeting customer requirements every single time.
Our collective business experience spans over two and a half decades and ranges from:
- Business, management, and technical fields
- Information technology consulting and software solutions.
- Providing strategic support for the development and long-term growth of new business ventures across several industries including but not limited to; accounting, banking, finance, and recruitment.
- Motivating technology staff and establishing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies
Sunrise Systems has a vast range of competence in:
- Design, development, and support of cloud-based solutions from simple to highly complexed
- Database administration of multi-platform applications, complex databases, and web-based environments that include all aspects of installation, planning, maintenance, and monitoring.
- Data processing and data migration
- Application re-engineering and platform migration
- Working with the Information Systems and end-user communities at all levels to resolve issues and establish consensus.
Skills
- APICS Certificationunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Business Analysisunmatched
- Business Intelligenceunmatched
- Business Operationsunmatched
- Cash Flowunmatched
- Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)unmatched
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)unmatched
- Channel Strategiesunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Data Qualityunmatched
- Data Scienceunmatched
- Data Setsunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Analysisunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- Fundamental Analysisunmatched
- Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
- Inventory Levelsunmatched
- Inventory Managementunmatched
- Inventory Planningunmatched
- Inventory Reportsunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
- Network Performance/Analysisunmatched
- Network Supportunmatched
- Operational Auditunmatched
- Operational Supportunmatched
- Operations Researchunmatched
- Order Managementunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Performance Metricsunmatched
- Power BIunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Program Planningunmatched
- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- Quality Managementunmatched
- Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
- Reporting Skillsunmatched
- Requirements Validation/Verificationunmatched
- Riskunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP)unmatched
- SAPunmatched
- SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
- Sales & Operations Process (S&OP)unmatched
- Scorecardingunmatched
- Supply Chainunmatched
- Supply Chain Managementunmatched
- System Validationunmatched
- Tableauunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Planningunmatched
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