Supply Chain Analyst

Company Overview JB Poindexter (India) Private Limited is a subsidiary of J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. a privately held diversified manufacturing company forecasting $2.4B in annual revenue and 8,000 team members in 2024. The eight operating subsidiaries, covering over 50 locations, are engaged in the production of commercial truck bodies, step-vans, utility trucks, funeral coaches, limousines, pickup truck bed enclosures, precision machining, and expandable foam plastic packaging. For more information, visit JB Poindexter (India) Private Limited is the captive shared services unit of the J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. The company, wholly owned by J. B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. & is headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA. Position Overview The Supply Chain Analyst develops new tools and processes to support J.B. Poindexter & Company's supply chain goals and objectives. Responsibilities include the identification of opportunities through analysis, proposing sustainable solutions, and helping to implement key supply chain initiatives. Areas of concentration include Planning, Procurement, Supply Chain metrics, and Inventory Management strategy and execution. Essential Functions The Supply Chain Analyst conducts analysis with the goal of assisting in the improvement of the organization's supply chain operations. The Supply Chain Analyst will interface with commodity managers, platform resources, and end-users in the execution of his/her duties and responsibilities: - Analyze data from Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for Business Unit (BU) compliance of Supplier catalog files, price lists, contracts, savings projects, and cost optimization. - Analyze Supply Chain technology tools and reporting to standardize, simplify, and rationalize platforms, applications, processes, and services. - Develop and maintain performance management scorecards, including metrics definition, target setting, and results measurement. - Monitor, report, analyze, and forecast key drivers (from a supply chain perspective) that impact financial results. - Must be proficient in MS Excel and extracting data from an assortment of systems to perform analysis and reporting. - Work with Commodity Managers to analyze commodity cost drivers and to develop creative solutions to managing and reducing total cost of ownership. - Coordinate and facilitate collection of information on commodity market factors (market intelligence), key influences. Develop supplier "should cost" and pricing models. - Develop approaches for measuring and communicating commodity costs and performance on a regular basis. - Identify and support implementation of supply chain improvement opportunities. - Work on special projects as assigned by management. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE - A minimum of a bachelor's degree in business or technical field. - 6 - 8 years' experience in supply chain, operations, finance or supply chain related role. - Advance proficiency in MS Excel, including the ability to create formula based spreadsheets, sort and pivot data from multiple systems. - Proficiency in MS Word and PowerPoint. - Experience in utilizing Project Management methodologies to manage and execute projects. - Experienced in statistical data analysis for efficient decision making and benchmarking of material flow. - Extremely organized with excellent follow up. - Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels of the organization and desire for continuous knowledge. - Highly analytical with strong attention to detail and cost management focus. - Ability to work both independently and in a team environment. - Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a plus. - ISM or APICS certification is a plus. - Ability to travel up to 25% initially (domestic). - Proficiency in creating and updating Power BI Reports; preferred minimum of 2 (two) years' experience. Code of Ethics: JB Poindexter (India) Private Limited, requires the highest standard of ethics in all business dealings, with customers, suppliers, advisors, employees, and authorities. This position shall actively ensure that his/her own activities and those of all employees within the project meet this obligation. JBPCO critical standards and procedures related to expected conduct are detailed on the company website. This position is expected to be familiar with these policies and ensure that they are implemented in all areas of control.