Inventory and Supply Chain Analyst 2of2

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Role:  Inventory and Supply Chain Analyst

Priority Location: LATAM

Working Hours: Monday-Friday, 8AM - 5PM (EST)

Salary Range: $2,500 –$3,000 per month

Type of contract: Full-Time

Type of job: Remote

About the Role:

The Inventory and Supply Chain Analyst role has evolved beyond traditional forecasting. Forecasting is now 80–90% automated using internal tools and AI. The value of this role is analysis, insight, and proactive business recommendations, not data entry.

The analyst should:
* Interpret trends
* Identify risks (out-of-stocks, overstock, missed opportunities)
* Proactively suggest strategies to grow retail performance

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Data Interpretation

While the tools generate the numbers, you are responsible for explaining the why behind them.
* Trend Analysis: Distinguishing between a temporary spike in sales and a long-term shift in consumer behavior.

Trend Analysis: Distinguishing between a temporary spike in sales and a long-term shift in consumer behavior.
* Risk Mitigation: Identifying potential "out-of-stock" scenarios before they happen or spotting "slow-movers" that risk becoming dead inventory.

Risk Mitigation: Identifying potential "out-of-stock" scenarios before they happen or spotting "slow-movers" that risk becoming dead inventory.
* Performance Auditing: Reviewing automated forecasting outputs to ensure they align with real-world retail dynamics.

Performance Auditing: Reviewing automated forecasting outputs to ensure they align with real-world retail dynamics.

2. Proactive Business Recommendations

This is the most critical part of the role. You aren't just reporting what happened; you are advising on what should happen.
* Growth Strategy: Suggesting inventory shifts to capitalize on missed opportunities.

Growth Strategy: Suggesting inventory shifts to capitalize on missed opportunities.
* Inventory Optimization: Recommending markdowns for overstock or aggressive replenishment for high-performers.

Inventory Optimization: Recommending markdowns for overstock or aggressive replenishment for high-performers.
* Stakeholder Communication: Writing clear, insight-driven emails to US-based teams to influence buying and planning decisions.

Stakeholder Communication: Writing clear, insight-driven emails to US-based teams to influence buying and planning decisions.

3. Inventory Lifecycle Management

You will oversee the health of the inventory from arrival to sale.
* Movement Tracking: Monitoring how quickly products move through the supply chain.

Movement Tracking: Monitoring how quickly products move through the supply chain.
* Retail Alignment: Ensuring inventory levels match the specific needs of major retailers.

Retail Alignment: Ensuring inventory levels match the specific needs of major retailers.

Qualifications & Skills

Hard Skills Required
* Advanced Excel proficiency
* Comfortable working in complex spreadsheets
* Strong data manipulation and analysis skills
* Experience in inventory analysis, demand planning, or merchandise planning
* Ability to analyze retail data and trends
* Comfort working with:Forecasting outputsInventory movement dataRetail performance reports
* Forecasting outputs
* Inventory movement data
* Retail performance reports
* Strong written English (email-heavy communication)
* Comfortable learning new internal reporting tools
Soft Skills Required
* Proactive — identifies issues before being asked
* Ownership mindset — “see it, own it, solve it”
* Independent problem-solver (remote-ready)
* Forward-thinking and strategic
* Comfortable making recommendations, not just reporting numbers
* Strong business curiosity