What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Analyst - Manufacturing position at ACR (AmerCareRoyal)?
Brief Description
Unbox Your Potential: Our customers see us as the industry leader for trusted, high quality food service essentials and supply chain solutions – and our employees see the value in what they do each day. We offer a culture supported by integrity, growth, relationships, and excellence. We’re looking for a Supply Chain Analyst - Manufacturing – are you ready to explore your career with us?
The Supply Chain Analyst – Manufacturing supports ACR’s manufacturing operations by providing data driven insights to improve cost, service, and operational performance. This role is responsible for developing cost estimates for new and changing business, maintaining and analyzing forecasts tied to business changes, and building, maintaining, and reporting key performance indicators (KPIs) across manufacturing operations.
This position is hybrid and requires weekly on-site presence in one our manufacturing site in Westfield, MA (McNairn Packaging).
How you will make an impact in this role:
What you will need to be successful in this role:
All offers of employment are conditional on the results of a successful criminal background check and drug screening which includes cannabis, regardless of any state-specific medical or recreational laws.
Summary
ACR is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Learn more about ACR HERE
Learn more about our Culture HERE
Unbox Your Potential: Our customers see us as the industry leader for trusted, high quality food service essentials and supply chain solutions – and our employees see the value in what they do each day. We offer a culture supported by integrity, growth, relationships, and excellence. We’re looking for a Supply Chain Analyst - Manufacturing – are you ready to explore your career with us?
The Supply Chain Analyst – Manufacturing supports ACR’s manufacturing operations by providing data driven insights to improve cost, service, and operational performance. This role is responsible for developing cost estimates for new and changing business, maintaining and analyzing forecasts tied to business changes, and building, maintaining, and reporting key performance indicators (KPIs) across manufacturing operations.
This position is hybrid and requires weekly on-site presence in one our manufacturing site in Westfield, MA (McNairn Packaging).
How you will make an impact in this role:
- Develop detailed cost estimates for new business, product changes, and volume shifts.
- Analyze manufacturing cost drivers (labor, materials, overhead, capacity) and communicates impacts to the Supply Chain Manager and cross-functional- stakeholders.
- Support scenario modeling for capacity, cost, and service trade-offs tied to changes in business.
- Track, analyze, and maintain manufacturing forecasts related to demand changes, new business wins/losses, and mix shifts.
- Partner with demand planning, manufacturing leadership, and commercial teams to ensure forecast changes are understood and reflected in production and capacity plans.
- Monitor forecast accuracy and identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Collect, validate, and analyze manufacturing data across safety, quality, service, cost, and productivity metrics.
- Build, maintain, and continuously improve manufacturing KPIs and dashboards that provide clear, actionable visibility.
- Support standardization of KPI definitions and reporting across the manufacturing network.
- Identify performance gaps and partner with operations leaders to support root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Develop recurring and ad-hoc reports to support manufacturing reviews, S&OP / IBP discussions, and leadership updates.
- Ensure data integrity across systems and reporting tools.
- Translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
What you will need to be successful in this role:
- 2–5 years of experience in supply chain, manufacturing analytics, operations planning, or a related analytical role (manufacturing environment preferred).
- Collaborative mindset with experience providing solutions
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, Finance, Business, or a related field preferred but NOT required
- Strong analytical and problem solving- skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (required); experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.) is strongly preferred.
- Experience working with ERP and planning systems.
- Ability to model costs, forecasts, and operational scenarios.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present insights clearly and concisely.
- High attention to detail and data accuracy.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced- manufacturing environment.
- Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment around heavy machinery, loud noise, and non-temperature controlled facilities.
All offers of employment are conditional on the results of a successful criminal background check and drug screening which includes cannabis, regardless of any state-specific medical or recreational laws.
Summary
ACR is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Learn more about ACR HERE
Learn more about our Culture HERE