What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Intelligence Manager position at Supply Technologies?
The Business Intelligence Manager will play a critical role in driving profitable growth across the organization. This position will leverage data driven insights to optimize the distribution network, improve supply chain efficiency, and support strategic decision making. By partnering closely with Operations & Supply Chain leadership, the role will identify opportunities to reduce costs, enhance service levels, improve inventory productivity, and strengthen overall business performance.
OptiLogic or Lamasoft Coupa experience preferred.
- Leads the design, build, and ongoing maintenance of network optimization models through OptiLogic to evaluate distribution center footprint, capacity, inventory placement, transportation lanes, and service-level trade-offs across the distribution network.
- Partners closely with Operations and Supply Chain leadership to identify, size, and prioritize opportunities that reduce total landed cost, improve delivery performance, and increase inventory productivity.
- Develops and evaluates scenario analyses and financial business cases, including cost-benefit, return on investment, and sensitivity analysis, to support network design, facility, and supply chain investment decisions.
- Analyzes large, complex data sets from multiple systems to uncover trends and root causes in cost, service, inventory, and profitability performance, and translates findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Designs, builds, and maintains dashboards, scorecards, and recurring performance reports that track key supply chain, inventory, and profitability metrics and provide leaders with timely, reliable visibility.
- Supports the annual budget, forecast, and long-range planning cycles by providing supply chain and distribution cost drivers, assumptions, and insights.
- Manages multiple concurrent analytical projects from scoping through execution, setting timelines, coordinating cross-functional teams, and tracking results to confirm identified savings and improvements are realized.
- Challenges existing processes and drives continuous improvement in analytical methods, data quality and planning practices within Financial Planning & Analysis and partner functions.
- Collaborates across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, and Information Technology to align on definitions, data sources, and priorities, influencing decisions without direct authority and building strong working partnerships.
- Presents analysis, insights, and recommendations to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis and executive stakeholders, tailoring complex information into concise, decision-ready communications.