Senior Supply Chain Analyst

Company: EPIC Fuels
Location: Irving
Posted on: January 13, 2022

Job Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Supply Chain Management
Maintain an understanding of internal customers' supply requirements for new and existing supply and strive for constant improvement in supply cost and availability.
Aggressively pursue improvement on all supply chain component costs.
Strengthen relationships with supply counterparties with accurate, trusting, and timely communications on market intel, contract volume management for both existing and new fuel tenders, and best effort for forecasting demand accuracy.
Consistently achieve target inventory levels while meeting company requirements at the most reliable and lowest possible cost.
Review new proposed contracts and contract renewals to assure they are in line with EPIC's business needs and goals related to supply and inventory.
Direct and coordinate as needed with other contract reviewers within EPIC to assure contract reviews are completed within schedule.

Inventory Optimization
- Work with inventory accounting staff to manage all inventory locations for optimal inventory levels.
- Track demand trends for inventory locations.
- Develop cost benefit analysis/strategy for new and existing inventory for opening and closing as needed.

Logistics Management
Participate in management of rail, barge, terminal, and pipeline requirements.
Participate in the supervision of trucking/common carrier logistics.
Responsible for terminal, rail, barge, trans-loading and pipeline relationships to ensure that fuel needs and delivery schedules/cycles are met.

Other Duties
Complete fuel supply terminal requirements including loading numbers, setups, and resolving supplier and terminal issues.
Oversee and manage databases such as supplier and fuel pricing databases, rack database and supplier pricing issues and discrepancies.
Participate in software training and implementation that relates directly with Supply, Customer
and Logistics.

Qualifications and Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, Operations, or Business Analytics.

Minimum five [5] years of supply chain, logistics or like experience with direct experience scheduling pipelines in a high financial/operational risk environment. In addition, the individual must possess working knowledge of bulk refined product supply chains, including (but not limited to) common carrier and sole proprietary pipelines, marine cargo waterborne vessel, short and long-haul carriers, rack, railcar, and other transportation methods. Additional experience regarding supply forecast methodology and volume nomination requirements for refined products.

Prior work experience should include process improvement capabilities and implementation. Along with exhibiting strong problem-solving skills to prioritize responsibilities, and work with cross functional groups in a timely and effective manner.

An Equal Opportunity Employer Disability/Vet

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