Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DIRECTV is seeking a Lead Logistics Analyst to manage strategic inventory planning, scheduling, materials handling, forecasting, and supply-demand activities across multiple distribution facilities. The role leads logistics projects, improves policies and processes, partners with cross-functional teams, and mentors less experienced analysts.
Responsibilities
- Leads and administers comprehensive inventory planning, master scheduling, materials handling, and inventory turnover processes across multiple distribution facilities, ensuring consistency and best practices
- Coordinates and oversees supply and demand activities for products across multiple business units, optimizing inventory levels, fill rates, and customer service delivery
- Analyzes complex data sets and trends to develop and refine forecasting models, stocking strategies, and inventory policies that reduce carrying costs while maintaining service targets
- Recommends and leads implementation of policy, process, and systems improvements to maximize the effective management of materials and enhance operational efficiency across the network
- Develops short- to mid-term objectives and action plans, ensuring alignment with broader company goals, and initiates and drives corrective actions when performance gaps arise
- Leads or contributes significantly to small projects or discrete portions of larger team/organizational initiatives, managing timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder communication
- Resolves complex, ambiguous issues independently by evaluating multiple variable factors, applying judgment to select appropriate methods and evaluation criteria, and escalating only the most novel or high-risk problems
- Establishes, documents, and administers unit-level policies, procedures, and systems governing inventory and materials management
- Partners with cross-functional teams (procurement, operations, sales, finance) to align supply chain activities with organizational priorities and resolve interdepartmental bottlenecks
- Provides guidance, mentorship, and technical direction to less experienced logistics/inventory analysts, reviewing their work and helping build their capability
- Monitors key performance indicators (inventory turns, service levels, forecast accuracy) and reports insights and recommendations to management
- Supports audits and administrative controls to ensure compliance with company policy and regulatory requirements related to materials management
Skills
- Advanced professional with deep, specialized expertise in logistics and supply chain management, capable of independently resolving complex and varied issues through creative, judgment-based solutions
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with demonstrated experience in inventory planning, demand forecasting, master scheduling, and materials management
- Proficiency with supply chain planning systems (e.g., ERP/WMS platforms) and advanced Excel or data analysis tools; experience with forecasting or inventory optimization software preferred
- Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional activities and influence stakeholders without direct authority
- Experience leading projects or initiatives, with the ability to plan, prioritize, and manage competing deliverables
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations for varying audiences
- 3 – 5 years of relevant experience in logistics, supply chain, or inventory/materials management (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- **This role requires but is not limited to 10% travel.**
- **This is a remote position that can be located anywhere in the United States, with the exception of Alaska. #LI-Remote**
- Prior experience mentoring or providing technical guidance to junior team members preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Logistics, or related field preferred; relevant certifications (e.g., APICS/ASCM CPIM or CSCP) a plus
Benefits
- This is a remote position that can be located anywhere in the United States, with the exception of Alaska.
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