What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Analyst position at Nature's Bakery?
Since our founding in 2011, Nature’s Bakery has been baking better-for-you snacks to nourish families and enable them to thrive. We believe that the choice to snack healthier should be an easy and desirable one. Today, we are a top 10 granola and snack bar brand, with approximately 500 employees baking soft-baked snacks with real, recognizable, and wholesome ingredients, such as whole grains and sun-ripened fruits.
Our marketplace success led us to join forces with KIND to create a health and wellness platform within Mars, Inc. While continuing to operate as a standalone company, we are now part one of the most well-regarded consumer goods company in the world. That independence allows us to remain an agile, insurgent brand committed to our brand purpose and founding.
Nature’s Bakery is a fast-growing company with a bright future ahead. We have achieved great things, and there is more opportunity for growth both on the digital and retail shelves, through expanded distribution with existing and new retail customers. To achieve our aspirations, we are expanding our team of growth-minded, nimble, and entrepreneurial individuals who like to roll up their sleeves and get things done. We think like owners, act like operators.
So, come join us to create a world of snacking that is both good, and good for you.
About The Role
The Logistics Analyst will live in data and reports, consistently analyzing past performance and future opportunities. The individual will present their findings to the Logistics Supervisor, Director of Logistics & Customer Accounts, and cross functional teams including Sales, Finance, and Operations. The goal of this role is to develop a deeper understanding of logistics and customer service then distribute that knowledge across the organization as well as streamlining logistics reporting and processes, training up the team in excel as needed.
The Critical Success Factors
You will be most successful if you:
Our ideal candidate is independently driven, extremely well versed in data analysis, resourceful enough to overcome hurdles on their own, determined to produce results, opinioned when the data is on their side, and amiable enough to build relationships cross functionally so that people come to them for answers.
The Minimum And/Or Technical Requirements
At minimum, the candidate for the Logistics & Customer Accounts Analyst must have:
As a young company, we have had the opportunity to shape, reinforce and live our five core company values daily:
EEO
We are committed to an inclusive workplace where diversity in all its forms is championed. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we are an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require special accommodation, please let us know.
Privacy Policy
Mars and its family of brands is committed to transparency and responsibility in how we handle the personal data entrusted to us by our customers and consumers. To learn more about our privacy policy please follow this link.
Our marketplace success led us to join forces with KIND to create a health and wellness platform within Mars, Inc. While continuing to operate as a standalone company, we are now part one of the most well-regarded consumer goods company in the world. That independence allows us to remain an agile, insurgent brand committed to our brand purpose and founding.
Nature’s Bakery is a fast-growing company with a bright future ahead. We have achieved great things, and there is more opportunity for growth both on the digital and retail shelves, through expanded distribution with existing and new retail customers. To achieve our aspirations, we are expanding our team of growth-minded, nimble, and entrepreneurial individuals who like to roll up their sleeves and get things done. We think like owners, act like operators.
So, come join us to create a world of snacking that is both good, and good for you.
About The Role
The Logistics Analyst will live in data and reports, consistently analyzing past performance and future opportunities. The individual will present their findings to the Logistics Supervisor, Director of Logistics & Customer Accounts, and cross functional teams including Sales, Finance, and Operations. The goal of this role is to develop a deeper understanding of logistics and customer service then distribute that knowledge across the organization as well as streamlining logistics reporting and processes, training up the team in excel as needed.
The Critical Success Factors
You will be most successful if you:
- Have an interest and the ability to dive deep into large datasets to understand the details and meaning within
- Can simplify complex information into digestible stories for broad audiences
- Ability to manage multiple projects independently, understand priorities, and deliver requirements on due dates
- The ability to work well with groups who have differing priorities than your own and can focus on win – win solutions
- Developed understanding of processes, how they fail, and how to design them in ways to reduce failures
Our ideal candidate is independently driven, extremely well versed in data analysis, resourceful enough to overcome hurdles on their own, determined to produce results, opinioned when the data is on their side, and amiable enough to build relationships cross functionally so that people come to them for answers.
The Minimum And/Or Technical Requirements
At minimum, the candidate for the Logistics & Customer Accounts Analyst must have:
- Excellent excel capabilities required
- Minimum 1-3 years of analyst experience preferably in logistics, transportation, or supply chain
- Experience presenting data and findings to management
- College degree preferred, but significant work experience acceptable
- Good PowerPoint skills
- Experience with ERP systems
As a young company, we have had the opportunity to shape, reinforce and live our five core company values daily:
- Growth Minded. You are incessantly curious, you believe career development is journey built on experiences, feedback and personal growth
- Solutions-Focused. You excel at both thinking and doing and have a track record of turning organizational objectives into actionable solutions
- You thrive in environments where team members treat each other with respect and support one another, in fact you believe the best solutions emerge when you can engage in fact-based, low-ego discussions
- Stronger Together. Working as a team towards a common goal, we thrive on collaboration because we believe each of us has a unique perspective to offer
- “Doing the right thing” guides you, it is the compass that guides every decision and action you take
EEO
We are committed to an inclusive workplace where diversity in all its forms is championed. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we are an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require special accommodation, please let us know.
Privacy Policy
Mars and its family of brands is committed to transparency and responsibility in how we handle the personal data entrusted to us by our customers and consumers. To learn more about our privacy policy please follow this link.
