Supply Chain Optimization Analyst

Supply Chain Optimization Analyst (Contract)

North York, ON, Canada

Join Riverside Natural Foods Ltd., a Canadian-based, family-owned, and globally operating business, committed to leaving the world better than we found it. As a B-Corp certified, Triple-Bottom Line company, we proudly manufacture nutritious, 'better-for-you' snacks such as MadeGood and GOOD TO GO. We value teamwork, humility, respect, ownership, adaptability, grit, and fun.

We’re on an ambitious mission to double our business by 2030, and we need talented individuals like you to help us reach new heights. At Riverside, you’ll have the opportunity to chart your own path to success while contributing to ours. We believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, and our values will guide us through the rugged terrain – and yes, it will get rough. But that’s what makes the journey worthwhile.

So, lace up your boots and let’s tackle the climb together.

The Supply Chain Optimization Analyst supports cross-functional initiatives that improve the performance, scalability and resilience of Riverside’s end-to-end supply chain.

Reporting to the E2E Supply Chain Optimization Manager, this role will use data, supply-chain knowledge and critical thinking to identify opportunities, investigate root causes and turn complex operational information into practical recommendations.

This is not simply a report generating position. The successful candidate will understand the language of supply chain while remaining curious enough to question existing assumptions and processes. They will work across functions including Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Engineering, Packaging, Brand, Finance, Master Data and Business Technology.

The role will support a varied portfolio of improvement initiatives, including inventory optimization, product and packaging transitions, commercialization, and process development. The analyst will go both broad and deep, by providing analytical support to broader cross-functional projects, and deep insights on workstreams they are leading.

Primary Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and uphold Riverside’s Core Values.
• Lead and support various supply chain or cross functional improvement initiatives. Effectively manage a variety of stakeholders and deliverables.
• Extract, clean and analyze information from SAP/SAC and other business systems to translate business questions into clear findings and practical recommendations.
• Present findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a concise and compelling way.
• Identify when established processes or assumptions may no longer serve the business and constructively recommend improvements.
• Implement improvements, with a focus on process documentation, decision rules and controls to ensure improvements remain effective.
• Keep the work atmosphere fun, collaborative and welcoming.

Education and Qualifications

• Post‑secondary education in supply chain, engineering, business, operations, analytics or a related field (or equivalent education and experience)
• Two to five years of relevant experience in supply chain, manufacturing, operations, consulting, analytics or continuous improvement.
• Experience working with supply‑chain or ERP data (such as SAP), and analytical tools (such as SAP Analytics Cloud)
• Experience in consumer packaged goods, food manufacturing or another complex manufacturing environment is preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), with analytical skills to process large and imperfect datasets.
• Proficiency with leveraging AI models to enhance speed and quality of work, with critical lens spotting erroneously generated calculations or assumptions
• Strong problem‑solving and critical‑thinking skills - ability to break ambiguous problems into logical questions, analyses and actions.
• Solid understanding of supply‑chain concepts such as inventory, demand, production planning, procurement, capacity and bills of material.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across different functions and levels of the organization.
• Strong communicator, with ease of breaking down complex analysis clearly and adapting message to the audience.
• Comfortable in dynamic environment, independently moving between detailed analysis, cross‑functional discussions and hands‑on operational problem solving, while seeking input when needed.
• Resourceful and willing to build or improve processes while using them.
• Collaborative, humble and interested in learning from people closest to the work.

Key Responsibilities

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