Sr. Lead Insights Analyst, Supply Chain

Overview

Chick-fil-A Supply Chain is responsible for ensuring Chick-fil-A Restaurants receive safe and reliable product in a manner that flows as seamlessly with restaurant operations as possible.  

 

As a Senior Lead Analyst on the Supply Chain Analytics team, you will influence our success through deriving and reporting actionable insights into various operational Supply Chain initiatives. Combining advanced analytical skills with business knowledge, you will help support decision making, opportunity identification, and operational efficiencies across our Supply Chain operations teams and external business partners.   

 

This individual will use their advanced analytical knowledge to develop and maintain complex models and dashboards, combining various external and internal data sources to derive insights.  This experienced individual will direct their own work with wide latitude while also providing technical leadership to co-workers.  This individual may also help select, oversee, and lead outside partners. 

 

Our Flexible Future model offers a healthy mix of working in person and virtually, strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community. 

Responsibilities

• Apply comprehensive knowledge of supply chain operational strategies and advanced statistical modeling to make recommendations and predict outcomes for key decisions
• Plan and direct analytical assignments with wide latitude and autonomy applying advanced understanding of analytical and mathematical methods, such as forecasting and segmentation
• Lead design, creation, and automation of critical performance reporting for Supply Chain operations
• Support supply chain optimization and cost savings efforts through the creation and maintenance of analytical models and tools
• Provide technical leadership to stakeholders and other members of the Supply Chain Analytics team
• Act in a key liaison capacity with other departments, divisions, and entity organizations
• Represent the Supply Chain Analytics organization in outside discussions and technical forums
• Assist with the selection and/or oversight (including assistance with financial and/or budgetary management) of outside partners and professionals to effectively deliver outcomes and results

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years' work experience in advanced analytics, data science, data visualization, or another relevant quantitative field preferred
• Previous experience identifying, cleaning, transforming, and structuring data sources
• Programming proficiency with some or all of the following: SQL, Python, SAS, or R
• Capable communicator with strong data visualization capabilities using Tableau or PowerBI
• Supply chain operational experience

Minimum Years of Experience

5

Travel Requirements

10%

Required Level of Education

Master's Degree

Major/Concentration

Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Management Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and experience