Data Analyst - SCM

Position Summary

The Data Analysts plays a pivotal role in applying advanced analytical, statistical, and optimization techniques for decision-making across the Staples Supply Chain. This role is central to driving the next generation of supply chain analytics supporting the integration of traditional data science with emerging AI-driven automation and decision intelligence capabilities. The individual will help accelerate Staples’ evolution toward a highly intelligent, scalable, and agent-enabled analytics ecosystem, unlocking greater efficiency, agility, and business value.

Key Responsibilities

* Participate and contribute to core supply chain functions such as Inventory planning, Network and Capacity planning, Transportation optimization, Labor Planning, as well as Warehouse operations

* Build predictive and prescriptive models using structured and unstructured data to drive visibility and improvement in operational performance

* Collaborate closely with planning and operations focused stakeholders to drive actionable insights

* Create and monitor supply chain metrics to drive optimization of the Staples Supply Chain and improvement in performance

* Develop dashboards and automated reports using BI tools

* Design and develop AI-powered agents and LLM-based workflows

Qualifications

* Bachelors’ degree in a quantitative field such as Operations Research, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or any other highly quantitative discipline.

* Around 3+ years’ experience in the Supply Chain Logistics domain is highly desirable

* Master’s degree is preferred

Technical Skills

* Fluent in programming languages: Python and SQL (highly desirable)

* Data visualization tools: Power BI, Tableau or equivalent

* Cloud and data platforms: Snowflake, SQL server or similar

* Familiarity with other statistical and scripting languages

* Familiarity with cloud ecosystems (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP acceptable)

* Familiarity with Machine learning, statistical modeling and optimization libraries

* Experience or exposure to LLMs and Generative AI (Azure OpenAI, LangChain, etc.)