Supply Chain Planning Analyst

Career Area: Business Management and Operations

Occupation Group: Logistics and Supply Chain Analysts/Specialists

Salary

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An example would be the 25th percentile, 25 percent of workers employed in that occupation earn less and 75 percent earn more than the estimated wage value. At the 75th percentile, 75 percent of workers employed in that occupation earn less and 25 percent earn more than the estimated wage value.

A typical Supply Chain Planning Analyst earns the following wages (national and state):

State

The average salary in North Carolina for those pursuing this career is $70,274

National

The average salary in the United States for those pursuing this career is $72,048

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

Provides analytical support to supply chain planning activities of a company. Collects and analyzes data of all steps along the supply chain. Uses statistical models to forecast demand, resources needed, and facilitate capacity planning.

Employment Trends

The job demand and job growth statistics shown here were derived from job posts over the past year. Expected job growth projections are extrapolated from year-over-year job post listing history.

Job demand and job growth is expected at the following rates:

Skills

A professional in this position typically utilizes the following skills in the course of everyday work in this exciting and challenging field:

Baseline Skills

The following are baseline skills every Supply Chain Planning Analyst is expected to have in order to experience success in this field:

• Planning: Working experience with the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve desired goals.
• Microsoft Excel: Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications.
• Communication Skills: The ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiently.
• Teamwork / Collaboration: Experience working in collaborative efforts with a team to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way.
• Problem Solving: Problem solving consists of using generic or ad hoc methods, in an orderly manner, for finding solutions to problems.

Specialized Skills

These skills are specific to working in this career:

• Supply Chain Knowledge: A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer.
• Supply Chain Planning: In commerce, supply chain management (SCM), the management of the flow of goods and services, involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-process inventory, and of finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
• Logistics: Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation.
• SAP: Experience of using SAP, which is an enterprise resource planning software developed by the German company SAP SE. SAP ERP incorporates the key business functions of an organization. Business Processes included in SAP ERP are Operations (Sales & Distribution, Materials Management, Production Planning, Logistics Execution, and Quality Management), Financials (Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial Supply Chain Management), Human Capital Management (Training, Payroll, e-Recruiting) and Corporate Services (Travel Management, Environment, Health and Safety, and Real-Estate Management).
• Supply Chain Management: In commerce, supply chain management (SCM), the management of the flow of goods and services, involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-process inventory, and of finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.

Distinguishing Skills

Any Supply Chain Planning Analyst that possesses the following skills will stand out against the competition:

• Stock-Keeping Unit: In the field of inventory management, a stock keeping unit (SKU) (, or ) is a distinct type of item for sale, such as a product or service, and all attributes associated with the item type that distinguish it from other item types.
• Materials Planning: Material Planning is the scientific method of planning and determining the requirements of consumables, raw materials, spare parts and other miscellaneous materials essential for the production plan implementation.
• Demand Management: Demand management is a planning methodology used to forecast, plan for and manage the demand for products and services.
• Material Flow Management: Material flow management (MFM) is a method of efficiently managing materials.
• Supply Network Planning: APO Supply Network Planning (SNP) integrates purchasing, manufacturing, distribution, and transportation so that comprehensive tactical planning and sourcing decisions can be simulated and implemented on the basis of a single, global consistent model.

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills:

• Logistics Analysis: Working experience of Logistics Analysis. Logistics refers to a process that is associated with flow of information, goods, and services offered to suppliers and customers from the point of origin to the point of destination. It is commonly the complete process that starts from raw materials to the final disposal or sale of the finished goods.

Experience

This position typically requires the following level of experience. The numbers presented in the pie charts below were derived from actual job posts over the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Common Job Titles

It is possible to find work in this field in positions commonly listed as the following job titles:

• Supply Chain Planning Analyst
• Supply Planning Analyst
• Oracle Cloud Scm - Supply Chain Planning Lead
• Planning Analyst
• Senior Supply Chain Planning Analyst

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• Supply Chain Analyst
• Supply Planner
• Logistics Analyst