Supply Chain Analyst at BrandCo Nigeria Limited

BrandCo's core focus is to identify high-street brands that appeal to the urban African consumer and offer these through world class retail experiences. We take time to understand a brand's offering and how it can be tailored to consumer's shopping habits and preferences in our target markets.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Supply Chain Analyst

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Description

• The Supply Chain Analyst is responsible for transforming operational and commercial data into actionable insights that drive inventory optimization, replenishment efficiency, fulfillment performance, logistics productivity, and overall supply chain excellence across BrandCo's retail and e-commerce operations.
• The role will support end-to-end supply chain planning by analyzing inventory movements, demand trends, replenishment cycles, warehouse performance, transportation efficiency, store stock availability, and supplier performance.
• The analyst will provide data-driven recommendations that improve service levels, reduce stock-outs, minimize excess inventory, and optimize working capital.
• This role sits at the intersection of Inventory Planning, Warehousing, Distribution, Retail Operations, and Commercial Teams.

Key Responsibilities
Supply Chain Analytics & Reporting:

• Develop and maintain supply chain dashboards and performance reports.
• Analyze inventory, warehouse, transportation, fulfillment, and store replenishment data.
• Generate daily, weekly, and monthly KPI reports.
• Monitor trends, identify performance gaps, and recommend corrective actions.
• Automate operational reporting using Power BI, Excel, and D365.
• Build executive-level reports for management decision-making.

Inventory Optimization:

• Monitor inventory health across warehouses and retail stores.
• Analyze stock cover, inventory turns, aged stock, dead stock, and excess inventory.
• Identify stock-out risks and recommend replenishment actions.
• Support inventory balancing across locations.
• Drive initiatives to improve inventory accuracy and stock availability.
• Conduct root cause analysis on inventory discrepancies and shrinkage.

Demand Planning & Forecasting:

• Analyze historical sales, promotions, seasonality, and market trends.
• Support demand forecasting and replenishment planning.
• Measure forecast accuracy and forecast bias.
• Recommend inventory strategies for new product launches, campaigns, and peak trading periods.
• Collaborate with Commercial and Retail teams to align supply plans with sales objectives.
• Support S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) activities.

Store Replenishment Analytics:

• Monitor store stock availability and replenishment effectiveness.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.
• Support warehouse process optimization projects.
• Evaluate labor productivity and resource utilization.

Logistics & Distribution Analysis:

• Track transportation costs and delivery performance.
• Analyze route efficiency and vehicle utilization.
• Monitor OTIF (On-Time In-Full) delivery performance.
• Evaluate 3PL and carrier performance.
• Recommend initiatives to reduce logistics cost per unit delivered.
• Support network optimization projects.

Process Improvement & Continuous Improvement:

• Conduct root cause analysis on operational challenges.
• Identify process inefficiencies and recommend solutions.
• Support automation and digital transformation initiatives.
• Standardize supply chain reporting and KPI governance.
• Support operational excellence programs across the supply chain network.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@brand-co.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.