Supply Chain & Procurement Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Design intricate operational tasks for advanced AI evaluation focused on realistic, large-scale supply chain scenarios.

• Develop reference outputs and evaluation criteria that reflect experienced supply chain leadership.

• Create scenarios for sourcing, procurement planning, supplier selection, vendor evaluation, and procurement decisions.

• Assess supplier proposals and sourcing alternatives based on cost, risk, quality, and operational compatibility.

• Design tasks related to demand forecasting, inventory planning, replenishment, logistics, transportation, warehousing, distribution, and network design.

• Evaluate supplier risk, disruption management, multi-tier supply networks, continuity planning, mitigation strategies, and alternative sourcing.

• Create Sales and Operations Planning and cross-functional enterprise planning tasks.

• Develop supply chain systems and analytics scenarios that involve enterprise platforms and workflows.

• Implement Lean, Six Sigma, network optimization, and related operational methodologies where applicable.

• Review AI-generated outputs for operational accuracy, practicality, and strategic significance.

• Identify flawed assumptions, incomplete analyses, and unrealistic recommendations.

• Provide clear written justifications backing evaluation decisions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of professional experience in supply chain, procurement, logistics, demand planning, inventory management, or a closely related field.

• Experience working within a major manufacturer, retailer, logistics provider, or large enterprise supply chain organization.

• Direct management of supplier relationships, procurement programs, distribution networks, inventory planning, or supply chain operations.

• Strong grasp of sourcing, procurement, demand planning, logistics, supplier risk, and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).

• Familiarity with tools such as SAP, Oracle SCM, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, TMS, WMS, or similar platforms.

• Experience utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, network optimization, or related operational methodologies.

• Strong analytical judgment with the ability to assess complex supply chain trade-offs.

• Capability to communicate operational and strategic reasoning clearly and accurately in writing.

• Experience in developing supply chain training materials, evaluation rubrics, sourcing documentation, or operational guidance is a plus.

• Part-time independent contractor role.

• Work must be executed without using any confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party.

• H1-B and STEM OPT support is not available for this position.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.

• Flexible scheduling according to project needs.

• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on project requirements and performance.