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Senior Analyst, Supply Chain Planning
Xometry
Waltham, Ma · hybrid · full time · Senior
$92,000 - $118,000
About the Role
Xometry is seeking a Senior Analyst, Supply Chain Planning to develop the demand planning, supply planning, and analytical capabilities that underpin Xometry's strategic programs. This role is responsible for turning those capabilities into actionable decisions for leadership—determining capacity to secure, volume placement, inventory levels, and risk mitigation.
Alongside planning, this role will program manage new and emerging opportunities without an established playbook, structuring the problem, establishing the operating approach, and handing it off to steady-state operations.
Responsibilities
Own Demand and Supply Planning for Strategic Programs
- Build and maintain demand forecasts for strategic production programs using customer forecasts, order history, and account/program inputs.
- Translate demand into partner capacity requirements, production placement, material plans, and lead time commitments.
- Monitor partner capacity, production schedules, and inventory positions; flag shortfalls, excess, and on-time delivery risk early.
- Lead recurring supply and demand reviews with commercial, operations, and partner network stakeholders, driving decisions to closure.
- Set and track planning KPIs such as forecast accuracy, capacity coverage, and on-time delivery.
Deliver Analysis That Drives Decisions
- Maintain a consolidated view of demand, committed capacity, and program loading across the portfolio.
- Build scenario models to test the impact of volume changes, capacity constraints, partner changes, and program ramps.
- Lead analysis behind capacity, sourcing, safety stock, and cost-to-serve decisions, delivering findings with actionable recommendations.
- Build reusable models, dashboards, and reports.
- Define planning data requirements and collaborate with Product and Data teams on system and data improvements.
Support New and Emerging Opportunities
- Support program managers on new opportunities with demand and capacity planning, timelines, and status tracking.
- Establish reporting and metrics for tracking cost, quality, and delivery through pilot and ramp phases.
- Coordinate schedules, materials, and shipment plans with partners and internal teams.
- Document planning processes and reusable templates.
Partner Across the Organization
- Collaborate with Sales and Account teams to translate customer roadmaps into planning inputs.
- Partner with Partner Network and Field Deployed Engineering teams on capacity and production placement.
- Align with Finance on volume assumptions, cost models, and margin implications.
- Communicate planning assumptions, risks, and trade-offs to senior leadership.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in demand planning, supply planning, production planning, or materials planning (preferably in a manufacturing environment).
- Proven track record owning a forecast, supply plan, or production schedule.
- Experience running or supporting an S&OP or supply and demand review process.
- Strong quantitative and modeling skills with advanced Excel or Google Sheets.
- Experience with SQL or comparable analytical tools, and building dashboards in BI tools (Tableau, Looker, or Power BI).
- Experience working with suppliers or contract manufacturers on capacity, schedules, and materials.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting analysis to senior leaders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in contract manufacturing or a multi-supplier network environment.
- Experience with ERP and advanced planning systems.
- Experience designing or improving an S&OP or IBP process.
- Experience with Python or R for analysis.
- APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM or CSCP).
- Experience supporting production programs through launch and ramp.
Benefits
Competitive benefits include 401(k) match, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off (vacation, sick, holidays, maternity/bonding leave), and an EAP.