Sr. Analyst, Supply Chain Ops. - LATAM

Spectrum Brands' global enabling functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow. Enabling functions may operate as a center-led global team, providing a central strategy, structure, and standards; or as business partner teams, with resources embedded within the businesses to deliver business unit-specific results.

Oversee and evaluate logistics, warehouses, and transportation activities. Support his direct supervisor in detecting opportunities for logistics. The experienced operations senior analyst will monitor safe and efficient operations. Enhance the operational procedure, systems, and principles in the areas of information flow and management, business processes, enhanced management reporting, and look for opportunities to expand systems. Will verify company's policies and applicable laws implementations. Responsible for supporting all the operations between Asia and Latin American (Central America, Caribbean, Mexico, Colombia & Argentina) by developing and supporting process implementation, planning and inventory management practices that ultimately lead to best-in-class supply chain operations, decreases in inventory levels, stock-outs and working capital, all while increasing fill rates, inventory turns and material availability.

Distribution

• Oversee all Distribution Center (DC) operations end-to-end, including receiving, storage, picking, packing, and audits.
• Ensure adherence to the Inventory Cycle Count policy.
• Consolidate and present monthly DC KPIs at the regional level for global meetings.
• Oversee and update LATAM DC footprint 3-year strategy (Quarterly) and support DC Contract updates/renewals
• Support IT initiatives such as EDI implementation and WMS/SAP integration.
• Monitor monthly and annual expenses against budget and prior year benchmarks.
• Track weekly and monthly case volumes, including inbound/outbound flows and DC capacity versus plan.
• Forecast DC volume capacity in CBM and pallet positions.
• Monitor DC performance and issue timely alerts when deviations occur.
• Collaborate with countries and global teams to drive standardization and alignment with corporate strategies.

Transportation

• Manage all transportation processes end-to-end, including ocean freight, drayage, and outbound deliveries.
• Ensure compliance with the 35-day advance booking KPI for ocean freight.
• Conduct weekly reviews of regional bookings for Pingshan-DC shipments.
• Track weekly vendor alignment (e.g., via OOR).
• Monitor monthly transportation KPIs across regional, country, and vendor levels.
• Ensure timely and accurate GTNexus milestone uploads.
• Support IT initiatives including EDI, TMS/SAP integration, and GTNexus vendor onboarding.
• Develop and manage monthly container volume forecasts per lane, ensuring MQC alignment, weekly balancing, and timely global submission.
• Prepare and present transportation KPIs and regional performance summaries for global meetings.
• Monitor transportation expenses monthly and annually against budget and prior year (Ocean freight; drayage; outbound deliveries)
• Provide visibility into ocean transportation performance per destination, including boarding times, ocean transit time, and Port-to-DC time.
• Collaborate with country and global teams to ensure standardization and alignment.

Trade Compliance

• Oversee trade compliance KPIs and prepare regional summaries for global reporting.
• Track trade-related expenses monthly and annually versus budget and prior year.
• Support landed cost calculations and ensure timely annual updates for costing accuracy.
• Partner with country and global teams to maintain compliance and drive process standardization.

• Bachelor's degree in business or industrial engineering
• Master's degree in business preferred
• 5+ years logistics and operation environment

• Proficient in standard business office software
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• SAP skills required, advanced level preferred.
• Microsoft office advanced (advanced Excel, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of how to run reports and ability to prepare PPT presentations for regional meetings.
• Knowledge of transportation and warehouse operations processes.
• Proven ability to think independently and handle multiple projects through to completion
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with internal process partners.
• Able to perform financial calculations and create and manage budgets
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed

Working conditions are normal for an office environment

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.