Supply Chain Inventory Analyst, Retail

We’re looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone’s journeys better. Supply Chain Inventory Analyst will manage our daily inventory, distribution, and warehouse workflows. Acting as the backbone of our operational logistics, you will own processes that ensure millions of travelers receive the right products at the right time.

In this role, you will leverage inventory systems, forecasting tools, and data analysis to identify trends, resolve discrepancies, and improve inventory performance. By maintaining disciplined inventory controls and translating com-plex data into actionable recommendations, you will directly drive program profitability.

This position offers a balance of remote work, in-office collaboration at our downtown headquarters, and travel to catering or airline customer locations. The role typically operates on a sched-ule of approximately two remote days, three in-office days, and up to 25% travel.

If you enjoy solving operational challenges, driving continuous improvement, and using data to influence business decisions in a fast-paced supply chain environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Annual Hiring Range

$70,000 - $75,000/Per Year

Benefits

• Paid time off

• 401k, with company match

• Company sponsored life insurance

• Medical, dental, vision plans

• Voluntary short-term/long-term disability insurance

• Voluntary life, accident, and hospital plans

• Employee Assistance Program

• Commuter benefits

• Employee Discounts

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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• Rapidly develop a comprehensive understanding of gateretail’s operations, supplier contracts, inventory assets, menu cycle, products, production lead times, delivery schedules, chill-chain, ordering distribution, inventory software, flight schedules, last-mile providers, provisioning requirements, invoice-to-payment process, and all forecast and performance measuring tools and reports.

• Develop strategic supply chain insights by gathering and analyzing end-to-end data, from flight schedules, provisioning guidelines, post-flight activity, onboard sales transactions and crew comments to inventory cycle counts, forecasted usage, orders, deliveries, purchases and product shrinkage.

• Track inventory with a high degree of accuracy through weekly and month-end cycle counts, actively reconciling discrepancies to orders, forecast usage, inbound salvage and minimizing stock variances, while documenting counts, trends, losses, shortages, surplus, extra rebalancing costs and corrective actions.

• Monitor and maintain optimal inventory levels directly with distributors, fresh food producers, and last-mile airline providers by assessing current stock conditions, aligning stock with provisioning requirements, forecast usage, and lead times to balance product availability with demand.

• Perform periodic physical loading audits , verify product quality, reconcile discrepancies, and document root-cause findings to drive process improvements, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Configure inventory management software to optimize supply workflows, execute cycle counting schedules, customize order approval workflows and substitution rules, define automated stock alerts and reorder thresholds to prevent stockouts, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Execute cooling equipment recovery process by researching anomalies, tracing movement, leveraging available data to track and locate missing equipment, optimizing freight procurement, managing end-to-end shipping, keeping audit trail records and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Deliver timely actionable insights on inventory performance to the team by forecasting demand, identifying inefficiencies, flagging slow-moving stock, mitigating surplus risk and recommending data-driven reorder and allocation strategies that maximize profitability while enhancing the onboard passenger experience.

• Execute reporting deliverables on-time , including weekly, month-end, and in-air inventory summary reports, to forecast usage, ambient and boutique rolling forecasts, and proactively communicate deliverable coverage needs, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Validate and reconcile ambient supplier/distributor invoices weekly, performing three-way matching (invoice, purchase order, and delivery receipt) to verify quantities, pricing, terms, and item details match to expectations, while maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs).

• Optimize supply chain efficiency by collaborating directly with procurement and warehousing to balance stock levels, cover lead times, maintain quality, prevent shortages, minimize holding and transport costs, and standardize inventory control procedures.

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date inventory reports and communications by verifying item numbers, descriptions, case costs, case packs and active POC information, conducting periodic internal audits of customer-facing documentation and master data to guarantee accuracy, relevance, and compliance.

• Perform additional duties as needed to support uninterrupted retail operations, including cross-functional support and address ad hoc requests from gateretail leadership with rapid response including during weekends, holidays, or any irregular operations.

Qualifications

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Education

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• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain management, logistics, finance, accounting, data analytics, statistics, or related field, or an equivalent and relevant practical experience.

Work Experience

• 2+ years of experience in managing inventory, logistics, planning, forecasting, and maintaining par levels with vendors.

• Proven experience in creating reports or dashboards, tracking KPIs, measuring cost-savings or cost-avoidance initiatives and communicating findings related to cost control, inventory risk, or operational performance.

• Demonstrated experience working with inventory, distribution, or warehouse systems, including order management, stock monitoring, and discrepancy resolution independently.

• Experience analyzing operational or financial data, including inventory levels, forecasts, purchase orders, deliveries, and invoices, in a time-sensitive environment that require accuracy, responsiveness, and coordination across multiple stakeholders.

Bonus:   Experience in airline, transportation, retail, food service, or warehouse distribution environments.

Technical Skills: (Certification, Licenses and Registration)

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• Capable to work independently to gather and validate data, and identify trends, root cause and develop recommendations to increase program profitability.

• Proficiency in MS Excel or Google Sheets, including pivot tables, formulas, lookups, data validation, and error-checking.

• Ability to work with data from multiple systems and sources and reconcile differences across datasets.

• Experience building and maintaining reports and dashboards using business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar), or the ability to learn such tools quickly.

• Ability to analyze inventory and operational data and transform that into actionable insights, identify trends, anomalies, risks, and recommend corrective actions for cost savings or cost avoidance.

• Working knowledge of inventory planning concepts, including lead times, demand forecasting, safety stock, shrinkage, surplus risk, and replenishment strategies.

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Operational Skills

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• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records related to inventory costs, orders, invoices, and reporting.

• Ability to interpret flight schedules, route changes, and aircraft swaps, and assess downstream impacts on inventory, provisioning, and cost.

• Experience documenting processes and developing and maintaining standard operating procedures and operational guidelines.

• Ability to follow documented processes, apply controls consistently, id