Supply Chain Analyst - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Supply Chain Analyst earn

A Supply Chain Analyst earns between $1.581 and $7.204 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.089 and a median salary of $2.521 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 4.512 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Middle level technicians
• • other mid-level technicians
• • • middle level technicians in industrial operations
• • • • production planning and control technicians

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Production Planning and Control Technicians they work in different types of industrial, commercial and service companies, focusing on construction companies, the chemical and petrochemical industry, the manufacture of textile products, pulp, paper and paper products, in the automobile complex, among others. They are salaried employees, with a formal contract, who organize themselves into a team, under occasional supervision. They usually work in shifts. Some of the activities they carry out may be subject to noise, high temperatures, radiation, dust and toxic material.

What does it take to work in the field of Production Planning and Control Technicians

The exercise of these occupations requires a mid-level technical course in the area of activity. The full performance of activities occurs after one or two years of experience.

Functions and activities of Supply Chain Analyst

Production Planning and Control Technicians must:

Activities

show initiative;
relate;
collect production data;
develop maintenance schedule;
analyze production capacity;
demonstrate dynamism;
analyze production orders;
define contingency plan;
forecast production stops;
inspect supplies (raw materials and inputs);
propose improvements in machinery and equipment;
identify deviations in the production process;
propose improvements in the production process;
demonstrate flexibility;
demonstrate holistic vision ability;
set production priorities;
set control parameters;
identify production requirements;
use quality tools;
formalize production plan;
assist in the definition of work instructions;
allocate resources (human, material and inputs);
classify supplies (raw materials and inputs);
request supplies (raw materials and inputs);
make information available;
set production schedule;
show creativity;
register input and output of materials and inputs;
make information available;
specify resources from related areas;
define supplies (raw materials and inputs);
adapt;
define the layout of the production process;
identify alternative suppliers;
carry out available resources survey;
predict maintenance downtime;
scaling utilities (steam, water, compressed air and electricity);
demonstrate commitment;
define transportation, handling, storage and distribution of raw materials prime and supplies;
monitor production flow;
schedule preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance;
demonstrate critical sense;
establish production sequence;
propose alternative supplies;
rearrange production mix;
scaling human resources;
keep records;
interacting with customers and suppliers;
quantify production volumes by periods;
show logical reasoning;
define inspection routines;
define corrective actions;
elaborate control charts and reports;
update information;
define safety stock for each item;

Sectors that hire Supply Chain Analyst the most in the job market

• temporary labor lease
• engineering services
• business management consulting activities
• industrial assembly works
• electrical installation and maintenance
• tests and technical analysis
• manufacture of artifacts from plastic material for industrial uses
• manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
• manufacture of pipes and fittings of plastic material for use in construction
• combined office and administrative support services