$55–100/hr
The role in one line
A supply chain manager uses ERP systems and procurement expertise to help train AI on demand planning, supplier evaluation, and inventory management.
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What you would do
- Work within ERP systems entering data and executing transactions that support supply chain workflows and operational accuracy
- Forecast demand using available data and explain the planning assumptions and drivers behind your projections
- Build supplier performance scorecards evaluating metrics like cost competitiveness, quality consistency, delivery reliability, and service responsiveness
Who they are looking for
- 5+ years working with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar ERP systems in supply chain roles
- Strong understanding of demand planning methods, forecasting drivers, and inventory analysis approaches
- Hands-on experience with supplier evaluation, scorecarding, and supplier performance monitoring
- Intermediate Excel skills including pivot tables, lookups, and formulas for supply chain analysis and reporting
- Ability to explain supply chain concepts and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Skills this role asks for
What the interview is likely to probe
1.Inventory analysis and risk assessment
Supply chain professionals must read inventory patterns to spot issues and anticipate shortages; this requires understanding data quality and identifying leading indicators.
Expect something like: “Your ERP shows steady inventory consumption for a component over 12 weeks, but supplier lead time is 8 weeks. You notice a slight uptick in recent consumption and one supply disruption in the news. Do you flag a shortage risk and what data would you present?”
2.Demand forecast methodology selection
Choosing between statistical forecasting, judgment-based adjustments, and causal modeling depends on data quality, forecast horizon, and business constraints - not just applying one method.
Expect something like: “You're building a demand forecast for a product with high seasonality, a recent price change, and an upcoming promotional campaign. Walk through how you adjust a baseline forecast and what assumptions you document.”
3.Supplier scorecard design and weighting
Balancing cost against quality, reliability, and service requires judgment about business priorities and trade-offs; different companies weight suppliers differently based on strategy.
Expect something like: “You're designing a scorecard for a category where supplier cost varies 15 percent but quality variance could disrupt production. How do you weight these factors and what minimum quality threshold, if any, would you set?”
4.ERP data interpretation and validation
Errors in ERP data compound through forecasts and decisions; identifying data quality issues before they corrupt analysis is part of the role.
Expect something like: “An ERP report shows stockouts for a component last month, but no purchase orders were issued to recover. You suspect a data entry issue. What steps do you take to validate the data and what would you investigate?”
Exercise you may get
Given sample ERP data, build a demand forecast for one product line, develop a supplier scorecard evaluating three vendors, and prepare a one-page Excel-based report summarizing inventory status and recommendations.
How to prepare
- Review your company's or a public case study ERP system to refresh on typical transaction types and data flows in your platform
- Prepare examples of three demand forecasts you've built showing different methods and explaining why you chose each approach
- Document one difficult supplier evaluation you conducted where cost, quality, and reliability priorities conflicted and explain how you weighted the trade-offs
Facts
- Pay
- $55–100/hr
- Eligible locations
- Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States, Canada, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia
- Domain
- Business Operations
- Role type
- generalist
- Posted
- 9/16/2026
- Open slots
- 50