Find Your Limitless with Reliance
By joining Reliance as an Analyst, Supply Chain, you’ll become an important Team Member and will be provided with the tools you need to succeed. We have ambitious growth plans and are looking for Team Members who want to grow with us. At Reliance, we pride ourselves on the fact that we provide limitless opportunities for growth and we encourage it by rewarding our Team Members for their success in many ways. If you’re ready to find your limitless – join us!
What do we offer?
- The tools you need to succeed – including the tools for the job as well as training and development programs
- A successful and knowledgeable team to be part of and learn from
- Competitive base pay plus the ability to earn more tied to your success – the only limit is your potential
- A great benefits plan for you / your family
- Career paths so you can advance in the company
- Awarded Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures with a proudly diverse and inclusive team
What will you do?
- Demand forecasting: Build SKU/branch forecasts incorporating seasonality, weather, trend, and promo uplifts.
- Supply planning: Generate time phased replenishment, transfers, and pre season build ahead plans; manage safety stock, reorder points, and MOQ thresholds.
- S&OP cadence: Own analyst inputs into the monthly demand/supply review and consensus meeting.
- Promo readiness: Pre promo supply check, mid promo burn rate tracking, post promo wind down to avoid residual stock.
- Analytics & reporting: Maintain Power BI dashboards for forecast accuracy, fill rate, stock out risk, aged inventory, and weeks of supply.
- Continuous improvement: Drive forecast accuracy, working capital reduction, and network optimization.
- Calculate financial impact of vendor price changes, leverage consumption and historical factors to determine annual spend impact to be used in negotiations with suppliers
- Generate and publish vendor scorecards monthly, measuring critical supply chain KPI’s
- Reporting: Develop and publish various Supply Chain reports
What do you bring?
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or related field.
- 3–5+ years in demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, or inventory analytics — ideally in multi site distribution, field service, or HVAC.
- Statistical demand forecasting with seasonality and promo overlays.
- Strong inventory fundamentals: safety stock, reorder points, fill rate trade offs, MOQ economics.
- Hands on with planning systems (e.g., Slimstock), ERP, and inventory platforms.
- Advanced Excel and Power BI (DAX, dashboards).
- Strong cross functional communication and influence.
- ML based forecasting exposure.
- IFS FSM / 360 Scheduler familiarity.
- HVAC seasonality and commodity dynamics (copper, A2L refrigerant).
- APICS CPIM/CSCP certification.
Why Reliance?
As a leader in home services and energy efficient solutions for over 60 years, Reliance Home Comfort® (Reliance) is committed to being the Destination of Choice by delivering exceptional experiences for customers seeking comfort and team members seeking a rewarding, inclusive workplace. With over 2 million customer relationships, Reliance is a trusted source and has become one of Canada’s largest providers of water heaters, furnaces, heat pumps, air conditioners, water purification, plumbing, protection plans, smart home, electrical, and EV chargers. Headquartered in Toronto, Reliance employs a workforce of over 2,700 Team Members across 28 branches in Canada and two locations in the United States. Reliance has been certified as a Great Place to Work in 2024 and has been recognized as one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures by Waterstone Human Capital, for eight consecutive years since 2016. Reliance remains focused on sustainability, workplace safety, diversity, inclusivity, and prudent governance.
This posting is for a new vacancy.
We use AI enabled tools to support parts of our selection process; however, every hiring decision is reviewed and finalized by our people.
Reliance Home Comfort is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds including minorities and those with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
For more information, please visit www.reliancehomecomfort.com.
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