Senior Data Analyst - AI, Operations & Supply Chain

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide. Pay Range: $78,100.00 - $128,500.00 Position Summary: As a Senior Data Analyst – Operations & Supply Chain, you will be a key contributor in driving supply chain agility, operational excellence, and cost efficiency through data. This role sits at the intersection of analytics, business operations, and strategy, supporting teams across manufacturing, planning, inventory management, and fulfillment. You will develop scalable analytics tools and provide actionable insights that directly influence decision-making, with a focus on areas such as inventory optimization, demand forecasting, MRP alignment, and capacity planning. You will work cross-functionally with business leaders, stakeholders, and technical teams to build scalable analytics solutions that optimize our supply chain and operational processes. You will also apply modern AI tooling - LLMs, code assistants, agentic workflows, and natural-language data tools - to solve operational problems traditional analytics cannot reach, turning unstructured data into usable signal and putting answers directly in the hands of decision-makers. Key Responsibilities: Develop Advanced Analytics Solutions: Build and maintain dashboards and tools using Power BI, SQL, and Excel to deliver end-to-end visibility across supply chain KPIs including inventory turns, forecast accuracy, OTD, and production throughput. Supply Chain & Manufacturing Analysis: Analyze complex datasets from ERP/MRP systems, demand plans, and production schedules to uncover inefficiencies, delays, and root causes. Drive continuous improvement in areas such as order flow, raw material availability, safety stock, and build plans. Inventory Planning & Forecasting: Support demand and supply planning by building models that improve inventory health, predict shortages or overages, and align stock levels with customer demand and production constraints. MRP System Integration: Partner with planning and operations teams to ensure data models and recommendations align with MRP logic and master data structures. Help shape BOM, lead time, and lot size assumptions to improve planning accuracy. Strategic Insights & Decision Support: Translate data into strategic recommendations for operations and supply chain leaders. Focus on balancing service levels, working capital, and operational cost through better planning and scenario modeling. Automation & Scalability: Design and implement automated pipelines, workflows, and reporting processes that reduce manual work, increase visibility, and enable proactive response to supply/demand variability. Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a thought partner to manufacturing, logistics, and finance stakeholders. Communicate findings clearly and tailor insights to operational, technical, and executive audiences. Mentorship & Collaboration: Provide guidance to junior analysts and support a culture of data fluency across the supply chain team. Project Leadership: Lead and manage high-impact analytics initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with organizational goals. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Accounting, Operations, Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, or related field 6–8 years of experience in data analytics with a strong focus on supply chain, operations, or manufacturing Advanced proficiency in Power BI, SQL, and Excel, with experience in automation and scripting Proven experience with inventory planning, demand forecasting, MRP, ERP systems Experience with predictive modeling, regression analysis, and correlation techniques Ability to distinguish signal from noise in complex datasets, providing clear insights for leadership Proven track record of developing scalable, long-term analytical solutions Strong project management skills with the ability to lead and execute initiatives Strong business acumen and understanding of how supply chain data impacts cost, service, and capacity Strong understanding of financial and operational metrics and how they influence business performance Clear and confident communication skills, including stakeholder-facing presentations Preferred Qualifications: Experience working with Salesforce, Smartsheet, or other business intelligence tools is a plus Experience building dashboards and tools that drive operational execution and planning decisions Experience in a warehouse, manufacturing or production environment Familiarity with production scheduling, capacity planning, and BOM structures Statistical or ML modeling experience for forecast or simulation Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or process improvement methodologies Experience working with cross-functional data (e.g., sales, finance, operations) to enable full-picture decision-making Why Join Bio-Techne: We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield. We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA. We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more. We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging. We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave. We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table. Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or take part in any other stage of the recruitment process, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io for assistance. Bio-Techne empowers researchers in Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics by providing high-quality reagents, instruments, custom manufacturing, and testing services. Our family of brands creates a unique portfolio of products and services. Science is our passion; it drives us to collaborate, develop, and manufacture award-winning tools that help researchers achieve reproducible and consistent results.