Supply Chain Analyst

About WE Soda

WE Soda is the world’s largest producer of natural soda ash, a critical raw material used in a wide range of industrial applications, including glass, detergents, and chemicals. Our company takes great pride in producing over 9.5 million tonnes of natural soda ash annually, an exceptional milestone that reinforces our leadership in the global market.

With our in the United Kingdom and production facilities in Türkiye and the United States, we operate across a broad international footprint. Our products are in high demand worldwide, and we currently export premium natural soda ash to more than 80 countries, reflecting our commitment to operational excellence and our ability to meet the diverse needs of a global customer base.

• Advanced Analytics & Dashboards: Own end-to-end customer supply chain analytics and executive dashboards (Power BI or similar) covering cost-to-serve, logistics, hubs/warehouses, transport, 3PL performance, and service levels.
• Financial & Cost Analysis: Assist in building and maintaining detailed cost-to-serve and margin models by customer, region, incoterm, and route; support annual budgets, reforecasts, and variance analysis (plan vs actual).
• Customer Supply Chain Modelling: Design and model customer-specific supply chains from mine to customer site, assessing cost, service, working capital, and operational feasibility.
• Network & Hub Economics: Support global warehouse and hub decisions through financial and scenario analysis on location, sizing, throughput, inventory positioning, and fixed vs variable cost trade-offs.
• 3PL & Last-Mile Cost Management: Analyse, challenge, and optimise warehousing, handling, transport, and last-mile cost structures; support tenders, benchmarking, and performance reviews with logistics partners.
• Commercial & Investment Support: Provide data-driven inputs to customer tenders, pricing discussions, and capex / opex decisions, ensuring supply chain assumptions are robust and transparent.
• Executive Storytelling & Performance Reporting: Translate complex analysis into clear presentation-ready narratives, charts, and recommendations for senior leadership and board-level discussions.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and quantify improvement opportunities across logistics, warehouses, and customer delivery; standardise KPIs and analytical frameworks globally.

• 5–8 years in supply chain analytics, financial analysis, network modelling, or customer supply chain design.
• Advanced Power BI (or equivalent) with strong data modelling, and dashboard storytelling skills is a plus.
• Excellent financial modelling capability (Excel and/or equivalent); comfortable with budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Strong understanding of cost-to-serve, margins, fixed vs variable costs, and working capital in complex supply chains.
• Proven experience analysing warehousing, hubs, 3PLs, and last-mile delivery economics.
• Continuous improvement mindset and strong change management skillset is the core of this role
• High-quality PowerPoint and data storytelling skills; able to present insights in a clear, structured, executive-ready manner.
• Able to influence senior stakeholders with data-backed recommendations.
• Experience in commodities, chemicals, mining, or asset-heavy supply chains is preferred.
• Exposure to SAP, Qlik, or advanced planning systems is an advantage.