Rail Supply Chain Analyst

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* This opportunity is open to all King County employees and the general public.*

King County Metro Transit's Rail Division is looking for a dependable, detail-oriented Rail Supply Chain Analyst
. As a Rail Supply Chain Analyst, you will communicate with multiple Rail sections, including Sound Transit and King County Transit at all levels. In this pivotal role, you will drive innovation, help improve current inventory management and develop new inventory and purchasing processes and strategies to fulfill various supply chain and inventory objectives. This position will be data driven and will be required to gather various data through various systems including MMIS to create and present various reports to help drive efficiencies in our inventory and supply chain management across all areas in Rail.

King County Metro Transit's Rail Division manages and maintains Sound Transit's Link light rail service and City of Seattle’s streetcar system. Link light rail currently spans a 33-mile route from Sea Tac to Lynnwood and a 6.6-mile route from Redmond to South Bellevue. By the end of 2026, light rail is projected to expand to nearly 60 route miles, adding seven new stations.

Additional expansions to the Link system will be coming online for years to come.

Seattle Streetcar includes the 1.3 mile South Lake Union line and the 2.5 mile First Hill line, proudly serving the diverse and vibrant communities around Seattle’s downtown core. These rail services complement Metro's extensive fixed-route bus system and mobility services. Puget Sound transit agencies are collaborating to create an integrated transit network that enables people to travel farther, faster, and more easily.

These positions are open to all King County employees and the general public. This recruitment will be used to fill one (1) Career Service position and may also be used to establish an eligibility pool for any future Career Service (CS), Term-Limited Temporary (TLT) and Special Duty Assignment (SDA) vacancies in this classification, valid up to 12 months upon creation or until the pool is exhausted, at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Placement into an eligibility pool is not a guarantee of placement into a future position.

If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions, please contact your recruiter listed on this job announcement.

• An online King County application, updated with accurate contact information, and relevant work history going back at least 10 years (or more, if necessary), with all job duties.
• Completed supplemental questions.

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Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of the work.

• Collect and analyze data to create supply chain analytics that drive purchasing decisions; identify potential issues by assessing trends; and develop and deploy countermeasures.
• Analyze inventory levels and provide standardized replenishment calculation criteria; create forecasting models to optimize inventory levels.
• Develop and implement sustainable reordering methods and processes to promote more efficient purchasing of goods and services; partner with vendors, contract specialists to help engage in obtaining additional potential suppliers of goods…