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We're committed to sustainability, innovation, and making organic gardening accessible to everyone - and we're growing fast.\nAbout the Role\nThe Soil Production Analyst is a critical hire for our Operations team. As we scale our soil network & contract manufacturing sites to support significant retail growth, we need someone who owns the analytical backbone of our soil production.\nThis person will own the numbers, the schedule, and the plan. You will translate the demand signal into a production schedule, maintain real-time inventory visibility across all soil sites, and flag risks before they become fires. You are the connective tissue between what we're selling, what we're making, and where it needs to be.\nYou have a passion for analytical rigor, love building systems that scale, and are energized by turning complex data into clear decisions. You work best when you own something fully - and you take pride in getting the details right.\nThis role is fully remote. If you happen to be based in the SF Bay Area, we get together for a weekly company lunches at our Oakland headquarters - so come hungry. But we're looking for the best person for the job, wherever they are.\nWhat You'll Own\nProduction Schedule & Demand Alignment\nBuild and maintain the master production schedule across all soil contract manufacturing sites, sequencing production runs to match demand, inventory targets, and retailer windows.\nTranslate the demand signal - from sales forecasts, retailer commitments, and historical data - into a clear production plan that co-man team can execute against.\nIdentify and flag supply risks early: material shortages, capacity constraints, lead time gaps, and seasonal timing conflicts before they impact the business.\nWork closely with the Soil Procurement & Production team to align production sequencing with procurement timelines and co-man capacity.\nInventory Management & Visibility\nMaintain real-time inventory accuracy across all soil co-man sites and distribution locations, ensuring consistency between physical stock and NetSuite.\nWork on end-of-month inventory verification and reconciliation - catching discrepancies before they become accounting or fulfillment problems.\nMonitor safety stock levels for key inputs and finished goods, alerting the team to shortfalls before they impact production or retailer commitments.\nManage and track inventory transfers between manufacturing sites, inventory locations, and fulfillment centers with full documentation.\nPurchase Order & Production Tracking\nBe adjacent to purchase orders for raw materials and packaging across soil co-man sites - end to end from issuance through receipt.\nCollect and audit daily and weekly production reports from manufacturing partners; update NetSuite to reflect real-time finished goods and raw material levels.\nTrack status of deliveries, costs, and production output; resolve and communicate material shortages with clear escalation to the right stakeholders.\nAnalysis, Reporting & Continuous Improvement\nBuild and maintain performance dashboards tracking key metrics: fill rate, inventory turn, production accuracy, and COGS inputs - giving the team the visibility to make faster, better decisions.\nAnalyze production and supply data to identify cost savings, process inefficiencies, and network optimization opportunities.\nWork with the Director of Operations to develop internal tools and processes that make the production planning function sustainable and scalable as we grow to more sites.\nSupport the improving our soil network - modeling network scenarios, freight costs, and inventory positioning across manufacturing and distribution tiers.\nRequirements\nWhat We're Looking For\nBachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related field - or equivalent hands-on experience.\n2-4 years of experience in production planning, operations analysis, or supply chain coordination, ideally in a manufacturing, CPG, or co-man environment.\nHigh proficiency in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel - pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, scenario modeling, large data sets. 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