Inventory & Procurement Analyst

Job Summary:

The Inventory & Procurement Analyst will be responsible for the procurement of inventory from vendors around the globe – focused on maintaining sufficient stock levels for domestic and international clients. Key aspects of the role include stock management, data insights, procurement, and inventory reporting. The Inventory & Procurement Analyst will also be responsible for maintaining correspondence with regional sales teams on inventory levels and production delays.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Maintains sufficient inventory levels for servicing core business: commercial, national accounts, and stocking programs.
• Facilitates clear communication and data integrity to multiple teams – including Supply Chain, Customer Service, Sales, and ICS.
• Production scheduling, performing cost analyses, and managing shipment and receipt of goods.
• Monitors purchase order changes, deletions, and additions to avoid supply chain interruptions.
• Provides weekly/monthly/quarterly reporting on stock levels, discontinuations, and SKU performance.
• Communicates with vendors regarding inventory discrepancies and makes the necessary corrections to ensure accuracy and profitability.
• Records, tracks, and monitors inbound and outbound supply shipments.
• Maintains inventory records and communicates changes with regard to increases/decreases in turnover on stocking program SKUs.
• Occasionally directs shipments of material from international vendors to customer project locations.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position may have supervisory responsibility.

Competencies:

• Comfortable working in a highly visible role.
• Using good judgment and discretion with minimal guidance or supervision.
• Assuming full responsibility for one's own actions and decisions (e.g., following through on promises, maintaining confidentiality, being honest).
• Establishing and maintaining harmonious relations with internal and external customers by being courteous and helpful.
• Achieving work objectives under frequent pressures, deadlines, and productivity demands.
• Organizing one's own work activities and using time management techniques to meet deadlines.
• Achieving work objectives in a systematic, efficient, and timely manner.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong mathematical, analytical, organizing, planning, and multi-tasking skills.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• 3-5 years’ purchasing, supply chain, or logistics experience.
• Comprehensive working knowledge of all Microsoft Office Products including MS Word, MS Outlook and advanced      proficiency in Excel.
• Knowledge of SAP Business one or similar software.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, move, sit, carry, bend, kneel, reach, push, pull, lift, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel and talk and hear. May be required to lift and move boxes or packages not exceeding 20 pounds in weight and operate standard office equipment. Some work stress inherent to the position and extended work hours may be required.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills required of personnel so classified. The reporting relationship may not reflect the most recent changes to the corporate reporting structure.