Purchasing Inventory Analyst

$53,700 - $89,900/Yr

American Bankers Insurance Company Of Florida - Lewisville, TX

Full-time - Entry Level

Lewisville, TX

251-500 employees

About the position

The Purchasing Inventory Analyst is responsible for managing all aspects of inventory management within a designated program. This role involves tracking and reporting inventory, ensuring customer satisfaction through accurate data reconciliations, and driving improvements in inventory control processes. The analyst will also manage supplier relationships and optimize inventory systems to enhance efficiency and reduce aging inventory.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of supplier relationship management including onboarding, quality escalations, payments, RMA returns, and other exceptions as required.
• Resolve delivery exceptions.
• Create inventory dashboards in Tableau/BI.
• Resolve supplier payment/credit related issues with accounting.
• Drive inventory/financial system accuracy in Oracle.
• Optimize use of Oracle Inventory Module post conversion.
• Develop, track, and manage physical & electronic inventory transactions processes.
• Reporting and investigation of WIP inventory consumptions to ensure invoicing aligns with contractual agreements.
• Reconcile complex IT data feeds provided to customers' data systems with inventory activity.
• Work closely with IT, Ops, and Materials Management team to achieve parts availability service levels for timeliness and accuracy.
• Document and track receiving errors to report to upper management monthly.
• Track & monitor aged exceptions and escalate as required.
• Escalate issues related to inventory management to upper management.

Requirements

• Associate degree in business or accounting or equivalent experience in manufacturing.
• A minimum of 3 years inventory or other type reporting experience.
• Demonstrated good analytical and statistical skills.
• Good knowledge of inventory management, production planning, scheduling, material requirements planning, and manufacturing control systems.
• Knowledge of computer applications and the ability to accurately perform tasks in relevant business applications.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time-sensitive deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize, and problem-solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing in English, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Advanced Excel skills (experienced with creating charts, pivot tables, lookups, if/then formulas, large data tabs, complex formulas & compiling data from multiple spreadsheets).
• Advanced PowerPoint skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Tier 1 Inventory system (SAP or Oracle).
• Past success with challenging data reconciliations.
• Experience with complex disparate IT systems.
• Experience with serialized inventory tracking, reporting systems.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities