Inventory Control Analyst
Role Overview
Manages purchase-order creation and administration to maintain inventory balances across multiple warehouses for an assigned product category or supplier group.
Forecasts inventory needs, maximizes inbound and outbound service levels, and works with category management and logistics on cost-saving opportunities.
Key Skills for This Role
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Job summary
Manages purchase-order creation and administration to maintain inventory balances across multiple warehouses for an assigned product category or supplier group.
Forecasts inventory needs, maximizes inbound and outbound service levels, and works with category management and logistics on cost-saving opportunities.
Essential duties
- Monitor assigned inventory levels and adjust them based on forecasted needs.
- Execute category-manager plans, including displays, marketing plans, and promotions.
- Work with category managers to execute forward buys when appropriate.
- Review purchase opportunities from alternative or non-traditional sources.
- Monitor vendor product and partner performance and service levels.
- Maintain store awareness and obtain feedback on assigned products and competitive opportunities.
- Build working relationships with store operations, logistics, accounting, manufacturing, and store brands.
- Achieve service-level and inventory-turn objectives.
- Monitor market conditions and supplier-specific logistics or product issues and communicate issues to leadership.
Knowledge and abilities
- Intermediate knowledge of buying, merchandising, and retail operations.
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Intermediate knowledge of SAP reporting and transactional applications.
- Communicate effectively in writing and verbally across organizational levels.
- Maintain accuracy, productivity, and confidentiality; prepare reports and business correspondence; present information clearly.
- Comprehend, interpret, analyze, and research information, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Remain attentive to potential hazards, remedy hazards or place warnings when reasonably possible, and report hazards that cannot be immediately remedied.
Education and experience
- A bachelor's degree in a related field and five or more years of related experience are preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Work context
- Work is generally performed in an office environment with quiet to moderate noise.
- The role involves prolonged sitting, frequent talking and hearing, hand use and fine finger movements, and occasional lifting up to 40 pounds, bending, kneeling, standing, or walking.
- Attendance at work is required.
Company overview
Brookshire Grocery Company operates grocery banners and stores across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
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