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Granite City Electric Supply Co., Inc · 5 months ago

Inventory & Business Analyst

East Taunton, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Granite City Electric Supply Co., Inc is seeking an Inventory & Business Analyst to oversee inventory levels and movement within their hub and spoke network. The role involves managing daily transfers, analyzing inventory trends, and collaborating with purchasing and inventory control teams to maintain optimal stock levels.

ElectronicsEnergyLogistics

Responsibilities

Oversee the tracking and reporting of Supplier Rebate Programs. Provide updates to management and finance on progress against goals. Update team on required actions required to meet objectives

Manage the daily transfer queue to ensure that transfers are processed properly to maintain need inventory levels

Utilizes and monitors reports and daily analytics for all business metrics; taking appropriate and timely action to prevent stock outs, minimize MOH, and expedite delivery to fill potential backorders

Report out to management on inventory trends and forecasts

Monitor daily the lost sale reports and implement any necessary corrective actions to prevent future lost sales

Maintain system settings for stocked products. This includes updating discontinued products, correcting commodity codes, revising forecast, and setting order points

Serve as primary point of contact from sales for stock item requests. Pull any necessary data and present recommendations to purchasing team or manager

Meet with branch personnel to review current inventory performance and drive any necessary adjustments to meet goals

Regularly review cross dock shipments and adjust order points to locate inventory in proper locations to reduce cross docks

Analyze stock to help determine potential marketing specials and make adjustments as necessary. Monitor results to determine success or required adjustments to future specials

Track all new product introductions to help determine product success

Supports and executes aged, obsolete and excess inventory reduction strategies – RTV, “fire sale”, contests, transfers, scrap, liquidation, donation, etc

Assist in the BOM integration with any future acquisitions

Act as business data tools Superuser to support Supply Chain team. These include Phocas and PowerBI tools

Drive Continuous improvements in our planning, reporting, and analysis through our existing system tools as well as recommendations of new applications that have a favorable ROI

Manage purchasing for select strategic and specialty product categories, including supplier evaluation, contract negotiation to ensure timely product availability

Qualification

Inventory ManagementData AnalysisPowerBISupplier EvaluationContract NegotiationAnalytical SkillsCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingTime ManagementTeamwork

Required

Bachelor's degree (business discipline preferred)

2 - 5 years' experience in inventory management

Equivalent education or experience may be substituted for any of the above

Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite

Must possess a high degree of organizational skills and be self-starter

Excellent verbal and written communication skills required

Ability to work in fast-paced organization

Influencing, planning and prioritizing skills

Ability to handle confidential information

Team player and ability to multi-task

Works with a sense of urgency

Company

Granite City Electric Supply Co., Inc

Granite City Electric Supply is the area's premiere electrical distributor with 31 branches covering Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and New York.

Founded in 1923

Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

201-500 employees