What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Analyst position at Alpha Technologies Services Inc.?
EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. We complement our extensive line of Motive Power and Energy Systems with a full range of integrated services and systems. With sales and service locations throughout the world, and over 100 years of battery experience, EnerSys is the power/full solution for stored DC power products.
What We’re Offering
- Paid time off plus paid holidays
- Medical/dental/vision insurance plan
- Life insurance, short/long term disability, tuition reimbursement, flex spending, and employee stock purchase plan
- 401K plan
- Culture: We value and strive for excellence in all that we do through innovative technology by creating long lasting relationships with our stakeholders, co-workers, and customers. We continually strive to foster teamwork, engagement and enhance our employee’s skills and competence by providing appropriate training.
Compensation Range: 80,200-100,000
Compensation may vary based on applicant's work experience, education level, skill set, and/or location.
Job Purpose
The Inventory Analyst supports inventory accuracy, valuation, reporting, controls, and working capital performance across manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution operations. The role partners with Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, Planning, and Logistics to improve inventory visibility, identify risk, resolve discrepancies, and strengthen data-driven decision making. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capability, attention to detail, ERP and reporting knowledge, and an understanding of inventory management and accounting processes. This individual demonstrates ownership, disciplined follow-through, and a continuous improvement mindset.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Inventory Reporting: Monitor and analyze raw material, work-in-process, finished goods, and inventory-in-transit balances. Prepare timely weekly and monthly inventory reporting, dashboards, and performance commentary.
- Inventory Accuracy: Analyze book-to-physical differences, transaction errors, negative inventory, location discrepancies, and other exceptions. Coordinate root-cause analysis and track corrective actions through completion.
- Cycle Counts & Physical Inventory: Monitor and audit cycle count and physical inventory activities to ensure compliance with company policies, inventory control procedures, and SOX requirements. Review count variances, identify control gaps, support corrective actions, and provide reporting and analysis to management.
- Aging, Excess & Obsolete Inventory: Prepare inventory aging and slow-moving analyses. Support the identification, review, and disposition of excess and obsolete inventory and maintain documentation supporting reserve recommendations.
- Working Capital: Partner with Supply Chain and Operations to improve inventory turns, reduce aged and excess inventory, and track inventory reduction actions and financial benefits.
- Inventory Accounting: Support month-end close, inventory reconciliations, reserve calculations, inventory valuation reviews, and analysis of inventory-related balance sheet and income statement activity.
- Standard Cost & Variance Analysis: Support standard cost maintenance and annual cost-roll activities. Analyze purchase price, usage, production, scrap, yield, and overhead-related inventory variances as assigned.
- Controls & Compliance: Execute and document inventory controls in accordance with company policy, SOX requirements, stock count procedures, and audit expectations. Support internal and external audit requests.
- Data, ERP & EDW: Maintain and validate inventory and operational master data. Identify data-quality issues and support ERP, EDW, reporting, and process-integration improvements.
- Business Partnership: Collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, Planning, Logistics, and IT to resolve inventory issues and improve end-to-end processes.
- Process Improvement: Standardize reporting, automate recurring analyses, document procedures, and recommend practical improvements that strengthen accuracy, visibility, control, and accountability.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- 3 years of experience in inventory analysis, supply chain analytics, cost accounting, manufacturing finance, operations, or a related discipline.
- Experience in a manufacturing, warehouse, or distribution environment preferred.
- Working knowledge of inventory accounting, inventory controls, cycle counts, physical inventories, reconciliations, and reserve concepts.
- Experience with ERP systems; SAP experience preferred.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with Power Query, Power BI, or similar reporting tools preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver accurate, timely work with limited supervision.
- Travel requirement of approximately 10% annually.
Key Skills and Competencies
- Inventory analysis, valuation, controls, and reconciliation
- Advanced data analysis and reporting
- ERP, master data, and data-governance discipline
- Root-cause analysis and structured problem solving
- Working capital and operational business acumen
- Cross-functional collaboration and communication
- Attention to detail, ownership, and accountability
- Continuous improvement and process standardization
Success Measures (Outcomes)
- Improved book-to-physical inventory accuracy
- Timely completion and resolution of cycle count and physical inventory variances
- Reduced aged, excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory exposure
- Accurate and timely inventory reporting, reconciliations, and reserve support
- Improved inventory turns and working capital visibility
- Stronger ERP, EDW, and inventory master-data integrity
- Fewer recurring transaction errors and control exceptions
- Documented, standardized, and increasingly automated inventory processes
General Job Requirements
- This position will work in an office setting, expect minimal physical demands.
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