What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Analyst position at Blum, Inc?
Inventory Analyst
Relationships
- Reports to the Planning Coordinator
- No supervisory responsibility
- Interacts & communicates with personnel from material planning, production management, product management, logistics management, managerial accounting and team leaders
Responsibilities & Duties
- Maintain work order closure for all work in process production orders
- Monitor SAP reporting to make appropriate adjustments to inventory
- Support operations and logistics team in the disposition scrap from all work in process production orders
- Manage & react to Excess & Obsolete reporting
- Maintain Work Order closure & inventory alignment for all planned work centers
- Monitor & correct all IDOC & COGI errors
- Maintain & make inventory recommendations biannually from Overstock/Shelfwarmer Report
- Balancing stock between SAP and LMS
- Monitor & drive resolution of SAP work order processing errors & exception messages
- End of Month, Auto Supply-Q Location and GRPP Inventory clean up
Education
- HS Diploma or GED required
- 4-year degree in a related field is preferred
- APICS certification (CPIM or CSCP) preferred
- Equivalent training & experience can be substituted
Experience
- 5 years’ experience of inventory planning in a medium sized industrial manufacturing company is preferred
- Hands-on SAP ERP systems with SAP/APO experience preferred
- Data management & analytical analysis experience a plus
Knowledge
- Planning techniques, BOM structures & shop floor control
- Inventory flow & concepts in a manufacturing environment
- Business processes & production scheduling have on the organization
- Working knowledge of Manufacturing Control systems, shop planning procedures & physical plant layout & constraints
- SAP M/M & P/P ERP modules
Foundation Skills
- Effective oral & written communication skills
- Self-starter, able to work independently
- Analyzing/reporting data to identify issues, trends or exceptions used to improve results
- Managing data using appropriate analysis & validation techniques
- Ability to deal with constantly changing deadlines & project parameters in a fast-paced, continuous process manufacturing operation
- Ability to develop collaborative relationships with all levels of the organization
- Taking a systematic approach to solving problems by analyzing all relevant facts/issues before determining the root cause
- Detail-oriented & well-organized
- Proficient in MS office applications
- Ability to access, retrieve, & analyze data using MS Excel, Access or business objects as provided
- Inspecting/evaluating the quality of work produced
- Meet tight deadlines without sacrificing accuracy & attention to detail
Company Overview
For more than 60 years Blum has been manufacturing superior quality hinge systems, drawer runners, and lift systems that create motion and enhance user convenience in the kitchen. With every product, we strive to develop solutions to ensure that cabinet doors and drawers open with ease, close softly and effortlessly, and make workflow and everyday kitchen use easier.
Today, Blum has eight production plants in Austria, and manufacturing sites in Brazil, Poland and the United States. Approximately 9000 Blum employees all over the world focus on product innovation.
Benefits
Blum USA believes in offering their employees an excellent benefits package that includes:
- Salaried position
- Possible bonus opportunities
- Health (Medical, dental and vision) & wellness benefit
- 401(k) with employee matching
- FSA & Dependent Care
- Three weeks’ vacation starting your second year on the job
- Paid sick leave (48 hours annually)
- Life insurance equal to annual salary at no cost to employee
- Onsite Health clinic