Analyst, Inventory Control

Brother International Corporation • Bartlett, TN

16h • Onsite

About The Position

The Analyst, Inventory Control provides strategic analysis and resolves inventory errors, consumption issues, and reconciliations. The role collaborates with Finance, Accounting, product division teams, warehouse personnel, and third-party vendors to resolve issues, improve processes, conduct vendor audits, and ensure inventory adjustments and transfers follow standard operating procedures. The analyst is accountable for specified Key Performance Indicator targets and prepares related reporting for senior management.

The position analyzes inventory data, investigates discrepancies, supports cycle counting, resolves receiving and shipping issues, and reconciles physical inventory. It retrieves and analyzes data from the Warehouse Management System and Brother’s SAP system to support analysis and process optimization. This role is onsite five days per week at the stated job location.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or Logistics, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of experience working in a distribution environment in an inventory control position, including inventory analysis, cycle counting, and resolving inventory errors.
• Experience with the SAP Warehouse Stock module.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Warehouse Management System (WMS) experience.
• Ability to analyze system problems and issues and exercise insightful judgment.
• Ability to drive results with moderate supervision.
• Ability to work with other departments and third-party vendors.
• Ability to get results without direct oversight from internal departments and third-party logistics providers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with departments across the Brother network and resolve inventory issues.
• Identify strategic improvements to inventory-related processes and support their implementation.
• Investigate cycle-count and other inventory errors, and provide feedback to management and warehouse personnel.
• Request cycle counts from third-party vendors when system variances are found, follow up on results, and make inventory adjustments as needed.
• Train inventory control employees, including third-party logistics employees, in established processes and procedures.
• Create and manage inventory reporting models and present results to management.
• Conduct daily analysis to anticipate and resolve potential problems.
• Identify root causes of inventory adjustments and discrepancies using available reports.
• Provide accurate information about inventory in stock.
• Investigate receiving discrepancies and communicate with Brother departments and vendors to resolve receiving and shipping issues.
• Reconcile inventory discrepancies to ensure accuracy.
• Retrieve and analyze information from the Warehouse Management System and Brother’s SAP system of record for analysis and process optimization.
• Investigate shipping discrepancies and collaborate with departments to resolve them.
• Meet targets for assigned Key Performance Indicators and create senior-management reporting based on those measurements.
• Ensure inventory adjustments and transfers follow Standard Operating Procedure.

Benefits

• Health insurance, effective from the first day of employment.
• Vision insurance, effective from the first day of employment.
• Dental insurance, effective from the first day of employment.
• 401(k) plan with an employer match of up to 100% of the first 4% of employee contributions; employer matches vest immediately.
• Educational assistance program reimbursing up to 100% of tuition, lab fees, textbooks, and other related expenses for qualifying programs.
• Hybrid office schedule, flexible Fridays, and a casual dress code are described as company workplace policies; this role is specifically onsite five days per week.
• Facilitated courses, certificate programs, and resources for self-paced learning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level