Inventory Accounting & Reporting Analyst

Lamb Weston • Kennewick, WA

2d

About The Position

Collaborate with cross-functional business partners to maintain accurate inventory of finished goods across the Lamb Weston North American network. This analyst will be responsible for the day-to-day resolution of internal and external warehouse and inventory reporting and reconciliation issues, while supporting customer orders and shipments.

Requirements

• College degree or equivalent work experience
• 3-5 years related experience.
• Ability to self-direct work to meet department needs.
• Ability to collaborate and independently complete complex resolutions to inventory problems.
• Ability to learn software solutions and become system and subject matter expert.

Responsibilities

• Prepares Non-PO vouchers with account numbers and validate charges/rates for warehouse invoices.
• Will do Goods Receipts for service-related PO’s.
• Assist with monthly accrual.
• Travel to plant/warehouse locations for annual physical inventories and cycle counts to perform an audit.
• Provide explanation/assistance to External/Internal Audit where applicable.
• Enter daily goods receipts, goods issues, and adjustments using various warehouse documents.
• Review Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transaction uploads to assist with IDOC errors.
• Follow up on inventory variances and errors to resolve in a timely manner.
• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly record comparisons for 40+ warehouses across North America to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Communicate open issues clearly and consistently to plant/warehouse locations for resolution.
• Create entries to adjust inventory balances.
• Enter subcontracting transactions as well as receive purchase orders for co-pack locations.
• Create monthly warehouse billing for damage and lost product.
• Send dump requests to warehouses to remove outdated/damaged inventory.
• Scan, upload, and index inventory accounting documents into BMI software.
• Cross train with department members and be able to provide back up support.
• Enter customer orders and return orders for inventory shipment discrepancies.
• Send out shipment verifications to plants for transfer load discrepancies and enter Standard Transfer Order (STO) to adjust.
• Review In-Transit and Open Orders report to research late goods issue/receipts.
• Reconciliation of warehouse physical inventories and cycle counts to SAP.
• Prepares and sends quarterly cycle count forms to participating warehouses.
• Coordinates with Customer Operations to create donation orders for charitable organizations and milk sales.
• Assist with the implementation of process improvement initiatives or other tasks as assigned.
• Drive business actions with ad hoc inventory level, inventory disposal, and inventory level forecasting

Benefits

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee events
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

What This Job Offers

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