Inventory Analyst
The Guitar Center Company•Westlake Village, CA
•$28 - $32
About The Position
The Inventory Analyst assists merchandise planners and store planners in managing inventory to minimize backorders, maximize inventory turns and profitability, and achieve established customer service levels for eCommerce and Retail. The role tracks purchase order deliveries, resolves shipment and inventory issues, reviews promotional inventory positions, monitors backorders, maintains purchase order arrival dates, corrects price variances, assesses reserve and aged inventory, and coordinates vendor returns. Additional duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business Administration, or four years of relevant work experience.
- One year of relevant work experience in addition to the degree or years of previous experience.
- Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables and VLOOKUP.
Responsibilities
- Track late purchase order deliveries, identify issues, and communicate opportunities to the team.
- Resolve shortages, overages, and problem shipment issues.
- Review in-transit products destined for stores and identify issues such as lost product and missed receipts.
- Conduct promotional pre-setup checks, including inventory position checks before promotional in-home dates, periodic checks during promotions, and post-promotional analysis for web and catalog promotions.
- Review open backorders and expedite inventory when necessary.
- Maintain planned arrival dates on all purchase orders and expedite past-due orders.
- Apply purchase order price variance corrections.
- Validate reserve inventory levels and assess aged inventory.
- Organize, coordinate, and execute vendor returns.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
