Inventory Analyst

Norican Group•LaGrange, GA

About The Position

Join Norican Group – Where Innovation Meets Excellence About UsNorican Group is the proud home to five leading, globally operating brands: DISA, StrikoWestofen, Wheelabrator, Monitizer, and Simpson, all supported by our dedicated Norican digital data engineers. As one strong global partner, we serve our customers better, faster, and more efficiently, providing them with access to all we have to offer. From melting, dosing, and molding through to surface preparation, we provide solutions to solve our customers’ challenges. Why Join Us? Global Network: Be part of a global network of engineering expertise, manufacturing capacity, and service support. Innovation: Work with the latest knowledge and know-how to keep our customers performing at their best. Sustainability: We lead for sustainability, ensuring the company’s long-term success and viability by innovating in all that we do. Diversity & Teamwork: Embrace and build on diversity and teamwork. Our differences make us strong, and we value diverse voices and perspectives. Commitment: Deliver on commitments to all stakeholders, increasing profit and sustainability for our customers, creating a safe and enjoyable working environment, and treating suppliers fairly. Employee Development: Develop your potential and excellence. We invest in and grow your capabilities, giving you confidence and trust to make changes, and rewarding achievers and learners. Position Purpose Responsible for accuracy of inventory counts, identification and control of obsolete inventory management to ensure availability of parts for manufacturing, forecasting and management of stock parts to minimize stock outs. Functional areas of responsibility, inventory management and control. Ultimately responsible for management of all commercial parts to achieve an optimum level of inventory investment for the Norican lines of business.

Requirements

5-7 years of experience in materials management in a manufacturing environment.
Strong computer skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and other Windows based Office software, along with strong ERP and MRP skills.
Strong emphasis as a team player that thrives in a changing team environment and presents themselves in a polished professional manner, including the ability to work independently with efficiency and accuracy.
Strong organizational skills: must be able to multi-task and handle multiple priorities.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

Preferred-bachelor’s degree in business management, Materials Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or equivalent.
Also, prefer APICS and/or CPIM certification.
Prior hands-on experience in a lean environment desired.
Six Sigma experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Establish and execute processes that support inventory planning and control across all lines of business.
Implement and execute cycle counting procedures, inventory planning strategy and tactics that support the continuous supply of required materials and flawless delivery, aiming at total customer satisfaction and sales growth.
Publish Cycle Count reports, KPIs, and root cause Analysis
Maintain the required inventory to run the production and sales process smoothly while optimizing QCD.
Promote application of best practices related to inventory management across all lines of business, using corporate systems and developing cross division collaboration.
Own the continuous improvement process to meet stretched OTD, stock coverage, customer satisfaction and cost reduction targets.
Coordinate interdepartmentally to evaluate customer and supplier requirements, lead times and other factors for inventory planning.
Perform and publish root cause analyses on key metrics related to Inventory Management.
Work to maintain a safe and healthy work environment by supporting company policies.
Participate as a member of cross-functional teams.
Act as the ISO Element Champion for inventory management activities