Sr Inventory & Control Analyst

Flexcon•Spencer, MA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for owning and maintaining inventory health reporting, analyzing inventory trends, identifying root causes of excess, shortage, and imbalances, and monitoring slow-moving and at-risk inventory. The analyst will develop and maintain inventory segmentation strategies, conduct floor validations, track inventory movement trends, and audit item master data. This position requires identifying discrepancies between ERP data and physical inventory, partnering with various teams to ensure MRP planning signals align with material behavior, and supporting structured parameter corrections. The role also involves overseeing cycle count program effectiveness, identifying systemic issues causing inventory inaccuracies, and driving corrective actions. Additionally, the analyst will partner with Distribution and Production to improve transactional accuracy and material control, investigate recurring variances, assist with physical inventory preparation and reconciliation, and maintain excess and obsolete inventory tracking. The position will monitor mitigation progress, identify opportunities to reduce working capital and improve inventory efficiency, support financial exposure reporting, and partner daily with Planning, Distribution, and Production teams. Key responsibilities include validating material availability and staging accuracy, providing reliable inventory data, developing and implementing improvements around policy, data accuracy, cycle count, and material flow, developing dashboards and analytics for inventory visibility, and supporting the development of standard work and inventory control procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Accounting or related field (or equivalent experience)
5-8 years of experience in inventory control, materials management, accounting, or manufacturing analytics
ERP experience required (Oracle preferred)
Strong Excel skills required
Strong understanding of MRP / planning parameters / inventory policy
Demonstrated ability to analyze data and drive process improvements
Experience working in a manufacturing or warehouse environment strongly preferred
Comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment
Strong attention to detail with a commitment to data accuracy
Strong business acumen with understanding of working capital and service impact
Analytical mindset with the ability to identify trends and resolve discrepancies
Comfortable working in ERP systems and in a production/warehouse environment
Demonstrated process discipline and adherence to established procedures
Effective communicator able to collaborate across cross-functional teams
Self-directed with ability to own processes and drive improvements without direct authority

Nice To Haves

Oracle ERP experience preferred
Experience working in a manufacturing or warehouse environment strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Own and maintain weekly and monthly inventory health reporting (DOH, turns, aging, excess, obsolete)
Analyze inventory Trends and identify root causes of excess, shortage and imbalances.
Monitor slow-moving and at-risk inventory and escalate exposure
Develop and maintain inventory segmentation strategy (ABC, service level, stocking strategy)
Conduct routine floor validation of high-risk materials
Track month-over-month inventory movement trends, and provide performance updates
Audit item master data (lead times, safety stock, MOQ, order modifiers)
Identify discrepancies between ERP data and physical inventory
Partner with Planning to ensure MRP planning signals to actual material behavior
Support structured parameter corrections and review cadence
Oversee cycle count program effectiveness and analyze root causes of recurring variances
Identify systemic issues causing inventory inaccuracies and drive corrective actions
Partner with Distribution and Production to improve transactional accuracy and material control
Investigate recurring variances and adjustment trends
Assist with physical inventory preparation and reconciliation
Maintain excess and obsolete inventory tracking
Monitor mitigation progress and action ownership
Identify opportunities to reduce working capital and improve inventory efficiency
Support financial exposure reporting
Partner daily with Planning, Distribution and Production teams
Validate material availability and staging accuracy
Provide reliable inventory data to Planning and Finance
Develop and implement improvement around, policy, data accuracy, cycle count and material flow
Develop dashboards and analytics to improve inventory visibility and decision making
Support development of standard work and inventory control procedures