Commercial Inventory Purchasing Analyst

Looking to build your career and design your future? You have come to the right place. Summary The Commercial Inventory Purchasing Analyst manages purchases and purchasing procedures while maintaining proper multi-branch inventory levels across multiple categories of products. Responsible for the entire life cycle of orders: placing, maintaining, documenting, changing, receiving, canceling, and following up on, while answering questions throughout the life cycle as to status. Product is managed on a Just-in-time basis while assuring that company metrics for Inventory Balance, Aged Inventory, Freight Expenditure and Stock availability are met or exceeded. Essential Functions Inventory management and purchasing to drive industry-leading customer service and sales growth. Manage $2m inventory to meet ILG strategies & sales objectives while maximizing performance on Availability, Freight Cost, Inventory Dollars, and Aged Dollars. Purchase & provide products to meet special order product and deadline requirements. Consistency of professional, high quality service that supports users’ needs for solutions, information and questions. Work collaboratively with other areas on process improvements and teamwork solutions. Initiate communication with branch operations and sales at multiple levels to manage, prevent, and eliminate aging and slow-moving merchandise. All other job duties as assigned Education & Experience 2 years of experience in Purchasing or Inventory Management, inventory analysis, supply chain, purchasing, warehouse operations, or a related field. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including sorting/filtering, formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis, and formatting. Experience working with ERP, inventory management, or purchasing systems; SAP experience is a plus. Ability to analyze large amounts of data and identify discrepancies or trends. Strong organizational and time-management skills. Ability to communicate effectively with warehouse, purchasing, operations, vendors, and project teams. Ability to prioritize multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Experience in construction, building materials, flooring, cabinetry, countertops, or commercial interiors is preferred. Skills and Competencies Demonstrate good judgment in performing job duties while satisfying multiple conflicting priorities that are tied directly to key company metrics Strong sense of urgency - ability to react to changing priorities and ability to recognize key priorities and respond appropriately and multi-task while handling large volume of overlapping weekly and on demand activities. Requires strong verbal, written and persuasive communication skills with different departments to get/interpret information, bring a positive team-helping approach, work constructively, understand/determine the best match of needs to available options, resolve problems, encourage cooperation, give direction, and elevate where required. Ability to initiate requests from different departments and levels for actions and cooperation. Strong proficiency and accuracy in math. If you like working with a growing close knit team and helping home owners design the home of their dreams, come build your career with us! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, individual with disabilities, veteran status, gender identity or national origin. #J-18808-Ljbffr Socket.dev