Inventory Consultant

Overview

The Inventory Consultant ensures NAOU representation and oversight of inventory held at contract manufacturing and third-party warehouse locations, ensuring adherence to NAOU internal controls and contracted inventory-handling terms.

What you'll do

• Perform inventory validation by auditing physical inventory at external locations to ensure adherence to NA policy and contractual agreements and facilitate risk and fraud prevention.
• Monitor internal control procedures monthly and assist with remediation action plans.
• Identify root cause and effective system solutions for inventory discrepancies by partnering with the co-packer, third-party warehouse, NA Finance, Co-Man manager(s) and other centralized teams.
• Complete the specific SAP transaction(s) required to assist co-packers or other centralized teams with maintaining inventory accuracy.
• Establish weekly communication with the co-packer and NAOU Co-Man manager(s) to review, establish and implement a course of action for items on the Block Stock reporting.
• Conduct month-end reporting and distribute post-close reports.
• Request and track approval from Brand teams for BD&L activity, owning resolution for any follow-ups.
• Assist centralized teams with tracking delivered materials (DMR) for reporting downtime, vendor returns and/or completion of freight claims.
• Submit new vendor setups and change requests to ensure accuracy of Master Data.
• Provide continuous SAP training and new user setup support to co-packers and third-party warehouses.
• Work with NAOU Finance to arrange destruction shipments for and with external parties.
• Perform ad hoc research and troubleshooting.

What you'll need

• Associate degree or above.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in warehouse inventory processes (wall-to-walls, inventory adjustments, cycle counts, auditing inventory procedures).
• SAP functional skills and data management experience.
• Ability to work independently with solid organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Customer service focus with great follow-up skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Self-motivated.
• Collaborative and a team player.
• Ability to efficiently multi-task.

Nice to have

• Data analytics skills such as Power Query / Power BI.

Details

• Location: Atlanta, United States of America.
• Travel required: 26% to 50%.
• Relocation not provided.
• The company will not sponsor employment visas for this position; applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
• Pay range: 87,000 - 102,000 USD, based on geography, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.