Inventory Analyst

The Guitar Center Company; Westlake Village (CA); On-site; USD 34,440 - 41,328; Full time

Job summary

Guitar Center is seeking an Inventory Analyst to support merchandise planners and store planners in optimizing inventory for eCommerce and Retail. The role focuses on minimizing backorders, maximizing inventory turns, and maintaining service levels.

Responsibilities include tracking late PO deliveries, resolving shortages, reviewing in-transit stock, and performing pre-promo inventory checks across web and catalog promotions. Strong collaboration with vendors is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or 4 years of relevant work experience.
• 1 year of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Tracking late PO deliveries, identify issues, and communicate opportunities to team.
• Resolution of shortages, overages and problem shipment issues.
• Review of in-transit products destined for stores and identify relevant issues such as lost product, missed receipts, etc.
• Promotional pre-setup checks such as inventory position prior to promotional in-home dates. This includes all web, catalog promotions, and periodic checks throughout the life of the promotion as well as post promotional analysis.
• Review of open backorders and expediting inventory where necessary.
• Maintaining planned arrival dates on all purchase orders and the expediting of past due orders.
• Applying PO price variance corrections.
• Validation of reserve inventory levels and aged inventory assessment.
• Organization, coordination and execution of vendor returns.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

Job description

The inventory analyst assists the merchandise planners and store planners in managing inventory to minimize backorders, maximize inventory turns and profitability and achieve established customer service levels for both eCommerce and Retail.

Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to the following:

• Tracking late PO deliveries, identify issues, and communicate opportunities to team
  
• Resolution of shortages, overages and problem shipment issues
• Review of in-transit products destined for stores and identify relevant issues such as lost product, missed receipts, etc.
• Promotional pre-setup checks such as inventory position prior to promotional in-home dates. This includes all web, catalog promotions, and periodic checks throughout the life of the promotion as well as post promotional analysis.
• Review of open backorders and expediting inventory where necessary
• Maintaining planned arrival dates on all purchase orders and the expediting of past due orders
• Applying PO price variance corrections
• Validation of reserve inventory levels and aged inventory assessment
• Organization, coordination and execution of vendor returns
• Additional duties as assigned.
  

To join our band, you'll need the following experience:

• Bachelor's Degree is required, preferably in Business Administration or 4 years of relevant work experience.
• 1 year of relevant work experience (in addition to degree or years of previous experience).

Pay Rate: $25.00- $30.00/ hr depending on background and experience.

The job posting is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee, which is always dependent on actual experience, education, and other factors. The pay range(s) listed are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations

About Guitar Center

Guitar Center embodies the world of creativity and music by encouraging our teammates to find their own individual sound. We strive to craft lifelong musicians and make a difference in the world by enabling musicians and non-musicians alike to experience the almost indescribable happiness that comes from playing an instrument. We believe in putting our customers first, engaging with respect and integrity and fulfilling our mission with passion.

Why join us?

With a career at Guitar Center, you become part of the world's largest multichannel musical instrument retailer. Whether at our Stores, Contact Centers, Distribution Centers, or Support Center, Guitar Center employees have a common goal: to help people find their sound and fill the world with more music.

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