Inventory Analytics & Governance Lead

Socket.dev

Kentucky

On-site

USD 66,000 - 146,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

CVS Health in Kentucky is seeking an Inventory Analytics & Governance Manager to support inventory, data analytics, distribution centers and merchandising through the full lifecycle of inventory initiatives. This role acts as a subject matter expert for inventory planning, bridging internally developed applications with enterprise planning platforms and driving standardization across teams.

You will build analytical frameworks, maintain SOPs and governance standards, lead training and

Qualifications

3–5 years of experience in supply chain, inventory management, inventory planning, or a related analytical field.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the rubric used to evaluate inventory changes — defining the evidence standards, financial thresholds, and approval criteria required before changes move to pilot or implementation.
Maintain an audit trail of inventory parameter changes, policy decisions, and test outcomes, ensuring traceability and accountability across the planning cycle.
Partner with inventory planners, DC, and Merchandising teams to ensure changes to planning parameters follow established governance protocols.
Scope the problem, design the test or pilot, define measurement methodology, track results, and synthesize findings into a clear recommendation.
Evaluate the financial impact of inventory changes — working capital, inventory investment, write-off risk, and in-stock performance — and align stakeholders on outcomes vs. expectations.
Build and maintain analytical frameworks and models that support repeatable decision-making on inventory policies and system changes.
Track inventory investment implications of active tests and implemented changes against expected outcomes.
Translate inventory decisions into financial language for leadership visibility — connecting parameter changes to working capital, margin, and service level impacts.
Partner with Finance, DC, Merchandising, and Inventory Planning teams to ensure inventory change decisions align with broader financial targets.
Serve as a connector across the inventory tool landscape — developing a working understanding of how internally developed applications and enterprise planning platforms interact and complement each other.
Help partners understand which tool or workflow applies to their use case, and where data and decisions flow between systems.
Provide input into tool development and enhancement efforts, representing the governance and analytics perspective on how new capabilities should integrate with existing systems.
Identify gaps or friction points where tool connectivity is breaking down and surface recommendations to the F&R team and technology partners.
Develop and maintain a library of SOPs, process documentation, and decision frameworks covering inventory governance, change management, and analytical methodologies.
Facilitate training on self-service tools and analytical resources available to inventory planning, DC, and Merchandising partners.
Define and communicate the engagement model: when partners can leverage self-service tools and documentation independently versus when F&R team involvement is required.