Inventory Control Analyst: Precision & Process Improvement

abc carpet & home; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ABC Carpet & Home’s flagship store in New York, NY is hiring an Inventory Control Analyst to maintain accuracy across retail, warehouse, e-commerce, and vendor-fulfilled operations. You will audit transactions, investigate discrepancies, and partner with stores and departments to resolve issues, while documenting corrections and driving process improvements.

Reporting to the Director of Inventory & Merchandise Planning, you will manage cycle counts and physical inventories, ensure data

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in inventory control, retail operations, or a detail-oriented analytical role.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working with large datasets, spreadsheets, and transaction-level information.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments.

Responsibilities

• Audit inventory transactions, including receipts, transfers, shipments, returns, cancellations, and inventory adjustments.
• Identify and investigate inventory discrepancies by tracing transaction history across systems and touchpoints.
• Reconcile system and physical inventory and research variances from cycle counts.
• Monitor inventory exceptions, including negative inventory and unusual adjustments.
• Partner with stores, warehouse, operations, accounting, and other teams to resolve inventory issues.
• Maintain documentation of inventory corrections and recurring discrepancies.
• Identify patterns and root causes of inventory errors and elevate improvement opportunities.
• Support inventory reporting, physical inventories, and ad hoc analysis.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Excel skills

Communication

Multi-system experience

Collaboration

Tools

POS systems

ERP systems

WMS

OMS

E-commerce platforms

Job description

ABC Carpet & Home’s flagship store in New York, NY is hiring an Inventory Control Analyst to maintain accuracy across retail, warehouse, e-commerce, and vendor-fulfilled operations. You will audit transactions, investigate discrepancies, and partner with stores and departments to resolve issues, while documenting corrections and driving process improvements.

Reporting to the Director of Inventory & Merchandise Planning, you will manage cycle counts and physical inventories, ensure data