Inventory Specialist

Energy Innovation Corp; Beaumont (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Big Lots in Beaumont, TX is seeking an Inventory Specialist with problem solving skills and remote-friendly capabilities. You will collaborate with EDI and Problem Solving stakeholders to remove bottlenecks and deliver weekly performance summaries.

You bring about 1+ years in a similar role, strong communication, and Kanban know-how to help steer inventory decisions. The role offers growth, mentorship, and flexible elements within a Beaumont-based team.

Qualifications

• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings.
• Curiosity about why customers act as they do.
• Attention to remote-friendly details that separate fine from finished.
• 1+ years operating in a similar Inventory Specialist position.
• Experience with Kanban and problem solving techniques.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with EDI and Problem Solving stakeholders to remove operational bottlenecks.
• Build the 1-quarter view that survives contact with reality.
• Establish reporting cadences that give stakeholders timely visibility.
• Deliver weekly performance summaries that keep leadership informed.
• Keep the Inventory Specialist scorecard tied to outcomes, not activity.
• Build relationships with key accounts to drive long-term value.
• Watch competitor moves and tell Big Lots which ones actually matter.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Kanban

Remote-friendly detail

Tools

Blue Yonder

Job description

Big Lots is the kind of place where an Inventory Specialist with Problem Solving can rewrite an assumption that's quietly costing us money. Sum it up however you want - remote Inventory Specialist, $42,000 - $59,000, 1 years of Problem Solving, and a stake in Big Lots that only deepens.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with EDI and Problem Solving stakeholders to remove operational bottlenecks
• Build the 1-quarter view that survives contact with reality
• Establish reporting cadences that give stakeholders timely visibility
• Deliver weekly performance summaries that keep leadership informed
• Keep the Inventory Specialist scorecard tied to outcomes, not activity
• Build relationships with key accounts to drive long-term value
• Watch competitor moves and tell Big Lots which ones actually matter

What You'll Bring

• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• Real curiosity about why Big Lots customers do what they do
• An eye for the remote-friendly detail that separates fine from finished
• Roughly 1+ years operating in a similar Inventory Specialist position
• Enough Problem Solving to be dangerous, enough Kanban to be trusted
• Demonstrated calm when a Beaumont, TX client changes scope mid-stream

Big Lots is the purpose-soaked Beaumont company that turned a niche business obsession into something the whole TX now uses. Our Beaumont office runs on mutual respect, low ego, and a genuine willingness to help.

A $42,000 - $59,000 base, a growth plan with teeth, mentorship from people who care, and flexibility baked in, that is what Big Lots puts forward.

Right now the Inventory Specialist listing in Beaumont, TX is live and looking.

Got the drive and the Blue Yonder? we'd love to see your application.