Materials Flow & Inventory Optimization Analyst

generac; Belvidere (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac is seeking a Materials Process Analyst for its Belvidere, IL manufacturing facility to optimize material flow and warehouse operations within the supply chain. You will drive standard work, ERP usage, and cycle counting to improve delivery performance and inventory accuracy.

The role requires 5+ years in material control, SAP familiarity, and collaboration with Quality, Purchasing, and Production to meet KPIs and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of related experience in business or supply chain.
• 5+ years’ experience in material control systems and processes.
• Proven track record of performance and progression within operations, business and supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Ensures efficient and accurate materials presentation to support material flow.
• Provides processes and systems that optimize daily warehousing operations including staging, cycle count, and storage of materials.
• Ensures documentation and system usage for material flow within the Supply Chain from inbound supplier material through outbound shipments.
• Oversees inventory management processes and material control, accuracy, and established inventory guidelines and procedures.
• Partners with Quality, Purchasing and Production to develop effective and efficient solutions to customer quality and delivery issues and to achieve objectives and KPIs.
• Ensures high level of communication between planning, purchasing and production to ensure a high degree of customer satisfaction.
• Develops and implements standard process and strategies that enable production efficiency improvements.
• Develops and challenges resources to improve performance through systems utilization and process improvements.
• Supports material/inventory management best practices including Warehouse Management (Cycle Count Accuracy, Transactions, Bar Coding, RFID) and Fill Rate.
• Provides support and knowledge for materials staff development through education, training, coaching, mentoring and certifications in the execution of improvement priorities and the achievement of key performance indicators.
• Act as SAP Super User within functional areas as assigned.

Skills

Material control

Supply chain

ERP

Process improvement

Inventory management

SAP user

Education

Bachelor’s degree or related experience

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Generac is seeking a Materials Process Analyst for its Belvidere, IL manufacturing facility to optimize material flow and warehouse operations within the supply chain. You will drive standard work, ERP usage, and cycle counting to improve delivery performance and inventory accuracy.

The role requires 5+ years in material control, SAP familiarity, and collaboration with Quality, Purchasing, and Production to meet KPIs and customer satisfaction.