Senior Analyst – Global Inventory Operations (Onsite)

Stryker; Plainfield (IN); On-site; USD 64,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

Stryker in Indiana is seeking a Senior Analyst of Inventory Operations (onsite) to drive accurate stock levels across ERP and 3PL WMS. You will perform cycle counts, reconcile inventory, and collaborate with finance and operations to reduce costs and support growth.

Requires a bachelor’s degree or 6 years of equivalent experience, 2 years in supply chain operations, and NetSuite familiarity. Strong attention to detail and data analysis, with ability to work cross‑functionally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 6 years of equivalent experience.
• 2 years of experience in supply chain operations.
• Preferred NetSuite experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain inventory variance measurement, monitoring and correction across global distribution.
• Monitor daily transactions between WMS and ERP (NetSuite) to identify and track fallout rates.
• Support lead/lag metrics for inventory accuracy at operational and executive levels.
• Roadmap best practices across global distribution and define methods for measuring compliance.
• Count inventory through cycle count processes and reflect adjustments end to end.
• Identify expired, damaged, obsolete inventory and drive corrective actions with partners.
• Track key metrics: inventory accuracy, total adjustments, damaged/expired/obsolete/reserved levels.
• Document work-instructions and maintain inventory trackers.

Skills

Inventory management

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP & WMS familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 6 years of equivalent experience

Tools

NetSuite

WMS systems

Job description

What You Will Do

As a Senior Analyst of Inventory Operations (Onsite), you role will be responsible for executing inventory control processes. You will be responsible for this role include maintaining inventory reconciliation between Stryker ERP and relevant 3PL WMS system(s), troubleshooting and resolving variances, cycle counting, and supporting other inventory control processes. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to help ensure accurate stock levels are represented across systems. Your leadership will be crucial in maintaining optimal inventory turnover, reducing costs, and supporting the company's growth objectives.

• Work collaboratively with distribution operations, IT, and finance to establish best practices for inventory variance measurement, monitoring, and correction across our global distribution footprint.
• Work with IT to establish process for monitoring daily transactions between the WMS and ERP (e.g. NetSuite) to identify and track transaction fallout rates.
• Support lead / lag metrics for measuring inventory accuracy on a consistent basis at operational and executive levels.
• Support roadmap for deploying best practices across global distribution network and including training and defining a method for measuring compliance these standard processes.
• Responsible for inventory cycle count process ensuring that inventory is physically counted by internal and contractual requirements and that adjustments are systematically reflected end to end
• Responsible for identifying expired, damaged, and obsolete inventory levels and driving the appropriate process with finance and operations partners
• Key metrics for this role include inventory accuracy, total inventory adjustments, trends for damaged, expired, obsolete, and reserved inventory levels.
• Prepare and maintain documentation of work-instructions and processes
• Maintain comprehensive records of inventory adjustments and ensure trackers remain current and accurate.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 6 years of equivalent experience
• 2 years of experience in supply chain operations, distribution or transportation

Preferred Qualifications

• NetSuite experience
• Demonstrated experience in inventory management or cycle counting
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to analyze data and resolve discrepancies efficiently
• Excellence communication skills
• Microsoft skills, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft project
• Experience with project management

United States of America Pay Ranges

USN: $64,400 - $94,400 USD Annual

Benefits

• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.
• Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.
• Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.
• Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.