Stock Analyst

Yugal Tech Academy; Scarborough (ME); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ADUSA Procurement in the United States (Scarborough, ME area) seeks a procurement and logistics professional to optimize product flow from suppliers to the warehouse. The role focuses on achieving vendor fill rate goals, DOS targets, and on-shelf availability, while collaborating across teams to address product movement and inventory health.

The position supports a flexible/hybrid schedule with 3 in-person days at a core location and 2 remote days, and requires eligibility to work in the United

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics or related field or equivalent experience.
• 0–3 years of experience in procurement and logistics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Relex daily, weekly, monthly workflows to meet service level targets.
• Monitor and ensure timely execution of all planned product allocations.
• Analyze system exceptions for root cause.
• Manage inventory to achieve DOS, obsolete, and product freshness targets.
• Execute and monitor purchase orders with on-time and in-full performance.
• Collaborate with Advantage team and Demand Systems Specialists on vendor efficiency programs.
• Develop a plan to address overstocks and leftover sale excess inventory with Merchandising.
• Coordinate with suppliers, Quality Control, Supply Chain operations, store divisional operations, and Risk Management on product availability, freshness, and recalls.
• Stay informed on supplier issues affecting category sales.
• Provide timely communication to supervisors about inventory transactions.
• Work with Forecast Analysts to explain forecast variance and support marketing strategies.
• Other duties as needed.

Skills

Demand management practices

Oral and written communication skills

Inventory management best practices

Store Operations preferred

Team player and collaborator

Strong Mathematical and Statistical

Ability to analyze and decipher large

Ability to analyze complex problems

Ability to determine root causes

Strong critical thinker autonomous

Takes initiative self-starter

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics or related business field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

RELEX

Supply Chain systems

Job description

Category/Area of Expertise:Procurement & Logistics
Job Requisition:406054_external_USA-ME-Scarborough
Address:USA-ME-Scarborough-145 Pleasant Hill Rd
Store Code:IN STOCK (5120643)

ADUSA Procurement is a partner company to Ahold Delhaize USA, providing supply chain services that support the delivery of products from a supplier to the warehouse. ADUSA Procurement is part of the Ahold Delhaize USA family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop.

Primary Purpose:

Primary responsibilities are to ensure appropriate operational service levels at retail. This includes working with vendors on product flow to achieve vendor to warehouse fill rate goals (VFR). This role also has direct responsibility of managing inventory days of supply objectives (DOS) and on shelf availability (OSA) targets, for their assigned vendors. This position will understand the future variability that impacts product movement – from increasing efficiencies, impacting the greater network, troubleshooting root causes, and supporting procurement streams (diverting, forward buy, efficiency programs). This role is the primary interface to vendor Supply Chain partners, representing ADUSA Supply Chain and communication of product availability issues to brand teams.

Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Essential job functions:

• Manage all Relex daily, weekly, monthly workflows resulting in achieving operational service level targets.
• Monitor and ensure timely execution of all planned product allocations as needed.
• Analyze system exceptions for root cause.
• Manage inventory to achieve DOS, obsolete, and product freshness target.
• Execute and monitor purchase orders-including on time and in full metrics.
• Consult with Advantage team and Demand Systems Specialists on vendor efficiency programs. Ensure operational adherence to efficiency programs by working with the Demand Systems Specialist to input the rules.
• Develop a plan to address overstocks and left-over sale excess inventory in collaboration with the Merchandising group.
• Work with suppliers, Quality Control, Supply Chain operations, store divisional operations, and Risk Management to address product availability, freshness, and product transition issues, as well as recalls and market withdrawals.
• Stay informed on commodity or other supplier issues that impact category sales. Anticipate and act on supplier issues, seasonal changes, natural disasters, crop conditions, and manufacturing issues ensuring efficient order quantities.
• Provide timely communication to supervisors related to inventory transactions, resolving issues, short-term out of stocks.
• Collaborate with Forecast Analysts to explain and identify forecast variance and provide additional information around marketing strategies, special promotions, and anticipated influences to sales that are not likely to be identified through system-driven exception analysis.
• Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.

Qualifications:

Knowledge

• Demand management practices.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel
• Working knowledge of Supply Chain processes
• Relex knowledge preferred.

Skills

• Oral and written communication skills
• Basic to intermediate Excel
• Inventory management best practices.
• Store Operations preferred.
• Team player and collaborator

Abilities

• Strong Mathematical and Statistical aptitude
• Ability to analyze and decipher large amounts of data.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and rule sets.
• Ability to determine root causes and implement solutions.
• Strong critical thinker, autonomous decision-maker
• Takes initiative, self-starter.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics or related business field or equivalent relevant experience

Experience

• 0-3 Years
• #LI-SM1 #LI-Hybrid

At Ahold Delhaize USA, we value Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEI&B). Our employees and prospective employees are treated with respect and dignity. As an equal opportunity employer, we comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law.