Inventory Analyst

The Industrial Material Inventory Analyst is responsible for optimizing industrial material inventory across plants while ensuring compliance with Ford's inventory management and financial guidelines.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure plants operate with optimal levels of inventory for machine spares and consumables with no risk to production.
• Assess demand/consumption trends and ensure procurement orders and in-plant stocks align with changing demand.
• Drive collaborative working between plants on optimized purchase and reuse of industrial material spares.
• Reduce industrial material inventory in all plants by achieving actuals in line with budget.
• Use new-age tools to drive process efficiencies and innovation.
• Review daily work chain for stock replenishment based on part usage, lead time, pricing, order on request, safety stock, pack quantity, minimum order quantity, etc.
• Review backorder requests and prioritize with respective teams.
• Conduct daily reviews of critical items and high-value items.
• Govern items and make changes as required.
• Request quotations from vendors/requestors for new parts and new programs.
• Follow up with suppliers on past-due orders and update requestors on shipment arrivals.
• Support plant-to-plant transfer requests.
• Provide shipment status to plants on all open orders.
• Constantly interact with plant shop floor managers to ensure material stock and orders align with requirements.

Qualifications:

• Graduate or equivalent technical degree preferred.