Inventory Control and Parts Procurement Analyst

About the Role

Picture your day starting at the inventory console: you review stock levels in the tracking program, check the status of open purchase orders, and flag anything running low. You’ll timestamp repair parts as they arrive, put stock away, pull the right components, and hand-deliver parts to technicians so repairs keep moving.

As the day unfolds, you’ll process requisitions, receive purchase orders, stock items, and expedite late materials. You’ll watch spend closely—working with managers and supervisors to stay within departmental budgets—while proposing smarter reorder points and stock levels based on your analysis of inventory records. You will also maintain a cross‑reference system for optimal usage and keep nonconforming parts tracked and updated.

You’ll help troubleshoot inventory discrepancies, support semi‑annual physical inventory, and partner with Accounting and auditors to verify accuracy. Beyond the four walls, you’ll source and evaluate vendors who can provide plant‑level services and relentlessly follow up on past‑due orders, taking actions that reduce POE and invoice grief. You’ll establish and maintain an aggressive cost‑reduction program and report outcomes to department leadership.

Collaboration is key: you’ll assist Customer Service agents and Operations with system parts transactions and file warranty claims with OEMs to replace defective parts. You’ll contribute to our Service/Quality Initiative by continuously improving processes, monitoring metrics, completing required quality core classes, applying the skills you learn, living our Core Values, and following company and customer safety procedures at all times.

What You’ll Bring

• Associate’s degree (A.A.) from a two‑year college/technical school, or comparable education and experience.
• Ability to read and understand straightforward instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write clear, simple correspondence; and present information effectively one‑on‑one or to small groups of customers, clients, and colleagues.
• Math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division across whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Sound judgment to follow instructions delivered in writing, orally, or via diagrams, and to resolve problems with multiple concrete variables in standardized situations.

Preferred Profile

• Team‑oriented, organized, self‑motivated, and able to prioritize.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for collaborating with teammates, customers, and leadership.

Core Competencies

• Personal Discipline
• Communications
• Customer Focus

Growth & Development

Access training focused on purchasing professionalism and opportunities to build supervisory and management capabilities.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

This role is hands‑on. You will frequently stand, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, climb or balance (including on ladders or lifts), and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined spaces, as well as talk and hear. Sitting occurs occasionally. You may occasionally lift and/or move items weighing more than 50 pounds. Close and color vision are used regularly. You may occasionally encounter outdoor weather and the risk of electrical shock. Work commonly occurs in a loud factory setting where hazardous materials and greasy or slippery floors may be present.