Analyst - Line Balance and Inventory Control

Position Summary

Responsible for the oversight and management of inventory availability within Avon’s Distribution Network, ensuring timely communication of any service issues that may impact Sales Ambassadors. Partners closely with Order Fulfillment, Merchandise Control, Deployment, and Planning teams to effectively manage inventory across approximately 6,500 SKUs, provide product direction, and communicate potential service impacts.

Key Objectives

• Achieves continual process improvement.
• Focus on accuracy, expense management, and order processing schedule, throughput / flow management and Ambassador value proposition.
• Initiates rebalance moves that are required during the Campaign to improve order flow.
• Develops merchandise set-up in all operational areas to optimize picking efficiencies.
• Generates tasks to remove discontinued merchandise, and literature for each Campaign to maintain proper inventory space on the Shipping floor.
• Maintains database of key performance indicators including, pieces, orders, pieces picked by area, pieces picked by campaign, etc.
• Works with cross-functional team members to maintain accuracy of item data (i.e. merchandise attributes, weight, volume, dimensions, etc.).
• Responds to short-range inventory needs based on notification of special sales.
• Responds to low-inventory calls from shipping floor.
• Communicates daily product direction and service issues to team members and management.
• Promotes collaboration, accountability, and a positive team-oriented work environment while supporting organizational goals and customer service commitments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science/Arts degree preferred; Concentration in a Technical Discipline (Industrial Engineering, Logistics or Operations Management) desired.
• Three to four years knowledge of order flow.
• Proficient with functions in the Manhattan Active Warehouse Management (MAWM) and Knapp (WCS) Systems preferred.
• Working knowledge of merchandise, finished stock code system, product size and product placement within the Order Fulfillment system.
• Perform work requiring a high degree of accuracy.
• Detailed planning, analytical skills and customer service priority.
• Proficient using Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Reads, writes and speaks English at the level required by the communication demands of the position with all levels of management.
• Must have a proven high degree of accuracy as well as good customer service.
• Solves problems with little supervision.
• Interpret information and arrive at a logical conclusion or recommendation.