Inventory Control Analyst I-Sr

About the role

The Inventory Control Analyst enables business units to optimize inventory levels, empowering each business unit to exceed customer expectations. By applying analytics to comprehensive Supply Chain data sets, they can advise each business unit on the best decision, for both the business and the customer.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes and applies advanced inventory management knowledge and experience to enable business units to optimize inventory levels.
• Helps to develop tools and processes used in supporting inventory control functions.
• Helps train and develop other analysts.
• Works with an Enterprise-wide network of people and serves as a point of contact for assigned business units.
• Ensures each business unit’s Inventory activities are coordinated with other supply chain stakeholders, Entergy Departments, and the sites themselves.
• Enables business unit inventory decision making by understanding the demand plan, leveraging predictive data analytics, networking with people, developing streamlined processes, and effectively communicating the vision of Inventory optimization.
• Operates autonomously and acts as a resource for other analysts.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with data coding, automation, and analytical tooling, including Python, SQL, R, or similar scripting languages.
• Experience leveraging AI-driven tools, including machine learning applications, predictive analytics platforms, large-language-model assistants, and enterprise AI insights solutions to improve demand forecasting, risk identification, surplus analysis, and decision-making.
• Ability to interpret AI-generated outputs, validate model recommendations, and embed AI-supported processes into daily inventory management workflows.

Qualifications

• Minimum education required: Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Statistics, Logistics, Economics, or other related discipline.
• Minimum 7+ years of inventory management and supply chain experience OR in lieu of a degree, minimum 11+ years of inventory management and supply chain experience.

Skills

• Advanced understanding of business and supply chain operations within Entergy;
• Experience and knowledge of supply chain systems and processes;
• High proficiency in developing complex inventory strategies, based on business unit’s objectives;
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience implementing inventory management processes, such as, but not limited to, cycle counting and shrink management;
• Demonstrated proficiency implementing multiple continuous improvement projects, related to inventory management, concurrently;
• Advanced knowledge of warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment processes, such as, but not limited to, yard management, receiving, put-away, packing, sorting, and shipping;
• Advanced experience implementing inventory management software systems;
• Advanced understanding of relationship management between clients, other supply chain specialists, vendors and other third parties for materials;
• Comprehensive knowledge and application of document management and control standards, including management and maintenance of filing systems (hard copy and electronic).

Benefits

• Up to 25% travel.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Hybrid schedule, requiring in-office work at least 3 days a week. Preferred locations are Jackson, MS; Hammond, LA; New Orleans, LA; The Woodlands, TX; Little Rock, AR.