Warehouse Analyst

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
# 157111 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

Warehouse Analyst

The warehouse analyst will execute our inventory adjustment process and support the US Warehouse operations team.  The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced cross-functional team environment and demonstrate excellent communication skills.  This role is vital in driving analytics to discover new ways of optimizing our inventory management processes, contributing to cost savings and operational efficiency initiatives and delivering direct impact on company bottom line.

Responsibilities:

• Own the E2E execution, starting with the input from all sources with inbound capacity, along with output outbound capacity and maintaining adequate levels of warehouse space utilization by crafting a short, middle and long term constrained plan.
• Foresee and communicate potential issues when warehouse will become out of inventory balance and take actions accordingly.
• Work with 3PL’s to deliver continuous improvement projects to generate FTG.
• Management of end to end operational tasks for respective DC locations including inventory accuracy and efficiency.
• Manage salvage orders to include; damaged goods, closeout and/or  discontinued, SLOB, and any specific Supply Chain sku reduction requests. 
• Own the customer ASN and/or UCC128 programs and connect with the warehouses regarding ASN set-up or vendor compliance issues. 
• Management of operational OS&D claims process.
• Responsibility for monthly reporting of backhaul performance by warehouse to include follow up with Customer Service for all unfavorable trends. 
• Manage warehouse related EDI transactions. This includes supervising the EDI kickout report and corrective actions for all warehouse IDOCS transactions. Also to include sharing EDI training program for all designated 3rd party warehouse systems contacts.   
• Ownership of quality hold sampling program and timely communication with order entry, transportation, and the warehouses for all product holds. Management of movements to and from quality hold and blocked hold in SAP and WMS.
• Administrative control of all lot tracking product recalls, live and/or trace recalls, in support of the warehouse metrics.
• Coordination of all restricted SKU’s product mapping with Data Management and the 3rd parties. Follow up for all restricted inventory releases, only those related to warehouse delays after the SAP release has been performed.
• Dive into the variety of the data sources (e.g. SAP, WMS, BI, Sigma) to uncover insights that will improve our inventory processes to drive efficiencies. Look for the patterns and connections in different data sets working with cross-functional partners
• Leverage the latest collaboration tools and technologies (e.g. DOMO, Google data studio)  to drive next level of analytics, data visualization and facilitate information sharing.

Required Skills & Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Engineering  or equivalent
• Minimum 1 Year experience in related fields
• Strong data analytical skills – ability to research, identify requirements, gather, clean, analyze, and interpret data, and present findings insightfully
• Technical Skills: (ie; SAP, G- Suite, Domo, Sophisticated Excel, Power BI, etc)
   

Preferred Skills & Qualifications: 

• Prior internship or co-op experience; manufacturing experience; student organization and/or other leadership experience preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate sophisticated concepts in a clear and concise manner
• Proven analytical problem solving, multi-tasking, and time management skills
• Proactive mindset  to take initiative, pro