Inventory Control Analyst

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

This is a Hybrid position, onsite 3 days a week. Preferred location is The Woodlands, TX but New Orleans, LA, Little Rock, AR, and Jackson, MS may be considered. Relocation assitance is not provided.

Job Summary/Purpose

The Sr. Staff 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.

The Sr. Staff Inventory Control Analyst utilizes and applies advanced inventory management knowledge and experience to enable business units to optimize inventory levels. This role helps to develop tools and processes used in supporting inventory control functions. The Inventory Control Analyst Senior Staff will help train and develop other analysists. This role will work with an Enterprise-wide network of people and will be a point of contact for assigned business units.  The Inventory Control Analyst SR staff ensures each business unit’s Inventory activities are coordinated with other supply chain stakeholders, Entergy Departments, and the sites themselves.  The key supply chain stakeholders for this role are; Category Management, Central Procurement Group, Central Contracting Group, Procurement Engineering, Capital Projects and Decommissioning.  Key operational stakeholders for this role are; Power Generation, Nuclear, Transmission, and Distribution. Other key functional stakeholders for this position are; Tax, Finance, Risk Management, Safety, Human Resources, Legal, and third-party supply chain vendors. 

This role will enable 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. The Analyst operates autonomously and acts as a resource for other Analysts. These duties shall be performed in a manner that ensures inventory is optimized in the most cost effective, efficient, and strategic method with strict adherence to Entergy’s policies, procedures, and core values.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

1. Safety/Human Performance:

• Actively promote strong safety behaviors and ensure the team always puts safety first;
• Utilize key tools, programs, and proactive field visits to assure standards and behaviors;
• Monitor and influence stakeholders to proactively identify any safety concerns.

2. Incident Response:

• Perform storm role duties as assigned through the Storm Assignment Management System (SAMS) and/or the nuclear Emergency Response Organization (ERO)

Value Creation:

• Optimize the Enterprise’s inventory to gain back working capital for the business to use.

3. Work Processes:

• Conduct business unit’s needs assessments to determine customer requirements; attend stakeholder meetings where appropriate;
• Perform insightful data analyses to determine potential business risk associated with inventory management; coordinate with stakeholders as required;
• Develop, deploy, and train on tools and processes used in all aspects of Inventory management.
• Educate junior analysts and customers on how to effectively implement Inventory management tools.
• Implement LEAN methodology and efficiencies into processes.
• Develop and track performance metrics on Inventory accuracy and growth.  
• Apply the principles and practices of inventory management (Demand Planning, warehouse flow, inventory turns, cycle counting, processes auditing, and perform);
• Analyze Purchase Orders and Material Requests with Demand plan to track inventory optimization, work with stakeholders to update processes, and effectively implement required changes;
• Identify stranded and surplus inventory, work with stakeholders to remove and leverage capital;
• Identify and resolve inventory for Over,