Inventory Analyst Assistant

Global Industrial

Corporate Overview

For over 70 years, Global Industrial has been an industry leader providing private label and brand name industrial equipment and supplies to businesses throughout North America.

We carry over one million industrial, material handling, and business products sold through our website, corporate sales team, and full-color catalogs. We continually expand our product offerings to meet the diverse needs of our customers, including small to large corporations, institutions, government agencies, and consumers across North America.

Key Responsibilities

Vendor Relations & Support:

• Act as the primary supply chain contact for vendors, fostering strong relationships to ensure consistent supply and service levels.
• Ensure vendor compliance with stated service levels.
• Navigate the Global Vendor Portal with vendors, including routing freight for purchase orders, updating delivery dates, billing drop-shipment POs, creating logins for additional vendor contacts, and escalating vendor delays impacting customer experience to Purchasing and Product Management leadership.

Purchase Order Expediting:

• Use system-generated reports to identify late purchase orders (stock and drop ship), items projected to run out of stock before delivery, and proactively contact vendors to expedite shipments and secure updated delivery commitments.
• Maintain accurate and timely updates to PO statuses in ERP systems for organizational visibility.

Competencies and Skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Business, or related field preferred; associate degree with relevant experience acceptable.
• 1-3 years of experience in procurement, vendor management, or supply chain operations within distribution or logistics environments.
• Strong communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to work independently with vendors to improve performance metrics.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including managing large datasets and pivot tables.
• Ability to thrive in a high-volume, deadline-driven setting.

EEO/AA Statement

Global Industrial provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants, prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This policy applies to all employment terms and conditions, including recruiting, hiring, promotion, termination, layoffs, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.