Jobs Department: Supply Chain

Inventory Analyst

May 8th, 2025 |

The Inventory Analyst’s primary responsibility is to monitor and maintain accurate inventory levels between the Bumble Bee system and distribution center (DC) warehouse management systems (WMS).  The Inventory Analyst will also provide a supporting role for Supply Chain management to include Logistics financial reporting, DC invoices and inventory management for Co-Packers and Anova frozen business.

 

Responsibilities

 

  • Continuous review of product inventories between Bumble Bee ERP system (SAP) and 7 Bumble Bee DC WMS systems at the plant, item, batch and quantity levels. Inventory valued in excess of $100 million
  • Reconciliation of daily EDI errors, inventory, open orders, and pending in-transit reports for 7 Bumble Bee DCs and 6 Anova DCs
  • Quarterly reconciliation of inventories for Anova frozen DC distribution network
  • Independently act as liaison with distribution center contacts and internal supply chain departments to research and resolve inventory issues
  • Process in SAP daily overage, short and damages (OS&D) for Bumble Bee and Anova inbound receiving
  • Process in SAP manual goods issue for Co-Packers and Direct Container, and Direct Plant shipments
  • Primary contact with DC Customer Success team on inventory and daily EDI issues
  • Assist Logistics team in critical path analysis for trending inventory reconciliation issues within the DC network. This includes issue identification, data analysis, research with DC inventory teams, and recommendations of corrective actions
  • Conduct daily oversight and management of Past Required Ship Date (Past RSD) reporting at Bumble Bee and Anova DCs in coordination with Transportation and Customer Success Teams
  • Perform monthly DC product rotation audits and conduct DC follow up on potential mis-rotated inventory
  • Assist with management of aging and hold inventories with Bumble Bee and Anova DCs, including tracking and management of QA and FDA hold inventories
  • As needed assign general ledger coding and approve DC invoices for processing in SAP’s Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) system
  • As needed maintain DC invoice spreadsheet and monthly logistics financial reports
  • Process raw material receipts and adjustments, conducting annual reconciliation of Bumble Bee owned raw materials
  • Provide operational support for Bumble Bee and Anova daily email correspondence, troubleshooting and issue resolution
  • Miscellaneous analytical reporting projects focused on cost and operations efficiencies as assigned by manager

 

Qualifications and Skills Desired

 

 

  • College degree; BA/BS in logistics, business, supply chain or equivalent business discipline a plus
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Able to work independently, problem solve, use initiative and adapt in a fast-paced environment
  • Able to work with large data extracts, creating formats and formulas to obtain data based next step solutions
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to function in a multi-task environment
  • Computer literate: proficient in Excel (ex: able to use filters, pivot tables and V-Lookups to efficiently analyze and manipulate spreadsheet data). Experience with Power BI a plus.
  • One to two years minimum experience in a supply chain discipline
  • Preference for an inventory/accounting background
  • Preference for a background using SAP
  • This position is at an office desk, sedentary work

 

Compensation & Benefits

 

The health, satisfaction and security of our team members and their families are important to us and an important part of reaching our organization’s goals. We offer a total rewards package that includes valuable and competitive compensation and benefit plans. These programs reflect our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent. The compensation for this role includes base salary and eligibility for an annual bonus based on company performance. All incentive plans are subject to change.

 

The pay range for this role is $47,840 – $57,200 annually to be paid at an hourly rate.

*Compensation will match the level of knowledge, education, skills, and experience applicable to the position.

 

Our current benefits package, which is available to all full-time team members and their eligible dependents, includes:

  • medical insurance
  • dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • HSA & FSA
  • Life insurance and Disability Insurance
  • and other voluntary benefits

We also offer time-off benefits including:

  • paid time-off
  • sick-flex time
  • 12 company paid holidays