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Inventory Analyst

Requisition ID:  9490
Location: 

Calgary, AB, CA, T2B 0R5

Pay Type:  Hourly

WHO IS LAFARGE?
As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, with our people and communities at the heart of our success. We are driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less. It’s all thanks to our 70,000 talented people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.

WHO ARE LAFARGE PEOPLE?
Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.

Overview

 

The Inventory Analyst will lead, implement and manage a consistent and safe approach to production, sales and inventory reconciliation as well as BOM/Recipe creations for all ready mix sites in the Greater Calgary Area (GCA). This will be accomplished through variant daily/bi-weekly and monthly monitoring and adjustments of inventory and production metrics at all plants as well as continuous communication with production, sales, quality and finance. She/he will also work with all departments to help drive plant efficiencies and reduce operating costs.

 

The Inventory Analyst will primarily interface with the Finance and Quality Managers – but will have regular interactions with other members of the GCA team such as the Operations, Production, and Sales. The Inventory Analyst will be responsible for all BOM creation/management, finished goods, and share in the accountability for short product and long inventory.

 

Responsibilities:

 

Safety Leadership:

  • Promotes an organized and efficient production environment that drives a safe work culture in the Greater Calgary Area.

 

Master Data Management:

  • Responsible for setup new items and their associated product recipes and BOMs at each plant.

  • Works closely with Sales and Quality to maximize saleable m3 from each plant based on the inventory and finished goods of the site.

  • Works closely with Quality Manager for BOM uploads and recipe data in all systems for production.

  • Ensures BOM’s and corresponding recipes are uploaded into all systems upon request.

 

Workflow

  • Coordinate with billing coordinators for each market area to help resolve workflow errors that are holding up billing in a timely manner

  • Create Purchase Orders for material suppliers and manages the requisitioning of such in SAP

  • Reconcile Finished Goods inventory in the system daily

 

Inventory/Consumption Tracking:

  • Daily Receiving of all raw materials

  • Coordinate admixture receiving with P2P groups if needed

  • Create monthly physical inventory processes

  • Work with Quality Managers to ensure correct product and source codes are being used and resolve system production errors.

  • Work with PM’s and Operations to ensure systems are in place for monthly and annual physical inventory counts

  • Analyze results of physical counts to identify opportunities and concerns.

  • Ensures product inventories are managed (and reflected in reporting) so that material and inventory data is up to date and reconciled in all reports and systems.

  • Provides consistent and effective reports for production, sales and finance management.

 

Business Analysis:

  • Review daily production and sales reports from each plant for finished goods reconciliation.

  • Review inventory items with plant managers and identify issues and improvement opportunities.

  • Review material losses with Plant and Finance Managers for reconciliation and identify issues and improvement opportunities.

  • Work with Finance and business to generate Reporting for Inventory, Sales and other business analysis

 

Other Duties:

  • Other Finance analysis (to be determined as become more familiar with SAP and systems)

  • Assist Finance related to CAPEX managing and maintaining capital expenditures

  • Act as a support for work groups that may need assistance in regards to SAP expertise, BOM knowledge, workflow error resolution

  • Help create reports or KPI’s for business areas (ie/ delivery trackers, sales reporting from BW)

 

Relationships with Others Jobs:

 

Reports to Finance Manager

  • Works directly with key stakeholders (e.g. Plant Managers)

  • Works closely with other functional teams (e.g. Sales, Logistics, Production, Material Performance and Quality)

  • Works closely with Other Inventory Analysts to create consistency between areas

 

Qualifications:

 

Education & Work Experience:

  • Diploma or Degree Program in Finance

  • Junior Accountant with 1 – 2 years’ experience ideal, but new grads encouraged to apply!

 

Knowledge & Skills:

  • Drive for result

  • Passion for excellence

  • Strong people skills

  • Problem solving and analytical skills

  • Disciplined and process oriented

  • Strong computer skills and familiar with ERP system and flows

 

As part of our dedicated focus on the health and safety of all employees, a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol testing and a criminal record check, may be required.

YOUR LAFARGE EXPERIENCE
At Lafarge, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you’re in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. With us you’ll have the chance to embrace the passion we share for our planet. You’ll be encouraged to seek out diverse perspectives, share your ideas and build the skills and connections you need to perform at your best. Because it’s only when we work together in a culture where everyone thrives, that we can build the world we all want to live in.

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