Senior Materials Analyst

Position Title: SENIOR MATERIALS ANALYST
Location: HOUSTON, TX
FLSA Class: EXEMPT
Responsible to: MATERIALS MANAGER

Position Summary: The Master Materials Analyst professional is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of critical business data across the organization. This role focuses on establishing governance standards, data quality controls, and integration processes that enable reliable reporting, analytics, and operational efficiency. The Master Inventory Analyst will lead and oversee the development, analysis, and optimization of inventory management strategies across multiple product lines and/or geographies. This role demands a deep analytical mindset, advanced forecasting capabilities, and strong cross-functional collaboration to ensure optimal stock levels, minimize costs, and support the company’s service and growth objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain item master for SKU part development and management.
• Develop inventory models (including safety stock, reorder points, lead times, days on hand, turnover) to align inventory investments with demand forecasts and business objectives.
• Analyze historical sales, seasonality, trends, and market changes to generate accurate demand forecasts and supply plans.
• Monitor inventory performance metrics and KPIs—such as inventory turnover, obsolete/slow-moving stock, stockouts, on-time fill rate—and identify areas for improvement.
• Conduct regular inventory audits and reconciliations to ensure data accuracy and integrity in the inventory management system.
• Collaborate with procurement, supply chain, operations, sales, and finance teams to ensure synchronized planning and inventory execution.
• Lead initiatives to optimize inventory levels, reduce carrying costs, minimize obsolescence, and improve service levels.
• Establish and maintain inventory policies, procedures, and controls (e.g., cycle count programs, audit routines, documentation) to ensure compliance and best practices.
• Utilize advanced analytics (e.g., statistical modeling, segmentation, ABC/XYZ analysis) and inventory management software/ERP systems to drive decision making.
• Create and present detailed inventory reports, dashboards and insights to senior management, highlighting risks, trends, opportunities, and progress on key initiatives.
• Support new product launches, special promotions, end-of-life transitions, and changes in demand patterns by developing inventory plans and coordinating execution.

Other Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Operations, or a related field. Master’s preferred
• 5+ years of experience in inventory management, forecasting, supply chain analytics, or related functions—ideally with increasing responsibility.
• Strong proficiency in Excel (advanced functions, pivot tables, macros), and comfortable working with data, databases and large datasets.
• Experience with ERP/inventory management systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, other) and familiarity with supply chain metrics.
• Analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills—able to engage cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, and present to senior leadership.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with changing priorities and competing demands.
• Experience with demand forecasting methods, inventory optimization techniques (safety stock, ABC/XYZ classification), and inventory lifecycle management (new product introduction to end-of-life).
• This role is typically office-based but may require occasional travel to warehouses, suppliers or other sites.
• Master’s degree or relevant advanced certification (e.g., APICS CPIM/CSCP, ISM).
• Experience with global inventory management, multi-site operations, or complex supply chains.
• Hands-on experience driving inventory process improvements, change management or system implementations.
• Strong business acumen with understanding of cost drivers, working capital impact, and P&L implications of inventory decisions.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

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