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POSITION SUMMARY
As an inventory analyst, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that Sears Holdings meets our customers’ expectations with compelling merchandise assortments, in the right place at the right time by planning, managing, and maintaining the replenishment for a specified line of merchandise.
As a member of the Inventory Management team, your goal will be to maintain an in-stock standard while achieving planned turnover and revenue growth.
A career in Inventory Management offers an opportunity to help manage one of the largest and most complex supply chains in the retail industry!
LOCATION
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
QUALIFICATIONS >>
- Bachelors degree in a business related major: supply chain, finance, accounting, statistics, economics, retail management, mathematics, engineering
- Strong academic performance. Minimum GPA 3.2
- Demonstrated leadership abilities
- Involvement in extracurricular activities
- Dedication to customer service
- Strong analytical skills
- Proficient in MS Excel
- Goal/Results orientation
- Permanent Employment Authorization/U.S. Citizen
- Retail job experience, operations/supply chain course work, or internship a plus
RESPONSIBILITIES >>
Throughout your career in Inventory Management you will be exposed to continuous training and development opportunities. In addition to in-depth training in our inventory management systems, additional experiences will include an orientation at one of our retail stores as well as exposure to our logistics processes at a major distribution center. You will also learn to use the specific tools and systems required for success in your first assignment. After your training, you will be actively engaged in your new role as an Inventory Analyst and be a part of a high-performance management team. You will interact daily with merchandising and store professionals as well as analyze information such as product inventory reports, sales trends, and vendor production schedules to ensure Sears Holdings provides optimum inventory productivity. The Inventory Analyst plays a critical role in helping to identify opportunities to improve inventory performance and merchandise availability. Inventory Management offers exciting career opportunities as well as a critical foundation for a majority of any future assignments at Sears Holdings. In this area, your performance and leadership skills will be challenged, developed, and shaped. Your advancement opportunities and career path within Inventory Management as well as the rest of the company are endless!
CAREER PATH >>
Inventory Analyst > Senior Inventory Analyst > Inventory Manager > Director
* Please review our staffing process to learn how to be considered for any of our college programs.
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