Inventory Analyst

Why work for Lafarge?:
As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we’re committed to shaping a
**greener**,
**smarter** and
**healthier** world. At Lafarge Canada Inc.,
**safety** comes first,
**collaboration** matters and
**diversity** is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually
**make our materials better.**

Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join us?

Overview:
The Inventory Analyst will lead, implement and manage a consistent and safe approach to production, sales and inventory reconciliation as well as Bill of Materials (BOM)/Recipe creations for all ready mix and aggregate sites in Greater BC area. This will be accomplished through various 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 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 Vancouver 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 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)
- Act as a support for work groups that may need assistance in regards to SAP expertise, BOM knowledge, workflow error resolution
- Help Finance create processes for business groups
- Help create reports or KPI’s for business areas (ie/ delivery trackers, sales reporting from BW)

Relationships with Others Jobs:

- Reports to Controller
- 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 Production Analysts to create consistency between areas

Qualifications:
Education & Work Experience:

- A minimum of 2 years relevant experience in Manufacturing or Finance.

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._**

LafargeHolcim:
As we are reinventing the way the world builds, we need world-class talent to join our Lafarge Canada team: people who are
**passionate**, driven by
**curiosity** and keen to
**grow**,
**learn, develop** and
**thrive** in our high-performance culture.

Whatever you do, you will make a difference here. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs