Inventory Analyst

What this Job Entails: 

The Inventory Analyst I is responsible for ensuring the timely and correct delivery of data center resources to client sites across the world. The Inventory Analyst will play an integral role in ensuring that our services continue to run and scale along with our customers’ needs. Along with significant execution responsibilities, the Analyst will also participate in process sustainability and improvement initiatives, thus playing a key role in Fulfillment Optimizations evolution.

Scope: 

• Applies company policies and procedures to resolve routine issues

• Works on problems of limited scope

• Receives detailed instructions

Your Roles and Responsibilities:

• Assist in machine rack and slot inventory management

• Engage in deployment plan analysis and execution of established workflows

• Involved in project tracking 

• Assist with machine inventory management

• Responsible for auditing per location inventory and identifying excess inventory

• Help to determine inventory repurposing and removal path & schedule decommissioning

• Manage machine reassignments

• Manage reduction and cancellation of supply orders in response to changes in demand

• Coordinate with internal teams to schedule removal of TCO negative inventory and delivery of replacement capacity

• Route and respond to tickets

• Manage machine drains in advance of decommissioning

• Monitor transient supply deficits

• Create and assist in managing deployment plans

• Perform “cluster health” audits and remediations

• Monitor customer order delivery performance

• Mitigate fulfillment interrupts / failures

• Other duties as required. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities assigned to this position

Required Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S/B.A) from four-college or university and 0 to 2 years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience 

• Builds stable working relationships internally

• Follows standard practice and procedures when analyzing situations or data

• Basic knowledge of materials and components of machine racks or in-flight racks

• Knowledge of inventory and order management 

• Ability to assess current inventory and reassign as needed for infeasible orders

• Strong organization skills and ability to adapt to a rapidly changing work environment.

• Excellent documentation, writing, organization and verbal communication skills. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

•  Familiarity with project management  ​

Physical Demand & Work Environment:

• Must have the ability to perform office-related tasks which may include prolonged sitting or standing

• Must have the ability to move from place to place within an office environment

• Must be able to use a computer

• Must have the ability to communicate effectively 

• Some positions may require occasional repetitive motion or movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers