Inventory Analyst Lead

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Inventory Analyst Lead

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Job Purpose / Objective

• Lead inventory optimisation and analytics activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate accuracy of material specifications, attributes, classifications, and valuation data.
• Oversee creation, review, update, and approval of material master records in ERP systems (e.g., SAP MM).
• Work with Supply Chain and Warehouse teams in improving physical and system inventory alignment.
• Establish and enforce material master data governance frameworks, coding standards, naming conventions, and quality controls.
• Manage mass updates, data migration tasks, and corrections arising from system upgrades (e.g., S/4HANA transitions).
• Lead and supervise the Material Stock Auditor/Analyst and Coding Analyst teams, ensuring workload prioritization, performance management, and skills development.
• Analyze movement histories, consumption patterns, lead times, safety stock, and reorder parameters to support inventory optimization.
• Act as the primary authority for material taxonomy, material groups, valuation classes, and classification structures.
• Support procurement sourcing decisions by ensuring accurate classification and standard descriptions.
• Provide insights to reduce overstock, stockouts, slow-moving inventory, and non-moving stock categories.
• Generate executive-level dashboards and reports on: Data quality KPI, Inventory health and valuation risks, Duplicate/incorrect material trends.
• Support audits (internal/external) with accurate material master and inventory data.
• Lead material inventory audits to identify duplicate, obsolete, or misclassified materials.
• Ensure full compliance with relevant industrial Standards.
• Work with Finance teams on inventory valuation integrity and material cost controls.

Qualifications / Experience

• Work experience: 5-7 years of inventory management or relevant discipline. Strong Analytical, and project management.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

Required Skills:

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-volume environment.
• Problem-solving, process improvement, and decision-making capability.
• Proficiency in SAP Material Management (SAP MM).
• Strong analytical skills; proficiency with Excel, Power BI, or similar analytics tools.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration ability.
• Experience in inventory analysis
• Strong leadership and team supervision skills.
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.