Job Summary: The Inventory Analyst defines optimal inventory levels and optimizes costs while balancing product availability, delivery lead times, and supply chain capacity. Key Highlights: 1. Define inventory strategy and optimal product levels. 2. Collaborate on supply chain optimization and cost reduction. 3. Develop and implement inventory risk management strategies. **Location:** MX \- Headquarters Office **Position Mission:** Define optimal inventory levels for finished goods (FG), semi-finished goods, raw materials, and packaging to ensure product and material availability while minimizing costs. The Inventory Analyst analyzes, monitors, and provides recommendations to concurrent and material planners to balance inventory, delivery lead times, and capacity and cost decisions (including OPQ optimization). Additionally, the Inventory Analyst classifies inventory items by importance and value, focusing on more rigorous management of high-value items. **Key Responsibilities:** * Define inventory strategy in collaboration with concurrent planners and category DSP managers (in markets). * Define and share optimal inventory levels for finished goods, semi-finished goods, raw materials, and packaging with all relevant stakeholders, considering potential demand variability, supplier delivery lead time fluctuations, and other supply chain uncertainties. * Identify opportunities to reduce inventory holding costs through optimization of storage, transportation, and order quantity strategies. * Portfolio segmentation: categorize inventory items by importance and value, focusing on more rigorous management of high-value items. * Provide periodic reports and analyses to management and cross-functional teams, highlighting inventory trends, risks, and opportunities. * Ensure inventory data quality compliance. * Collaborate with concurrent and material planners to balance inventory, delivery lead times, capacity, and cost decisions. * Develop and implement inventory risk management strategies to mitigate potential supply chain disruptions. **What Will Make You Successful?** 1–2 years of experience in demand planning, procurement, and production planning processes. Advanced Excel. Advanced English. SAP. OMP knowledge. Database analysis. Completed or ongoing degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field. Analytical and negotiation skills. Problem-solving ability.