Analyst - Supply Chain

ANALYST - SUPPLY CHAIN

Reports To: VP of Supply Chain

Department:Supply Chain

Position: Full-Time

With over 100,000 SKUs, General Fasteners Company (GFC) is a full-service distributor for a wide range of Fastener and Assembly Components in over 40 product categories. We excel at providing great products, superior customer service, customized Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) programs, product testing, and engineering solutions for our valued customers. More than half of the items we supply are specifically engineered for our customer's unique applications, and many are non-fastener items such as stampings, molded plastics and composites, mechanical assemblies, kits of various configurations, fittings, private labeled products, and many more. We work with over 800 suppliers from around the globe to offer customers a one-stop shop for all of their Assembly component needs.

This role provides employees with an opportunity to develop their skills in an industry & company with unique characteristics (e.g. vendor managed inventory). Employees in this role will interact with multiple areas and levels of the business in varying capacities. This is not a supervisory role, but top performers in this position may be eligible for growth opportunities within the Supply Chain team and beyond.

If your experience aligns with the description below and you're eager to make an impact right away, then click Apply now! Placement will occur ASAP.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Formulate and lead multifaceted analytic studies against large volumes of data.
• Interprets and analyzes data using exploratory statistical techniques.
• Coordinates research and analytic activities to utilize various data points (unstructured and structured) and employ processes and procedures to clean and organize data.
• Provide undiscovered solutions to command data challenges.
• Leads all data collection and experiments tasked by Supply Chain organization.
• Coordinates with cross-functional teams to build data environments.
• Develops methodology and processes for prioritization and scheduling of projects and reporting.
• Analyzes problems and determines root causes.
• Works closely with all business units and cross-functional teams to develop strategy for long term data platforms
• Will be responsible for not only Internal data mining but market research as well

THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF AND/OR EXPERIENCE WITH:

• Ability to work in a team environment
• Self-Starter
• Attention to detail.
• Experience with Epicor
• Experience with SharePoint
• Advanced Microsoft Skills
• Ability to Multi-Task

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years of related experience in a buying/purchasing role

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree (or pursuit of) in business-related field, preferably concentrating in Supply Chain or Purchasing

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

• This position has no supervisory responsibility.

TRAVEL:

• No travel expected for this position

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to type, file and/or lift up to 20 lbs. The employee is frequently required to hear and speak. The employee is required to sit, stand, move about, and use hands and arms to reach, handle or feel. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WHY JOIN GENERAL FASTENERS?

• Stable, privately owned company with more than 65 years as a full-service distributor of Fasteners and Assembly Components
• Opportunity for professional growth within the company
• Competitive compensation, paid weekly
• Work from home flexibility
• Generous benefit package: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with Company match, Life, Disability, FSA, EAP, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Employee Discount, Tuition Reimbursement, Referral Program, and more!
• Visit our website to learn more about GFC! www.genfast.com

This position is based in our Livonia, MI office. Must be authorized to work in the United States.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may be required to perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the Company.

General Fasteners Company is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.