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Requirements
- Education
- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field
- Relevant Work Experience
- Additional
- Intermediate skill level in Microsoft Excel (i.e. VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, IF Statements, SUM function and sort/filter).
- Intermediate skill level in Microsoft Outlook (i.e. creating folders, utilizing calendar/reminders, and coordinating meetings).
- Bachelor's degree.
- Advanced time management skills to ensure daily work, discrepancies and/or projects are accomplished within given SLA's.
- Experience building and maintaining relationships within and between teams/vendors.
- Advanced skill level in Microsoft Excel (i.e. macros and advanced formulas).
- Exposure/experience with SAP and/or Zendesk
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Job Summary Provide operational support through meticulous and accurate analyzing of reports, surplus, shared mailboxes, and workflows related to inventory on both inbound and outbound orders. Requires a keen eye for detail and the ability to analyze and interpret data to make decisions that are beneficial to vendor/customer relationships and prevent financial losses. Requires thorough understanding of inventory, AP, and vendor agreements. Job Description CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Conduct thorough investigations into product held stock for damages, expired items, and licensing issues. Make decisions assigning financial responsibility and as necessary, acting as a liaison between warehouses, sales, and vendors. Apply knowledge in managing inventory. Analyze and scrutinize numerous platforms to identify root causes to challenges, trends and to make key decisions. Manage disputes with vendors and reduce divisional losses by negotiating returns to recoup as much monies as possible. Exercise judgment in handling negotiations. Process chargeback submissions and identify fundamental cause based on analysis and implement solutions. Analyze recalled inventory reports to ensure that vendor funds are recouped and inventory is not released to customers. Safeguard allocation, lot sequestering and restrictions inventory. Make data-driven decisions based terms. Adjust processes as fluctuations occur quickly and manage within aggressive timelines. Lead challenging high-stake conversations with professionalism. Maintain shared mailboxes, generate and maintain reports, and achieve any established deliverables on assigned projects. Review and take action on active surplus, expired products, and custom items by engaging with sales and vendors. Ensure that responsibility is placed on the correct source and manage discussions until resolved. Navigate through situations when parties are resistant to taking financial responsibilities. Negotiate returns and restock fees when risk of loss.
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