U.S CITIZENS ONLY & LOCATED IN THE U.S
About the Company:
Kinetic Global is a global duty of care and critical event management security SaaS company. Operating in more than 175 countries, we are the tip of spear in Global Security and Risk Intelligence- providing personal safety, travel risk management, and enhanced emergency mass notification system with comprehensive global imagery and proprietary AI algorithms. The Kinetic Global SaaS platform ensures operational safety and security oversight to businesses operating worldwide, in partnership with Constellis, the world’s leading risk management organization. A wide range of companies & organizations have implemented Kinetic Global services and products, including Agencies, NGO’s and Fortune 500 companies.
About the Role
As an Inventory Operation Specialist, your role is to further develop and assist inventory plans that align with forecasted demand for our hospitality customers. You will manage and optimize inventory, including lead times, safety stock, and order cycles, to ensure a smooth flow of goods from our vendors. This includes identifying and mitigating risks of stock shortages or overages, minimizing backorders within the supply chain, and implementing effective pre-buy strategies with well-timed ramp-up and ramp-down plans. Additionally, you will regularly assess vendor capacities, and scorecard vendors to make sure they meet their service level agreements. Collaboration with the Sales and Operations teams is crucial to successfully manage supply and inventory strategies.
Responsibilities
- Part-Time (20 Hours a week)
- Communicate and coordinate between vendors, internal stakeholders, and team members.
- Frequent Visits to Fed Ex
- Ability to perform regular vendor assessments and monitor service level agreements through effective score-carding methods.
- Planning and anticipating supply chain challenges, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Monthly reconciliation of inventory to match invoices from our vendors
- Leverage Microsoft Excel to enhance data analysis and business efficiency with features like formulas, and pivot tables, that simplify managing datasets and drive better decision-making.
- Participate in cross-functional collaboration with Sales and Operations teams to align inventory strategies with business objectives.
- Setup customer’s new hardware including pairing beacons, recording serial numbers, upload to portal, label, boxing/unboxing and shipment to customer site.
- Coordinate hardware return to vendor including vendor communication, documenting serial number, portal update, invoice update, inventory update, create shipping label, pack and drop off for shipment.
Qualifications
- Excel Proficent
- I cannot ignore mistakes. I understand that not everyone defines "mistake" the same way... but still, I cannot ignore a mistake.
- People ask me to proofread because they know I will catch everything that might even be considered to be an error.
- Follow detailed steps towards the accurate and efficient execution
- Provide input on improvement opportunities
- Leave thing better than you found them
- Detailed written documentation
Competency in the following core skills
- Strong communication/interpersonal skills
- Analytical background
- Analyzing methodologies and suggesting improvements
- Strong work ethic
- Must provide your own laptop and be proficient at using it
- Must possess effective verbal and written communication skills
- Must have strong attention for detail
- Must have strong analytical skills with the ability to interact with development team
- Ability to escalate issues appropriately
- Be able to work as a 1099 (contractor)
- Be able to work part-time with the potential for more hours and the opportunity exists for this to be come full-time