US Purchasing Data Analyst

About the role

As a Purchasing Data Analyst, you will communicate with client representatives and maintain client expectations toward the project, reporting directly with the client's team on progress updates. You will maintain an inventory forecast and purchasing excel model, analyze sales data, historical trends, and market insights to determine optimal inventory management strategies.

Key responsibilities

• Communicate with client's representative and maintain client's expectations toward the project. Report directly with the client's team on progress updates
• Maintain an inventory forecast and purchasing excel model, analyze sales data, historical trends, and market insights to determine optimal inventory management strategies
• Monitor and adjust inventories to ensure optimal product availability and minimize stockouts as well as excess inventory
• Collaborate with suppliers and distributors, assist in price negotiation, and establish strong relationships to ensure a reliable and cost-effective supply of materials or services. Monitor supplier performance, address any issues or disruptions, and explore opportunities for strategic partnerships
• Collaborate with freight forwarder to track items and ensure items arrived within the proposed ETA
• Identify opportunities for process optimization and efficiency gains within the supply chain. Implement best practices, streamline workflows, and utilize technology and automation solutions to enhance productivity and reduce costs
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, such as warehouse, sales, and finance teams, to ensure alignment and coordination across departments
• Perform other ad-hoc tasks as necessary

About you

• Minimum bachelor's degree from a top-tier university, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering (or Operations Research), Finance / Business or a related field is preferred
• 2–3 years inventory management / purchasing experience
• Strong English proficiency, both written and verbal – able to communicate in a full English environment
• Ability to conduct extensive data analysis (inventory management) with robust structure, logic, and relevant / applicable context of the client's business
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including complex formulas with proven ability to build and maintain inventory forecasting and purchasing models
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of inventory management best practices and supply chain principles
• Structured thinker capable of providing structure and order to information while maintaining high-level strategy
• Available to join ASAP

About us

Daniel P. O'Reilly and Company (DPO&Co.) is a boutique strategy consulting firm that specializes in rapidly delivering value to clients. We engage with Private Equity firms and traditional corporate clients on projects similar to those done at A.T Kearney, McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Strategy&, etc. After several successful years and completing over 50 engagements, we have also entered the Principal Investing arena, closing our first deal on a Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing company in September 2020. The team spans globally with team members in Chicago, Puerto Rico, Denver, New Delhi, Colombia and Jakarta, Indonesia.