• Responsible for utilizing system tools and operational methods to ensure optimal product availability and inventory balance across multiple locations. • Analyze field inventory levels to identify potential excesses and opportunities for better utilization, repositioning or pull back. • Analyzes inventory data and makes decisions regarding aged inventory reduction. • Monitors exception reports and daily analytics for aged inventory business metrics. • Reviews and reports time sensitive exposure to the field in order to move product prior to expiration. • Teams with purchasing to align disposition of inventory and required data updates. • Analyzes and communicates impacts of proposed changes to affected teams. • Partners with various departments on the disposition and retirement of aged products. • Maintains supplier relations, partners with supplier to address supplier returns, and collaborates with suppliers and purchasing to align on future inventory requirements. • Works with the category management team to ensure they have all vendor agreements in order to execute returns. • Analyzes trends and determines methods for reporting excess inventory to the field. • Collaborates with other analysts to maintain consistency within the regions. • Creates statistical forecasts and identifies and quantifies risks of inventory on hand. • Makes recommendations to field leadership on disposition of inventory reserved at 100%. • Executes projects assigned by the field leadership team.