What are the responsibilities and job description for the Analyst, Inventory Management position at National Grid?
National Grid is hiring an Inventory Management Analyst to support the deployment of our AMI program across the Niagara Mohawk and Massachusetts service territory. This position is based in Waltham, MA.
Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.
To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.
We are the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Field Deployment Group at National Grid. The AMI Deployment Inventory Management Analyst position is a critical role in coordinating this effort and it is a great opportunity to join an exciting program, at the heart of modernizing meter technology. AMI is a foundational technology to enable our clean energy future and reimagine how customer's will engage energy management in the future.
The Meter and Field Deployment team is responsible for deploying 2.4 million smart meters and modules to National Grid's Upstate NY and 1.3 million smart meters across Massachusetts to our customers. We are committed to exceeding the expectations of our customers, shareholders, andcommunities today, while delivering the energy systems of tomorrow.
- Create, manage and analyze inventory queries in support of AMI deployment and regulatory obligations for meters, modules, and field area network devices.
- Work closely with FAN, Meter and Finance Leads to assess workplan requirements and changes
- Make future purchase recommendations to Leadership
- Work closely with Meter mfg and installation contractor
- Monitor and review reports, to identify inventory levels, anomalies, or discrepancies to ensure the integrity of inventory levels.
- Support the coordination for the delivery, return, and warehousing of assets across National Grid service territories and our supporting partners.
- Support the creation and management of program forecast files, SAP POs, open orders, track receipts, and invoice payments in support of workplansin support of workplans stocking points, master data.
- Foster vendor and supplier relationships, assuring performance, pro-active materials management, and timely issue resolution
- Create and maintain KPI's that will be used to inform leadership of the health of the overall project and shared with key stakeholders
- Develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders in to obtain and share information that will benefit National Grid.
- Work on process design and continuous improvement across multiple stakeholders, as well direct support in further development of the AMI CSS analyst role
- Bachelor's degree is preferred or 3-4 years of analytics work
- Knowledge and experience in Supply Chain or Inventory Management
- Ability to build and maintain project wide metrics to be shared with leadership
- Strong analytical skills to design, track, and action key metric
- Exposure to SAP or equivalent ERP system
- Experienced in creating models with Power BI and/or Microsoft Excel.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Word, PowerPoint). Visio and Projects is a plus
- Effective relationship management skills
- Strong verbal, written and communication skills
- Ability to be flexible and agile
- Ability to work in virtual teams
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Salary
$69,000 - $81,000 a year
This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.
