Applies expertise in an assigned commodity set responsible for one or more of the following functions: customer inventory set-up and maintenance, parts data accuracy, content integrity, systems integrity, pricing rule application, cross reference and configuration data applications and other related activities. Supports materials, sales and/or other support operations team members.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Builds inventory part data list and/or pricing rules in system tools to ensure supplier specifications and company strategies are met.
- Creates, maintains, and audits inventory/pricing data, automated rules, pricing set-ups, margin levels, processes, configurations, cross reference detail, preference management and other related systems aspects to ensure system integrity and compliance to established governance requirements.
- Proactively notifies and educates the materials, product, sales and/or other support operations team members regarding new/existing vendor pricing programs and conditions, product change updates, product end-of-life updates, price increases, process changes, price approval requirements, etc.
- Tests system to ensure proper configuration set-up. Troubleshoots and resolves systems issues related to inventory and/or pricing. Resolves issues via training, updates to inventory and/or pricing file or system defects/enhancement identification.
- Maintains required documentation. May provide customer/supplier analytic data for periodic business reviews and performance reports.
- May establish new vendors, new programs from suppliers and/or internal customers, performs mass data loads.
- May train other support operations team members regarding job role and responsibilities, systems, processes, negotiations, supplier reviews and related activities.
- Proficiently applies expertise when working with system related tools.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Level Specifications:
- Foundational knowledge of specialized disciplines, industry practices and standards, acquired via academic instruction and/or relevant work experience of substantially the same level.
- Develops solutions to defined tasks, typical assignments and projects. May be solved by the application of specialized foundational knowledge, using existing approaches and solutions.
- Work is usually performed independently and requires the exercise of judgment and discretion. Receives initial direction although work may be reviewed for accuracy and quality.
- Collaborates with immediate management and team members within the department or function.
- Actions typically affect own work assignments and department. Erroneous decisions or failure to accomplish work may require some assistance or resources to remedy.
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