Title: Logistics Order Inventory Analyst
Industry: Teir 2 Supplier
Location: Farmington Hills, IN
Salary: $55k-$70k
Start: negotiable

Summary:
This position is responsible for processing orders for products received by EDI system, email or personally from customers or company employees. This position is also responsible for managing inventory through database and maintaining and analyzing the company inventory level required on a daily basis to meet customers’ demands.

Responsibilities:
Customer Service:
• Prepares for all necessary shipping documents and makes data entries into Phreebooks.
• Processes customer orders by sending information to the warehouse and freight forwarders.
• Creates sales orders and invoices.
• Sends advanced shipping notices (ASN) to customers.
• Arrange courier shipments (eg: FedEx, UPS, and DHL) for prototype and service part orders.
• Files all customer sales orders related documents.
• Receives forecasts from customers and updates an inventory matrix.
• Coordinates with the warehouse to release the required parts on due date when received the release orders from customers.
• Creates and sends the request forms (Yosei-hyo, Ringi-sho) and purchase orders to the company’s overseas locations based on the forecasts or purchase orders received from customers.
• Follows up on orders and coordinates shipping schedules with Kurabe overseas locations to ensure delivery by specific dates.
• Communicates with customers, carriers, freight forwarders and suppliers when issues arise on the shipments.
• Checks shipping orders to ensure they are accurate with regards to quantity shipping.
• Inventory Control / Order Analysis:
• Updates inventory matrixes and Phreebooks based on forecasts from customers.
• Receives shipping notices from the company’s overseas locations and inputs data of inbound shipments into Phreebooks and update inventory matrixes.
• Sends the information of inbound shipments to the warehouse and freight forwarders.
• Communicates with EDI and ERP system providers to maintain and improve the current EDI system and establishes the new EDI connections with WMS systems of the warehouses.
• Arranges shipments for returning products to the company’s overseas locations.
• Manages prototype and service parts inventory stored at the company.
• Reconciles inventory reports between Phreebooks and WMS of each warehouse and performs inventory valuation monthly.
• Reconciles open order balance referring to order balance matrixes from HQ in Japan and updates Phreebooks.
• Prepares order planning matrixes and create order/delivery plans analyzing past delivery records, the latest forecasts from customers, and market information.
• Establishes release and delivery procedures for new customers coordinating with the warehouses, freight forwarders and customers.

Other & Miscellaneous:
• Creates and updates standard operating procedures (SOP).
• Creates barcode shipping labels based on AIAG or customer standards.
• Makes cost analyses regarding logistics and inventory management at the warehouses.
• Makes efforts to gain product knowledge and familiarize with the product markets.
• Seeks constant improvement, more efficient and less expensive ways and means in work processes.

Qualifications/Requirement:
• English and Japanese language skills - Native or native-like Japanese proficiency preferred.
• Trading Knowledge - Knowledge of customs, incoterms, and documents for imports/exports.