Inventory & Coding Analyst at KPMG

Requirements

You’re a strong candidate if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics, Engineering, Operations, Business Administration, or a related discipline; with a minimum of Second-Class Lower (2.2) GPA.
• Minimum of 3 – 5 years experience in inventory planning, materials management or supply chain analytics
• Working knowledge of inventory controls, forecasting and material-master data
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ERP/SCM systems. Experience using Power BI for business intelligence, date visualisation, real-time dashboards and AI-powered insights will be an added advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to translate analysis into practical actions for stakeholders
• Experience working in oil & gas, energy, or large industrial environments is preferred.

You’ll help our oil and gas clients succeed by:

• Analysing stock levels, usage history, lead times and demand signals to recommend replenishment parameters.
• Monitoring shortages, excess, slow-moving and obsolete stock and co-ordinate agreed corrective actions.
• Maintaining and planning parameters.
• Supporting cycle counting, inventory reconciliation and root-cause analysis of variances.
• Partnering with operations, maintenance, procurement and warehouse teams to improve demand forecasts.
• Producing dashboards and decision-ready insights into inventory health, availability and working capital.
• Setting up, monitor, and maintain data quality for material masters, inventory classifications, inventory parameters (MRP Types, Min./Max., safety stock levels) in the ERP system. 
• Driving inventory optimisation, identifying excess, dormant, and obsolete stock, and managing write-off proposals. 
• Ensuring material availability for critical operations, including turnarounds, shutdowns, and maintenance activities.
• Coding and managing new material masters and overseeing master data standardisation and integrity across SAP systems.
• Conducting audit reviews with internal and external parties and partners.