Inventory Analyst II

Bausch + Lomb (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) is a leading global eye health company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world—from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Our mission is simple, yet powerful: helping you see better, to live better.

Our comprehensive portfolio of over 400 products is fully integrated and built to serve our customers across the full spectrum of their eye health needs throughout their lives. Our iconic brand is built on the deep trust and loyalty of our customers established over our 170-year history. We have a significant global research, development, manufacturing and commercial footprint of approximately 13,000 employees and a presence in approximately 100 countries, extending our reach to billions of potential customers across the globe. We have long been associated with many of the most significant advances in eye health, and we believe we are well positioned to continue leading the advancement of eye health in the future.

Objectives/Purpose of Job:

The Inventory Analyst II is responsible for independently monitoring, analyzing, and improving inventory accuracy across warehouses and manufacturing operations. The position leads complex inventory investigations, identifies systemic root causes, develops corrective and preventive actions, maintains inventory-control reporting, and partners cross-functionally to improve transaction accuracy, ERP system integrity, regulatory compliance, and operational performance.

Key Activities/Responsibilities:

•        Lead complex investigations of inventory discrepancies, transaction errors, and lot, location, status, or system differences; determine root cause, business impact, required corrections, and preventive actions.

•        Analyze receipts, issues, transfers, returns, adjustments, manufacturing consumption, cycle counts, and related ERP activity to distinguish isolated errors from recurring processes, training, master-data, procedural, or system-control failures.

•        Process and reconcile approved inventory adjustments in ERP LX with accurate reason codes, required approvals, and complete supporting documentation.

•        Coordinate assigned cycle-count and physical-inventory activities, including count generation, recounts, variance reconciliation, cut-off controls, reporting, record retention, and follow-up corrective actions.

•        Develop and maintain inventory-control reports, dashboards, and metrics for inventory accuracy, count completion, adjustment activity, open discrepancies, repeat variances, and transaction-error trends.

•        Use Excel and approved analytical tools to reconcile large data sets, identify exceptions and trends, and present risks and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders.

•        Serve as a technical resource for inventory transactions and controls; reconcile information across connected systems and investigate item, lot, location, warehouse, unit-of-measure, interface, timing, or material-status differences.

•        Support inventory-related system enhancements, reports, interfaces, process changes, standardized analytical methods, transaction guidance, and reference materials.

•        Perform inventory-control activities in compliance with GMP requirements, approved procedures, data-integrity expectations, quality requirements, and financial controls; maintain accurate, complete, traceable, contemporaneous, and audit-ready records.

•        Support internal, external, financial, and regulatory audits and participate in applicable non-conformance, deviation, CAPA, SOP, work-instruction, and training activities.

•        Lead or support cross-functional inventory-accuracy, transaction-control, reporting, and reconciliation improvements; maintain action plans and verify that corrective actions produce sustained results.

•        Provide inventory-control training and technical guidance to transaction users and support projects involving new products, warehouse layouts, material flows, or system implementations.

Qualifications/Training:

Education: HS diploma/GED required

Forklift certification and working knowledge of warehouse material-handling equipment—including pallet jacks, palletizers, sit-down forklifts, and high-rack turret trucks—preferred.

Experience: Minimum of two years of experience operating powered industrial equipment required; experience in a manufacturing or distribution center environment preferred.

Preferred Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP or warehouse management systems, preferably ERP LX and PeopleSoft.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze large data sets, reconcile inventory transactions, identify trends and root causes, and develop accurate, audit-ready reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication, attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to collaborate effectively across Warehouse, Manufacturing, Planning, Quality, Finance, and other cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting cycle counts, inventory investigations, process improvements, and system or reporting enhancements in a regulated manufacturing or distribution environment is preferred.

Eligibility for Internal Applicants:

Have no corrective actions at the written warning level in last six months / no final warning level in the last 12 months / no active PIP. 
Meet the qualifications of the position as stated above.                                                     
Be in your current job for 12 months.

Position applying for must be a step up in progression and not a step down.       

This position may be available in the following location: Greenville, SC

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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