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Innovation, Efficiency and Ambition: this is what VAT has stood for over 50 years. 

With this passion, VAT has grown to become the leading international developer, manufacturer and supplier of high-performance high-end vacuum valves and vacuum sealing technology, employing over 2000 people worldwide.  The headquarters are located in Haag (Switzerland), the production centers in Switzerland, Malaysia, Romania and Taiwan.

The Inventory Analyst is responsible for overseeing inventory management operations and partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal material flow and alignment with site inventory targets. The role focuses on monitoring inventory health, analyzing variances and aging, and driving continuous improvements in inventory systems and reporting across sites.  This position plays a key role in establishing optimal stock levels through data-driven analysis of demand variability, lead times, and seasonality, while supporting digitalization initiatives through dashboards and analytics. The Inventory Analyst also collaborates with stakeholders to manage slow-moving and obsolete inventory, ensuring timely disposition in line with governance processes, and continuously identifies opportunities to improve supply chain efficiency and effectiveness.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Oversee inventory management within operations and coordinate with cross-functional teams to regulate material inflow and outflow, ensuring alignment with site inventory targets
• Monitor inventory health and analyse deviations, including work order reconciliation/closure, SMI aging inventory, aging work orders, and aging CC-demand requests.
• Lead the implementation of enhancements in inventory systems both locally and across multiple sites.
• Establish optimal stock levels for each product/component by analyzing demand variability, lead times, and seasonality, utilizing Excel tools and other available systems.
• Develop dashboards at both site and PL levels, and support the digitalization of reports, focusing on inventory trends, inventory projection reports, inventory turn rate analysis, and more.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate slow-moving inventory (SMI) for retention or disposal, prepare scrap forms for dead stock, obtain approval from the respective department heads, and coordinate with the warehouse for scrapping.
• Strive to understand and optimize material flow, and identify opportunities to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of supply chain management (SCM) operations.

Minimum Qualification:    

• At least Bachelor's Degree (Preferably in Business/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Data Science related field)
• Minimum 3+ years of working experience in Supply Chain related field. (Preferably in inventory management)
• Proficient in English Communication and Presentation
• Strong logical mindset, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional department effectively.
• Absolute integrity 

Preferred Qualification:

• ERP System (Prefered in D365) 
• Inventory Management (Inflow and Outflow)
• Microsoft Power BI, Excel Macro and Advanced Planning Tools

VAT is an equal opportunity employer. We see ourselves as a responsible and far-sighted employer that offers not only jobs, but also career and personal development opportunities through various training programs. We recognize the value of employee diversity and provide equal employment opportunity for all qualified application that contributes to innovation, improves customer orientation and employee satisfaction. One-step in this direction is to ensure that people are recognized and fairly compensated for their contributions to the company. In 2021, VAT received the Fair-ON-Pay+ certificate as an acknowledgement for our commitment in ensuring equal pay for equal work between men and women.