Inventory Analyst

Excelligence Learning Corporation is a privately held educationservices company founded in 1985 and headquartered in Monterey, California. As a global leader in early childhood and elementary education, it develops, manufactures, and distributes over 20,000 educational products and instructional solutions-ranging from classroom supplies and furnishings to proprietary curricula and digital learning tools-under awardwinning brands such as Discount School Supply, Really Good Stuff, Frog Street, Children's Factory, Steve Spangler Science, and others Glassdoor+3Great Place To Work+3Glassdoor+3. Driven by the mission "Empowering The Education Experience," Excelligence leverages cuttingedge technologies, earlybrain science, and robust fulfillment systems to support more than 33 million young learners and the educators who serve them Great Place To Work. With multiple locations across the U.S., including a major manufacturing and distribution center near Kansas City in Gardner, Kansas, the organization blends national scale with local impact-recognized for both community environmental stewardship and as a Great Place to Work

Overview

Excelligence Learning Corporation is seeking a detail-oriented, data-driven Inventory & Business Intelligence Analyst to support Discount School Supply's inventory planning and purchasing operations with a strong focus on systems, analytics, and business intelligence tools. This role is critical in enhancing operational decision-making by leveraging BI platforms, structured datasets, and advanced reporting to deliver insights that directly impact forecasting accuracy, inventory performance, and supplier compliance.

You will work cross-functionally with Purchasing Managers, IT, Kitting, and Operations to ensure end-to-end visibility of inventory health while building tools, dashboards, and models that streamline workflows and deliver business-critical intelligence.

Core Responsibilities

Business Intelligence & Systems Development

• Build and maintain dashboards and reporting tools in BI platforms such as Tableau or Power BI to monitor KPIs like service levels, inventory turns, forecast accuracy, and supplier performance.
• Utilize SQL and data warehouse environments to extract, transform, and analyze large data sets.
• Translate business questions into data requirements and drive data quality and visibility across purchasing, merchandising, and fulfillment functions.
• Partner with IT and Operations teams to improve systems integration, data flow, and automation of recurring reports.
• Regularly publish proposed supply plans by synthesizing inputs from demand forecasts, current inventory levels, safety stock thresholds, and lead times.
• Lead small-scale BI and system enhancement projects that improve inventory insights and forecasting agility.

Inventory Analysis & Demand Planning

• Deliver weekly performance scorecards and KPI dashboards to support Purchasing Managers and guide decision-making.
• Develop forward-looking inventory glidepaths and simulate future stock scenarios to proactively identify service gaps.
• Provide detailed inventory analyses to reduce overstock risk, improve working capital efficiency, and ensure alignment with budget goals.
• Maintain high item data integrity and ensure inventory availability aligns with merchandising strategy and system readiness.
• Ensure sellability of inventory through item status audits and system validations.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or a related field.

Experience

• 3+ years of experience in business intelligence, data analysis, inventory analytics, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading BI or reporting projects and delivering data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.
• Experience working with large datasets and applying data modeling principles.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and data warehousing concepts/tools.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel for modeling, analysis, and reporting.
• Experience with ERP systems and item/inventory master data management preferred.

Analytical and Communication Skills

• Ability to interpret complex data and convert it into actionable business insights.
• Proven problem-solving abilities, particularly in system and data integration scenarios.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and documentation skills.
• Strong attention to detail and comfort with both independent and cross-functional work in a fast-paced environment.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Excelligence is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees, applicants, and other covered individuals without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification under local, state, or federal law.