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Jabil

Designs and builds electronics for other brands

Inventory Analyst

AI Application EngineeringPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeGuangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • Recent college graduates are targeted.
  • Coursework in Supply Chain or Logistics is preferred.
  • Certification by a related professional organization, such as APICS or NAPM, is preferred.
  • The role requires flexibility to work overtime and assist with material handling and other Inventory Control duties as needed.
  • The role requires adherence to applicable safety and health rules and company security procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor material transactions for assigned areas and identify, resolve, and determine root causes of inventory discrepancies and errors.
  • Recommend changes to prevent future inventory inaccuracies and eliminate manufacturing downtime associated with the assigned area where applicable.
  • Perform component cycle counts, inventory transactions, and reporting on customer systems as required.
  • Assist with development and implementation of materials management systems that improve inventory control.
  • Coordinate with departmental supervisors, support functions, engineering, program management, and other plant operations functions.
  • Participate in MPS loading decisions through appropriate materials sizing.
  • Analyze, maintain, and execute the Materials Requirement Plan (MRP), monitor the materials pipeline, and address supply issues.
  • Ensure material availability for production against the Master Production Schedule through MRP execution, on-time delivery, and coordination of material movement from receiving to production.
  • Identify material ownership and liabilities, track and provide supporting data to define customer-liable materials, and apply negotiated supplier terms to reduce liabilities.
  • Issue purchase orders according to negotiated pricing and terms, and ensure suppliers follow established agreements.
  • Improve order management and communication with suppliers; maintain master data and purchasing planning parameters to balance procurement costs and inventory investment.
  • Monitor supplier delivery, quality, and service performance and resolve recurring or critical issues using corrective-action tools and other resources.
  • Support Accounts Payable in resolving invoice discrepancies.
  • Provide input to Jabil's commodity and pricing strategy and coordinate with Buyers, Commodity Managers, and SCM on supplier performance and strategy.
  • Minimize materials freight expenses.
  • Schedule production in alignment with the Master Production Schedule and run planned orders in two-week buckets to specify which boards will be built.
  • Ensure Prep-Parts can keep up with the build schedule and minimize changeovers and schedule changes while maintaining production board revision integrity.
  • Manage clean-to-starts, on-time production shipments, EPS maintenance, purge, ECN, deviation processes, and position handbooks.
  • Meet daily with the Master Planner and manufacturing to assess and adjust production schedules, optimize run quantities, minimize changeovers, and achieve on-time delivery.
  • Run weekly clean-to-starts to identify material shortages requiring expediting and follow up with Purchasing to secure commitments.
  • Work with Manufacturing Line Managers, Purchasing, and Inventory Control to recommend long-term resolutions to shortages caused by inadequate production-floor material control.
  • Conduct readiness meetings for new products and revision changes five days before builds.
  • Route shipments to the correct destination and create and maintain Sales Orders when assigned to the Planner.
  • Maintain the Jabil packout module, EPS, or equivalent packout system and maintain a handbook for the position by workcell.
  • Understand product production flow and coordinate and follow up with the workcell team.
  • Develop AI Agents for administrative and public-service business scenarios, translating practical day-to-day needs into intelligent tools and solutions.
  • Use AI, large language models, data analysis, and automation to reduce repetitive work and improve team efficiency and service experience.
  • Organize, analyze, and visualize business data, identify issues, and help propose improvements.
  • Design, develop, test, and continuously optimize internal digital tools, AI applications, and automated workflows.
  • Collaborate with Admin, DF, and other teams to understand business needs and support practical adoption of AI and digital solutions.
  • Learn emerging AI and digital technologies and explore AI Agents, intelligent analysis, and automation across business scenarios.

About the Company

Jabil

Designs and builds electronics for other brands

Jabil designs and manufactures electronics and other products for companies that sell them under their own brands, including makers of AI data center hardware, medical devices, cars, and defense systems. Customers bring a product idea or design, and Jabil handles the engineering, sources the parts, builds the product at scale, and manages the supply chain behind it. The work runs through a global network of factories, so one partner can build products for customers across many markets, from data center racks to medical equipment. Jabil earns revenue through manufacturing and engineering service contracts with these brands. The company was founded in 1966 and is based in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Saint Petersburg, Florida
Founded
1966

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