MRO Purchasing & Inventory Specialist Consumer BrandsPurchasingUnited States, Bowling Green, KY, KYFull TimeRegular **_About_** **_this_** **_position_** At Henkel, you'll be part of an organization that's shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, 'all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you'll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit - where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world. **Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel. ** **What you´ll do** + Purchasing: + Verify accuracy of purchase requisitions and accurately place purchase orders, such as OTP (one-time-purchases), limits, internal order-linked, expedited, and services. + Communicate with supplies for RFQs (request for quotes), ETA, expediting, and delivery discrepancies. Update the reorder report and Open PO tracker accordingly. + Communicate with requestor of the PO placement and delivery; keeping them informed of any supplier delays, obsolescence, or substitutions. + Verify accuracy and approve invoice payments; communicate with AP as necessary. + Obtain and file all relevant documentation according to document retention policies. + Inventory: + Coordinate with Material Planners to address constraints and support on-time order fulfillment. o Identify and resolve purchase order discrepancies, material shortages, and capacity issues with cross-functional teams. + Perform routine stock cycle counts to maintain accurate inventory levels. o Support SAP data maintenance, process improvements. + Communicate production updates, schedule changes, and constraints to production and key stakeholders. + Investigate outages, process goods issued to cost centers, perform RTS (return-to-stock) transactions in SAP. + Monitor make-in-house material; perform physical and systematic inventory adjustments. + Participate in daily cycle counting and year-end full inventory. + Perform all relevant transactions in SAP for reconciliation. + Internal/External Repair Processing: + Check repair cart daily; retrieve and prep material for shipment. + Communicate with internal maintenance repair personnel and with external repair suppliers. + Notify vendor and obtain RMA; tag, measure, weigh and package material + Complete all proper documentation (out-for-repair forms, carrier shipping forms); transport material to Logistics. + Place repair POs accordingly and/or execute inventory adjustments as needed. + Update repair log and repair/warranty tracker. + Work Order Kit Processing: + Download daily TBM (Time-Based- Maintenance) and HYG (hygiene) work order requests report. + Update daily WO tracker utilizing SAP and various reports such as Vendor-Master, Stock Report, and Open PO Report. + Determine availability of requested material to fulfil kits; pick and pack material; perform goods-issue movement in SAP; stage kit accordingly, and update location in SAP and daily tracker. + Follow strict guidelines for the sanitization and packaging **What makes you a good fit** + Strong cross-functional communication skills to support maintenance and production execution and inventory control. + Ability to independently analyze and resolve conflicts, material constraints, and operational issues and implement proactive solutions. + High attention to detail in SAP data management, inventory tracking, and reporting. + Ability to work independently in a structured environment while managing multiple priorities. + Solid understanding of maintenance processes, stock movements. + Experience with SAP and Microsoft Office Excel, for purchasing, inventory, and material management. + Must be a team player, excellent analytical skills, and strong organizational skills with high attention to detail with the ability to accurately manage and analyze large volumes of data. **Some benefits of joining Henkel** + **Health Insurance:** affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1 + **Work-Life Balance:** Paid time off including sick time, vacation time and holiday time + **Financial:** 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement + **Family Support:** 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships + **Career Growth:** skill development programs, promotional opportunities and tuition reimbursement. The hourly pay range for this role is $21.10 - $23.56. This range reflects the good‑faith minimum and maximum hourly rate the Company reasonably expects to offer for this position at the