Senior Associate – Inventory & Stock Control

Digantara; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Digantara, a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company, invites applications for a hardware procurement and supply chain role based in Bengaluru. The ideal candidate will manage inventory accuracy, ensure traceability of aerospace hardware, and work with procurement, engineering, quality, finance, and logistics.

Requirements include 4–7 years in hardware procurement or supply chain, an MBA (preferred), and experience in aerospace/defense or hardware manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of hands-on hardware procurement or supply chain operations experience.
• MBA or equivalent advanced business qualification preferred.
• Aerospace, defense, or hardware manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with productivity, project management tools and procurement software.

Responsibilities

• Record every movement: log receipts, issues, returns, transfers, and dispatches with full traceability.
• Receive and verify materials against POs, invoices, challans, and packing lists; work with Quality on inspections.
• Control issuance by approving requests, work orders, or authorized personnel.
• Maintain traceability with CoCs, test reports, calibration certificates, configuration IDs, ownership, and custody.
• Segregate and label customer-owned, loaned, repair, returnable, non-conforming, and restricted items.
• Count and reconcile inventory; investigate discrepancies and drive corrective actions.
• Protect the audit trail with documented adjustments and reliable reports for finance/auditors.
• Flag risk early by monitoring stock levels and shortages; escalate financial exposure as needed.
• Coordinate logistics with procurement and logistics on inbound/outbound shipments and returns.

Skills

Inventory management

Supply chain operations

Procurement software

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MBA or equivalent

Tools

Smartsheet

Notion

Job description

Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across all regimes, enabling end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception (data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects (RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

Why Us?

• Be part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your ideas and skills make a real difference to the entire space realm.

• Push the boundaries with hands-on experience, greater responsibilities, and rapid career advancement.

• Competitive incentives, galvanising workspace, blazing team—pretty much everything you have heard about a startup.

Ideal Candidate:

• Own inventory accuracy and material traceability for aerospace and space hardware, from receipt to dispatch, working closely with procurement, engineering, quality, finance, and logistics.

Responsibilities:

• Record every movement: Log all receipts, issues, returns, transfers, and dispatches in real time, with part, serial, and batch/lot numbers, across locations, projects, and entities.

• Receive and verify materials: Check incoming goods against POs, invoices, challans, and packing lists. Work with Quality to inspect, accept, quarantine, or reject them.

• Control issuance: Issue materials only against approved requests, work orders, or authorised personnel.

• Maintain traceability: Keep complete records for mission-critical hardware, including CoCs, test reports, calibration certificates, configuration IDs, ownership, and custody.

• Segregate and label: Store customer-owned, loaned, repair, returnable, non-conforming, and restricted items separately, and label them clearly.

• Count and reconcile: Run periodic physical counts, investigate discrepancies, document root causes, and drive corrective actions.

• Protect the audit trail: Document every adjustment, write-off, and correction, and give finance and auditors reliable reports.

• Flag risk early: Monitor stock levels, reservations, and slow-moving or obsolete inventory, and escalate shortages or financial exposure before they affect programs.

• Coordinate logistics: Align with procurement and logistics on inbound shipments, outbound dispatches, and returns.

Qualifications:

• 4-7 years of hands-on hardware procurement or supply chain operations experience. Own inventory accuracy and material traceability for aerospace and space hardware, from receipt to dispatch, working closely with procurement, engineering, quality, finance, and logistics.

• MBA or equivalent advanced business qualification (preferred).

• Aerospace, defense, or hardware manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred

• Advanced proficiency with productivity, project management tools and procurement software (Smartsheet, Notion or equivalent).

Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru (5Days office setup)