Associate Supply Chain Engineer — Data-Driven, In-Person, Equity

Nox Metals; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Nox Metals

Company-paid medical, dental, and vis

Job summary

Nox Metals seeks an Associate Supply Chain Engineer to improve how material is bought, positioned, and moved, working across purchasing, inventory, production, sales, and logistics. This in-person role is based in either Los Angeles, CA or Detroit, MI, and targets early-career professionals who enjoy analytical problems and tangible outcomes.

The position emphasizes translating data into practical purchasing decisions, monitoring lead times, and driving cost and speed improvements on the shop

Qualifications

• Seeking an early-career engineer with interest in manufacturing and logistics.
• Experience with purchasing, planning, logistics, or distribution preferred.
• Familiarity with ERP, inventory, or BI tools.
• SQL, Python, optimization, or statistics experience welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Translate demand and inventory data into purchasing and transfer recommendations.
• Place and track purchase orders and resolve supplier exceptions.
• Monitor lead times, availability, service levels, and material exposure.
• Analyze shortages, excess, expedite costs, and recurring planning errors.
• Coordinate inbound freight and interfacility material movements.
• Maintain supplier, item, and purchasing data.
• Work with sales and operations to understand priorities and changing demand.
• Build reports and simple tools that improve daily decisions.
• Visit the floor to reconcile system data with physical reality.
• Own improvement projects with measurable cost, availability, or speed outcomes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

SQL

Python

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Degree in supply chain, industrial engineering, operations, analytics

Tools

ERP systems

Inventory management software

BI tools

Job description

Nox Metals seeks an Associate Supply Chain Engineer to improve how material is bought, positioned, and moved, working across purchasing, inventory, production, sales, and logistics. This in-person role is based in either Los Angeles, CA or Detroit, MI, and targets early-career professionals who enjoy analytical problems and tangible outcomes.

The position emphasizes translating data into practical purchasing decisions, monitoring lead times, and driving cost and speed improvements on the shop