Director of Materials & Warehouse Operations

Neros Technologies; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Neros Technologies in Torrance, CA, seeks a Director of Materials Management to own all material flow from receiving through delivery. You will lead a multi-shift team, redesign warehouse layouts, and plan capital investments to support production of over 1M drones per year in a 250k sqft facility.

The role combines operations leadership with engineering, emphasizing inventory accuracy, assurance of on-time shipments, and scalable processes across warehousing, packing, and fulfillment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in materials management, warehouse, or distribution operations inside a manufacturing plant.
• 3+ years managing teams.
• Owned inventory accuracy for an operation with 1,000+ active part numbers.
• Transaction-level fluency in an ERP/WMS system — min/max settings, backflush, cycle count variance, and location management.
• Direct ownership of shipping & receiving, including carrier management and on-time shipment performance.

Responsibilities

• Own all inventory, material handling, and warehouse operations: process, systems, and execution
• Ensure everything gets shipped on-time every time, including total ownership of the fulfillment and shipping functions for both standard product and one-off shipments (including hazmat)
• Maintain high inventory accuracy through process control and routine cycle counting, meeting internal and external audit requirements
• Define packaging, kitting, internal transport, and line-side presentation standards at the part-number level in partnership with production and supply chain
• Design warehouse layouts, storage systems, and material flow for each rate increase; plan and execute capital investments in racking, material handling equipment, and automation
• Use simulation and data analysis to continuously improve the floorplan, processes, tooling, and training and increase overall efficiency per employee
• Hire, develop, and lead a multi-level, multi-shift organization of hourly and salaried team members, with a safety-first floor culture
• Partner with supply chain and business systems teams to develop tools and systems to visualize and execute work reliably, and enable processes such as FIFO, Kanban, clear-to-build, fulfillment, and more

Skills

Materials management

Inventory management

ERP/WMS fluency

Shipping & receiving

Leadership

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field

Tools

FlexSim

AnyLogic

SQL

Python

Job description

Neros Technologies in Torrance, CA, seeks a Director of Materials Management to own all material flow from receiving through delivery. You will lead a multi-shift team, redesign warehouse layouts, and plan capital investments to support production of over 1M drones per year in a 250k sqft facility.

The role combines operations leadership with engineering, emphasizing inventory accuracy, assurance of on-time shipments, and scalable processes across warehousing, packing, and fulfillment.