Inventory Manager

Plasma International; California City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Plasma International is seeking an experienced Inventory Manager for an advanced manufacturing environment in Northern California. This role leads receiving, warehousing, inventory control, and shipping, ensuring accurate traceability and availability for production.

The ideal candidate will have 7+ years in inventory/warehousing/logistics with 3+ years of people leadership, plus strong ERP/MES knowledge and experience with regulated materials and hazardous shipments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience across inventory, warehousing, logistics or materials management.
• 3+ years of direct people leadership.
• Experience with batteries, chemicals or other regulated manufacturing environments is valuable.
• Strong ERP/MES knowledge and traceable inventory management experience.

Responsibilities

• Leading receiving, warehouse, inventory-control, material-handling and shipping activities.
• Maintaining accurate inventory, lot, serial and location traceability.
• Managing raw materials, chemicals, production components, WIP and finished goods.
• Ensuring materials are available and correctly issued to manufacturing teams.
• Managing FIFO/FEFO, shelf-life and specialist storage requirements.
• Leading cycle counting, physical inventories and investigation of stock discrepancies.
• Managing finished-goods control, packaging and shipping activity.
• Supporting regulated shipment of lithium batteries and hazardous materials.
• Improving warehouse layout, material flow, stock accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Coaching and developing warehouse and inventory personnel.

Skills

Inventory management

Logistics coordination

People leadership

ERP/MES knowledge

Tools

ERP/MES systems

Job description

Inventory Manager – Advanced Manufacturing

Northern California

We are recruiting an experienced Inventory Manager for a fast-developing advanced manufacturing environment supporting lithium-ion battery development and production.

This is a broad operational leadership role with responsibility for the movement and control of materials across receiving, warehousing, manufacturing support, work-in-progress, finished goods and shipping.

The position will suit someone who enjoys bringing structure, visibility and discipline to complex inventory environments where material accuracy, traceability and availability are critical to production.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading receiving, warehouse, inventory-control, material-handling and shipping activities.
• Maintaining accurate inventory, lot, serial and location traceability.
• Managing raw materials, chemicals, production components, WIP and finished goods.
• Ensuring materials are available and correctly issued to manufacturing teams.
• Managing FIFO/FEFO, shelf-life and specialist storage requirements.
• Leading cycle counting, physical inventories and investigation of stock discrepancies.
• Managing finished-goods control, packaging and shipping activity.
• Supporting regulated shipment of lithium batteries and hazardous materials.
• Improving warehouse layout, material flow, stock accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Coaching and developing warehouse and inventory personnel.

The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience across inventory, warehousing, logistics or materials management, together with 3+ years of direct people leadership.

Experience within batteries, chemicals, hazardous materials or another regulated manufacturing environment would be particularly valuable. Strong ERP/MES knowledge and experience managing traceable inventory are also important.