Inventory Manager

Nanotech Energy; Chico (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

401(k)

Medical

Dental

Job summary

Nanotech Energy in Chico, California is seeking an Inventory Manager to lead receiving, warehousing, material control, inventory accuracy, and shipping for NERD and NEMO. You will own physical and transactional control of battery materials, components, WIP, finished cells, packaging, and related supplies.

The role requires overseeing cycle counts, discrepancies, ERP/MES reconciliation, and continuous improvement in inventory accuracy and service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, operations, business, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of inventory, warehouse, materials-management, logistics, or related experience, including at least three years of direct personnel-management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead receiving, warehouse, material-handling, inventory-control, finished-goods, and shipping personnel and activities across NERD and NEMO.
• Verify receipts against purchase orders, specifications, quantities, lot/serial data, packaging, condition, shelf life, and required documentation.
• Record inventory transactions promptly in PLEX MES and maintain accurate identity, status, location, genealogy, quantity, movement, consumption, and shipment records.
• Stage incoming material for Quality inspection; maintain pending, accepted, quarantined, and rejected material segregation and prevent unauthorized use or shipment.
• Maintain approved storage, preservation, FIFO/FEFO, humidity, temperature, chemical-compatibility, security, access, and shelf-life controls.
• Plan and execute material kitting, issuance, replenishment, WIP transfers, finished-goods control, packaging, shipment, returns, and disposition movements.
• Conduct cycle counts and physical inventories; investigate discrepancies and reconcile PLEX MES inventory with SAGE at least quarterly.
• Monitor shortages, excess, obsolescence, shelf-life risk, location errors, and material-readiness constraints and coordinate corrective action with Procurement and Operations.
• Maintain audit-ready records, warehouse safety, hazardous-material controls, shipping compliance, KPI reporting, and continuous improvement in accuracy and service.

Skills

Leadership

Inventory control

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, operations, business, or a related field

Tools

PLEX MES

SAGE

barcode systems

DOT/IATA hazardous-material shipping

Job description

Department: Supply Chain
Position: Inventory Manager
Location: Chico, California
Pay Range: $85,000 – $115,000 per year

Leads receiving, warehousing, material control, inventory accuracy, WIP movement, finished-goods control, and shipping for NERD and NEMO. The manager owns physical and transactional control of battery materials, chemicals, components, electrodes, WIP, development samples, finished cells, packaging, spares, tooling, MRO, and laboratory supplies. PLEX MES is the system of record for identity, status, location, lot/serial traceability, quantity, movement, consumption, and shipment; SAGE supports costing and financial reporting. Quality retains inspection, disposition, and final-release authority.

Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) plan and medical plan, and to receive other benefits in accordance with Company policies. A summary of our current benefits is below.

• Paid Time Off (PTO): PTO accrues from your first day of employment
• Holiday Pay: 10 paid holidays per year, designated by the Company
• 401(k): Participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan
• Medical: The Company pays up to $500 per month toward medical coverage for employees and their dependents.
• Dental: Premiums are paid in full by the employee.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead receiving, warehouse, material-handling, inventory-control, finished-goods, and shipping personnel and activities across NERD and NEMO.
• Verify receipts against purchase orders, specifications, quantities, lot/serial data, packaging, condition, shelf life, and required documentation.
• Record inventory transactions promptly in PLEX MES and maintain accurate identity, status, location, genealogy, quantity, movement, consumption, and shipment records.
• Stage incoming material for Quality inspection; maintain pending, accepted, quarantined, and rejected material segregation and prevent unauthorized use or shipment.
• Maintain approved storage, preservation, FIFO/FEFO, humidity, temperature, chemical-compatibility, security, access, and shelf-life controls.
• Plan and execute material kitting, issuance, replenishment, WIP transfers, finished-goods control, packaging, shipment, returns, and disposition movements.
• Conduct cycle counts and physical inventories; investigate discrepancies and reconcile PLEX MES inventory with SAGE at least quarterly.
• Monitor shortages, excess, obsolescence, shelf-life risk, location errors, and material-readiness constraints and coordinate corrective action with Procurement and Operations.
• Maintain audit-ready records, warehouse safety, hazardous-material controls, shipping compliance, KPI reporting, and continuous improvement in accuracy and service.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, operations, business, or a related field.
• Seven or more years of inventory, warehouse, materials-management, logistics, or related experience, including at least three years of direct personnel-management experience.
• Experience maintaining perpetual inventory, WIP, lot/serial genealogy, status, location, cycle-count, physical-inventory, and reconciliation controls in an ERP or MES.
• Experience handling hazardous, moisture-sensitive, temperature-sensitive, high-value, customer-owned, or regulated materials; lithium-ion battery experience is strongly preferred.
• PLEX MES, SAGE, barcode systems, and DOT/IATA hazardous-material shipping experience or certification are preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education, certification, technical training, and directly relevant experience may be considered.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Accommodation

Nanotech Energy is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, reproductive health decision-making, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Nanotech Energy provides reasonable accommodation to qualified applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices, unless doing so would cause undue hardship. Applicants who need an accommodation during the application or interview process should contact the recruiting team.