Inventory Operations Lead — Milpitas Site

Etched.ai; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision packages

Housing subsidy relocation support

Relocation assistance

Daily meals in office

Unlimited compute budget

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Etched.ai in Milpitas is seeking an Inventory Site Lead to own inventory for production and engineering labs, supervising the Milpitas Inventory team and ensuring accurate records from receipts to shipments.

Youll collaborate with SMT, Procurement, Engineering, and Finance, write SOPs, run cycle counts, and scale operations for higher volumes. The role is based at the Milpitas site with close ties to San Jose operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in inventory or warehouse operations in a manufacturing or electronics environment.
• Hands-on experience with SAP, NetSuite or a comparable ERP for receiving, transfers, cycle counts and inventory adjustments.
• Experience managing inventory and leading a team: setting priorities, scheduling, training and holding a standard.
• Proficient in Excel: lookups, pivot tables and building a clean weekly report from transaction data.
• Experience running cycle-count programs and investigating variances to root cause.
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate closely with Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Milpitas Inventory team: set daily priorities, own shift coverage and scheduling, train new coordinators on SOPs and equipment, and lead hands on alongside the team.
• Own receiving in NetSuite/ERP end to end: loading‑dock pickup, inspection, verification of quantities and part information against POs and packing lists, lot and date‑code capture, labeling, put‑away and routing to lab, storage or build areas.
• Maintain accurate on‑hand, allocated, in‑transit and consigned‑at‑CM balances; run cycle‑count program; investigate variances to root cause and close gaps.
• Ensure kits for in‑house and CM builds are complete, to BOM revision, and staged on time; escalate for engineers requiring parts and ensure timely distribution.
• Oversee warehouse operations and safety: ESD, 5S, forklift operations and training; coord material movement between Etched facilities.
• Write and maintain SOPs for receiving, put‑away, transfers, consignment, RMA, return‑to‑stock and scrap; drive improvements to labeling and storage.

Skills

Team leadership

Excel proficiency

Strong communication

Tools

SAP

NetSuite

Job description

Etched.ai in Milpitas is seeking an Inventory Site Lead to own inventory for production and engineering labs, supervising the Milpitas Inventory team and ensuring accurate records from receipts to shipments.

Youll collaborate with SMT, Procurement, Engineering, and Finance, write SOPs, run cycle counts, and scale operations for higher volumes. The role is based at the Milpitas site with close ties to San Jose operations.