Inventory Control Manager Fabric8Labs - 3.1 Carlsbad, CA Job Details Full-time $115,000 - $150,000 a year 1 hour ago Benefits Health insurance Dental insurance 401(k) Paid time off Parental leave Vision insurance 401(k) matching Professional development assistance Life insurance Qualifications Forklift Certification Staff supervision Team supervision Labeling Warehouse management experience Cycle counting inventory management Forklift Manufacturing facility experience Barcode scanners Materials handling Pallet jack Warehouse layout and design Material handling equipment operation Full Job Description Job Overview This is a build job, not a maintain job. Fabric8Labs builds electrochemical additive manufacturing (ECAM) printers in San Diego. We receive more than 10,000 units of material a month, we run a 450-part bill of materials, and today little of it is tracked in a system of record. There is no cycle counting program, a fledgling Kanban system, and inventory accuracy is whatever the last person to walk the floor put in a Google Sheet. That barely works at 100 printers a year. Next year we are building 1,000. We are opening a second facility in Carlsbad — roughly 95,000 square feet, 330 to 400 pallet positions — and we are hiring the person who will design and stand up inventory control inside it. Racking layout, receiving and inspection flow, kitting and pod staging, a C-part supermarket, shipping staging, barcode infrastructure, and a warehouse management system built on ERPNext from nothing. You will own all of it, and you will own it before the building is fitted out rather than inherit somebody else's layout. You will start at our Sorrento Valley site for the first few months — getting the current operation under control, cleaning up the item master, and baselining a physical count — then move to Carlsbad full time as the building comes online. You will report to the Director of Supply Chain and will supervise our material handlers. What You Will Own The new facility. Warehouse layout and material flow design, racking specification and permitting, dock and receiving configuration, storage strategy by part class, and the equipment list — forklift, pallet jacks, bin shelving, packing stations, chemical storage. The system of record. Configure and roll out inventory control in

ERPNext:

item master, locations and bins, receiving and goods receipt, material transfers, issue to build, and barcode scanning. Every movement recorded. Record accuracy. Build an ABC cycle counting program — A parts weekly, B monthly, C quarterly — and drive record accuracy to 95% or better, the prerequisite for turning MRP on. Replenishment policy. Set min/max levels and reorder points for B parts, and design kanban / two-bin systems at point of use for the 264 C parts where visual control beats transactions. Two-site inventory. Define what lives where between Sorrento Valley and Carlsbad, and write the transfer policy and process that keeps both sites accurate. The team. Supervise, train and schedule material handlers across both sites. Hire as volume arrives. Kitting and outside processing. Own kitting and shipment of material to sub-assembly and plating suppliers, and the visibility of what is out at a supplier at any moment. Compliance and safety. Forklift and material handling equipment certification, SDS control, segregated chemical and electrolyte storage, and safe handling practices at both sites. Metrics. Report inventory accuracy, receipt cycle time, shortage counts and stock value to the Director of Supply Chain and the VP of Operations. Qualifications 5+ years in inventory control, materials management or warehouse operations, including 2+ years supervising people. You have stood something up before — a new warehouse, a new site, a WMS implementation, or an inventory control program built from nothing. Please tell us which, and what you would do differently. Hands-on experience configuring or implementing inventory control in an ERP or WMS. NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Fishbowl, ERPNext or similar. Practical command of ABC classification, cycle counting, kanban and min/max replenishment, and the discipline to hold accuracy once you have earned it. Manufacturing environment experience. You are comfortable on a production floor, reading a BOM, and talking to engineers about part numbers and revisions.

Barcode and label systems:

scanners, printers, label design, and getting suppliers to label parts and boxes the way you need them labeled. Racking layout and warehouse design experience. California seismic racking permitting knowledge is a strong plus. Forklift certified, or willing to certify. You will be on the floor, not only at a desk. Comfortable in a low-structure startup where the process does not exist yet and writing it is part of the job. Willing to work on-site in Sorrento Valley for the first few months and then full time in Carlsbad. Nice To Have Experience with hazardous material handling, SDS management, or chemical storage compliance. Lean, 5S or Kaizen practice — not as a certificate, as something you have actually run. Experience supporting a rapid production ramp, ideally a 5x or greater volume increase. Location This position starts at our Sorrento Valley facility (San Diego, CA 92121) for approximately the first three to six months, then moves full time to our new Carlsbad facility on Loker Ave W, Carlsbad, CA 92010. Please apply only if you can commute to both locations. Benefits 401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Parental leave Vision insurance Application Question(s) Can you commute to Sorrento Valley (92121) now and to Carlsbad (92010) once that building opens? Have you set up inventory control in a new facility or implemented a WMS from scratch? Briefly, what was the scope? Which ERP or WMS have you configured inventory in, and what specifically did you configure? How would you get a facility with no inventory records to 95% inventory accuracy? What is the first thing you do? Have you designed a kanban or two-bin replenishment system at point of use? Are you forklift certified? Have you supervised material handlers or warehouse staff? How many? Education Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent hands-on experience considered. Experience Inventory control or warehouse management: 5 years (Required)

Supervisory:

2 years (Required) License/Certification Forklift Certification (Preferred) Work Location In person

Pay:

$115,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off Professional development assistance Vision insurance Application Question(s): Have you set up inventory control in a new facility or implemented a WMS from scratch? Briefly, what was the scope? Which ERP or WMS have you configured inventory in, and what specifically did you configure? How would you get a facility with no inventory records to 95% inventory accuracy? What is the first thing you do? Have you designed a kanban or two-bin replenishment system at point of use?

Experience:

Inventory Control:

5 years (Required) Ability to

Commute:

Carlsbad, CA 92010 (Required)

Work Location:

In person