Lead, Inventory Specialist - Memphis
xAI· Data Center
Hybrid (Memphis, TN)Full-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Lead, Inventory Specialist at SpaceXSI overseeing warehouse and inventory operations for data centers, mentoring team members, driving inventory accuracy, and ensuring material availability for construction, commissioning, and operations.
Responsibilities
- Support daily/weekly team meetings to help the team improve
- Oversee daily shift backlogs and inventory-related queues; monitor receipts, RMAs, and outgoing material requests to meet metric targets
- Re-assign daily shift resources to meet demands and prioritize critical data center hardware and infrastructure materials
- Provide input to employees’ performance
- Serve as focal point for area group production coordinators, Site Operations, and priorities related to inventory and material flow
- Participate in adding to the area’s to-do lists for improvement projects
- Fulfill resource gaps when shifts are short-handed
- Mentor employees to meet supervisor expectations for the job
- Train continuously to improve workers’ skills in inventory accuracy, material handling, and system processes
- Monitor department consumables, spare parts, and critical inventory levels; drive reordering and replenishment
- Monitor the inventory/fulfillment email inbox and resolve issues promptly
- Receive, inspect, store, and issue servers, networking gear, power/cooling components, parts, details, and hardware as required
- Store parts and materials in bins, drawers, racks, and designated locations; identify part numbers and storage locations
- Perform picking to assemble kits of parts, material, and hardware; ensure items are available and accounted for in kits
- Maintain strict material handling practices for high-value and sensitive equipment
- Monitor shelf-life storage and rotate stock (FIFO)
- Maintain environmental and temperature requirements for temperature-sensitive materials
- Interface with fulfillment centers, sites, Shipping, Receiving, Planning, Quality Control, Purchasing, Procurement to resolve receipt/distribution problems
- Maintain warehouse organization and 5S practices
- Support inventory accuracy, cycle count compliance, and material availability metrics
- Conduct and oversee regular inventory audits, cycle counts, and reconciliations
- Manage Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) processes, including inspection, documentation, and vendor coordination
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalency
- 2+ years of warehouse experience
- 2+ years in materials management or inventory control
- Experience with data entry and inventory tracking systems
Skills
Required:Inventory managementData entry
Benefits
- (Not specified in description)
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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