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Supervisor, Materials Management

Impulse· Manufacturing
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Redondo Beach, CA$105k - $145kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Supervisor responsible for leading inventory, shipping, and receiving operations in a fast-paced aerospace manufacturing environment; focus on material flow, accuracy, and team leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily inventory, shipping, and receiving operations, including staffing, work assignments, prioritization, and team development.
  • Oversee processing and fulfillment of material kit requests from production teams, ensuring accurate picking, system transactions, and timely delivery.
  • Ensure incoming materials are accurately received, documented, and routed to inspection, storage, or internal customers.
  • Maintain inventory accuracy through transactions, location control, cycle counting, and discrepancy investigations.
  • Oversee material storage, preservation, identification, and traceability (lot/serial, shelf-life, segregation of nonconforming material).
  • Manage material movement, production deliveries, replenishment, and returns to stock in coordination with planning, production control, manufacturing, and quality.
  • Oversee outbound shipment preparation (packaging, labeling, documentation, carrier coordination).
  • Coordinate with trade compliance and logistics for international shipments and required documentation.
  • Establish and maintain standard work for receiving, put-away, material handling, inventory transactions, picking, and shipping.
  • Develop and track operating metrics (inventory accuracy, receiving turnaround time, shipment performance, transaction timeliness).
  • Identify and resolve material flow bottlenecks, discrepancies, and process gaps via root cause analysis and corrective action.
  • Improve stockroom layouts, storage capacity, material handling practices, and workplace organization.
  • Enforce safe work practices and proper use of material handling equipment.
  • Partner with supply chain, manufacturing, quality, engineering, and finance to support production priorities and maintain reliable inventory records.
  • Manage an hourly workforce, providing feedback, conflict resolution, and corrective actions as needed.
  • Maintain a clean and organized work area through continuous improvements to workspace design.
  • Perform administrative duties including approving timecards, scheduling, reviews, mentoring, and training.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of professional experience in materials management, supply chain, or production/manufacturing
  • 2+ years of experience leading a team or project
  • Demonstrated experience using ERP or inventory management systems to execute and troubleshoot material transactions
  • Working knowledge of cycle counting, inventory reconciliation, location management, and lot or serial traceability

Skills

Required:ERP / Inventory Management SystemsCycle CountingLot / Serial TraceabilityLeadership / People Management

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives in the form of stock options
  • Medical, vision & dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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