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Inventory Site Lead (Milpitas)

Etched · San Jose · On-site

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About Etched

Co-designed chips, racks, and software to push the pareto frontier to best-in-class throughput and interactivity. Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.

About the role

The Inventory Site Lead owns inventory for Milpitas, supporting production, our engineering labs and our contract manufacturers. You'll supervise the Milpitas Inventory team (receiving, warehouse coordinators and material handlers) and own the accuracy of every record: what is on hand, where it is, what it is allocated to, and what has left the building. You'll work closely with the SMT line, Procurement, Engineering and Finance. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Minimum of three 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
More about this role

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference . Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.

The Inventory Site Lead owns inventory for Milpitas, supporting production, our engineering labs and our contract manufacturers. You'll supervise the Milpitas Inventory team (receiving, warehouse coordinators and material handlers) and own the accuracy of every record: what is on hand, where it is, what it is allocated to, and what has left the building. You'll work closely with the SMT line, Procurement, Engineering and Finance. This is a working-lead role: you set the standard, build the processes, and are on the floor hands on when a count, a receipt or an investigation needs your hands.

Team leadership: Supervise the Milpitas Inventory team: set daily priorities, own shift coverage and scheduling (including the swing shift), train new coordinators on...

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