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Vital Lyfe is developing innovative desalination systems to address global water scarcity. The Materials Manager will own end-to-end materials operations, ensuring parts, assemblies, and hardware flow seamlessly through receiving, storage, production, and shipping to support manufacturing and customer delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
- Oversee materials operations from receiving through shipment, maintaining accuracy and timeliness to support production schedules and engineering needs.
- Manage inventory records and system integrity, resolving discrepancies and ensuring compliance with shelf-life, FIFO rotation, and configuration requirements.
- Lead inventory personnel and coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve material issues and disposition excess or obsolete inventory.
- Execute outbound shipments with correct documentation, traceability, and packaging to preserve product integrity.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to scale fulfillment and manufacturing systems, achieving operational metrics and cost efficiency.
- Maintain safe, clean, audit-ready operations aligned with safety, quality, and compliance standards.
- Ensure picking, kitting, staging, and material fulfillment activities support work order commitments.
This is a 100% on-site role in Torrance, CA, requiring hands-on involvement in warehouse and production areas.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 2+ years of materials management, inventory control, warehouse operations, or supply chain experience in manufacturing or hardware environments.
- 2+ years of experience leading teams or supervising materials/warehouse personnel.
- Working knowledge of inventory accuracy practices, traceability, and material flow in production environments.
- Experience operating within ERP/MRP systems with strong data integrity practices.
- Strong organizational skills managing priorities across production, engineering, and shipping.
- Proven ability to drive process improvements and resolve operational issues cross-functionally.
- Ability to work on-site in a fast-paced hardware environment.
- Physical capability to lift 50 lbs unassisted, stand/walk for extended periods, climb ladders, work in tight spaces, and perform repetitive movements in warehouse and production areas.
PREFERRED:
- Experience in regulated or high-reliability manufacturing.
- Familiarity with quality-driven inventory controls (serialization, lot trace, shelf-life).
- Experience scaling warehouse/material systems for new product introduction and growth manufacturing.
- Lean/continuous improvement background.
- Forklift/material handling certification or ability to obtain.
