Inventory and Warehouse Lead

The Company

Sofar is on a mission to connect the world’s oceans. We design, build, and deploy the largest privately owned network of marine weather sensors to power the world’s best marine weather forecasts. Our data helps our customers to increase efficiency and reduce emissions, delivering tools to governments and other stakeholders to understand impacts of climate change on extreme weather and ocean health. We live on Planet Ocean, and our goal is to create the ocean intelligence needed to ensure a sustainable future.

The Role

Sofar Ocean builds and deploys thousands of low-cost, global, open ocean sensors to remote and harsh environments, and we're growing! We're seeking an Inventory & Warehouse Lead to join our Supply Chain team.

You are an organized, hands-on multitasker who enjoys wearing many hats in a small and fast-moving team. You'll play a core role in managing incoming inventory, assisting with cycle counts, and a variety of other tasks to support the supply chain and production teams.

Impact You'll Own

• Managing, evaluating and reporting on warehouse productivity.
• Works closely with production techs and receiving clerks to track and coordinate the receipt, storage, and timely delivery of goods and materials.
• Checking orders, bills, items received, inventory, and deliveries for accuracy.
• Maintaining records, reporting relevant information, and preparing any necessary documentation.
• Ensuring basic maintenance standards and compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Performing a daily inspection of the warehouse grounds
• Examine the levels of supplies and raw material to determine shortages.
• Document daily deliveries and shipments to update inventory.
• Prepare detailed reports on inventory operations, stock levels, and adjustments.
• Perform daily analysis to predict potential inventory problems.
• Implement a kanban system on consumables, shipping supplies, etc.
• Can navigate through MRP and PLM systems to review stock and BOM structure
• Comparing purchase orders with invoices and packaging lists.
• Receiving, processing, labeling, and storing incoming stock.
• Support Production in completing stock adjustments, transfers, cycle counts
• Owns and schedules annual cycle count process

About You

• Minimum 2-3 years leading an inventory team supervising all activities of the facility, which includes but not limited to overseeing team performance, expediting the receiving and shipping of goods
• Proficient knowledge of inventory and inventory controls
• Intermediate understanding of general MRP transactions
• Track record of promoting a culture of high performance and accountability.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills.
• Fast-thinking, collaborative and able to communicate clearly. Can talk through difficult issues with colleagues and make decisions based on evidence and argument, not ego or title.
• Comfortable and able to operate successfully in ambiguous and rapidly changing growth environments.
• Trustworthy and credible. Strong integrity.
• Business acumen and stature to gain immediate respect and credibility from team members, investors, shareholders and other related parties.
• You have a deep passion for the Ocean

Employee Conduct

It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.