Supervisor, Materials Management

Impulse Space is seeking a Supervisor, Materials Management to lead inventory, shipping, and receiving operations. In this role, you will manage the team and processes that ensure materials are accurately received, properly stored, and available when needed to support spacecraft development and production.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who builds strong teams, establishes clear operating standards, and improves material flow in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily inventory, shipping, and receiving operations, including staffing, work assignments, prioritization, and team development.
• Oversee the processing and fulfillment of material kit requests from production teams, ensuring accurate picking, system transactions, and timely delivery to support work order execution.
• Ensure incoming materials are accurately received, documented, and routed to inspection, storage, or the appropriate internal customer.
• Maintain inventory accuracy through disciplined transactions, location control, cycle counting, and timely investigation of discrepancies.
• Oversee material storage, preservation, identification, and traceability, including lot and serial number tracking, shelf-life controls, and 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, including packaging, labeling, documentation, and carrier coordination.
• Coordinate with trade compliance and logistics partners to support international shipments and required shipping documentation.
• Establish and maintain standard work for receiving, put-away, material handling, inventory transactions, picking, and shipping.
• Develop and track operating metrics, including inventory accuracy, receiving turnaround time, shipment performance, and transaction timeliness.
• Identify and resolve material flow bottlenecks, recurring discrepancies, and process gaps through 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 by assessing employee performance, providing positive/constructive feedback, facilitating conflict resolution, and addressing repeat issues with corrective actions, performance improvement plans or through disciplinary means
• Ensure that a clean and organized work area is maintained by making continuous improvements to workspace design
• Perform administrative duties, including but not limited to, approving timecards, scheduling, periodic reviews, one-on-one mentoring, and training of direct reports

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of professional experience 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.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of professional experience materials management, supply chain, or production/manufacturing
• Experience in materials, inventory, warehouse, or production operations within aerospace, aviation, automotive, defense, or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of AS9100, inventory control, material traceability, shelf-life management, and handling flight hardware, sensitive electronics, hazardous materials, or other controlled products.
• Experience managing daily operations, procedures, employee training, production-floor activities, and domestic/international shipping.
• Experience implementing barcode scanning, inventory systems, warehouse improvements, and materials operations that support production growth.
• Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office, with the ability to analyze trends and improve operational performance.
• Lean/Six Sigma experience preferred; APICS CPIM/CSCP or Green/Black Belt certification a plus.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and team-building skills; able to work effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Lifting up to 25lbs. unassisted, standing, climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing stooping, stretching and carrying are generally required to perform the functions of this position
• Must be able to work all shifts, extended hours and/or weekends as needed

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.