Inventory Control Manager

Ouster•San Francisco, CA

2d•$128,000 - $170,000•Onsite

About The Position

Ouster is seeking a highly analytical and process-driven Inventory Control Manager to oversee worldwide inventory management, supply chain planning execution, and material control across locations in San Francisco, Venlo, SZ, and Thailand. This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, with occasional international travel for inventory audits and vendor coordination. The position reports directly to the VP of Global Supply Chain. The manager is responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy above 98%, ensuring strict SOX compliance, leading material review boards, and driving continuous improvement across the inventory ecosystem. The role works closely with contract manufacturers, Sales Operations, Accounting, and internal Supply Chain leadership, and serves as the operational backup for the Master Planner. Responsibilities span accessory planning and demand fulfillment; worldwide inventory counts, reconciliations, and compliance; inventory variance resolution and KPI tracking; quarantine and MRB management; NetSuite data integrity and MRP operations; purchasing and subcontracting transactions; and alignment with production teams. The role also reviews aging inventory, supports product lifecycle transitions, and coordinates inventory and material control across global and offsite locations.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in inventory control, material planning, or global supply chain management in a manufacturing environment.
Advanced proficiency in NetSuite and Salesforce is strongly desired.
Proven experience managing inventory processes under strict SOX compliance.
Expert-level Microsoft Excel skills, including reconciliation workbooks, VLOOKUPs, and Pivot Tables, and the ability to investigate root causes of data variances.
Experience working directly with international contract manufacturers and managing offsite vendor inventory bins.
Ability to work fully on-site in San Francisco.
Ability to travel internationally from time to time to global facilities for inventory reviews and audits.

Nice To Haves

APICS / CPIM certification is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Review backlog, Salesforce data, and incoming supply daily to balance accessory inventory across global locations and support customer shipments.
Prepare and present monthly S&OP slides for accessories.
Work with contract manufacturers to allocate purchase orders to the correct production or fulfillment locations.
Review the global order backlog daily, expedite supply to meet active demand, and resolve inquiries from Account Executives and Sales Operations.
Manage inventory transitions and stock allocations when new SKUs are released.
Plan, schedule, and execute monthly worldwide inventory counts; prepare count sheets, establish inventory freezes, and build reconciliation workbooks.
Distribute count sheets to offsite contract manufacturer vendors and reconcile offsite vendor bins.
Maintain SOX-required inventory control documentation; prepare inventory adjustment files, obtain approvals, and work with Accounting to process adjustments.
Investigate and resolve inventory variances, maintain monthly KPIs, and implement corrective actions for systemic inventory errors.
Monitor worldwide transactions and resolve receiving issues, TPT/TPP bottlenecks at BET, transfer orders, adjustment requests, part number conversions, and work order or assembly-build issues.
Review inventory inactive for 90 or more days and coordinate cross-functional transitions of slow-moving material to obsolete status, focusing on San Francisco and global cleanup.
Maintain the quarantine bin tracker and resolve items remaining in quarantine.
Prepare weekly MRB files, lead weekly MRB meetings, and drive cross-functional accountability for action items.
Process inventory transactions to scrap bins, obtain approvals, and provide processed files to Cost Accounting for adjustments.
Coordinate with regional logistics and operations leads to manage and process offsite MRB material.
Ensure required Bills of Materials are accurately loaded and updated in NetSuite, and review ECO/PCO releases.
Gather lead times and safety stock requirements for part numbers and update NetSuite MRP settings.
Enter item demand plans based on current San Francisco build plans and weekly production completions.
Run MRP, analyze results, host weekly SCM meetings to align on purchasing requirements, and manually plan exception items.
Publish weekly meeting minutes, secure management approvals for purchase orders, and maintain PTP-11 audit compliance documentation.
Execute vendor service purchase order transactions for production processes such as coating and dicing.
Partner with production leads on 950-PN receipts and assembly builds, and provide analytical input on BOM structures to optimize inventory tracking across contract manufacturers.
Back up the Master Planner during absences or peak volumes.