Inventory/Material Manager

Scale Microgrid Solutions•New York, NY

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Scale is looking for an experienced Inventory Manager to oversee its inventory management program across its nationwide portfolio of energy assets. This role will be responsible for establishing and maintaining accurate, centralized visibility of spare parts and replacement equipment across various locations, and for developing the necessary systems, processes, controls, and replenishment strategies to ensure critical materials are available when needed. This is a crucial operational position that supports the reliability and performance of Scale's expanding fleet. The role reports to the Senior Director of Procurement and is based at the company's Headquarters in Ridgewood, New Jersey.

Requirements

5-8+ years of progressively responsible inventory, materials management, spare-parts, or related experience, preferably supporting distributed field operations or multiple locations.
Demonstrated experience owning inventory controls and processes, including item masters/SKUs, stocking policies, min/max levels, reorder points, safety stock, cycle counts, and physical inventory reconciliation.
Hands-on experience implementing, improving, or administering inventory management, ERP, CMMS, or asset-management system; strong ability to translate operational requirements into a scalable system and database structure.
Strong analytical and reporting skills, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience developing inventory KPIs and management reporting.
Experience managing inventory across multiple warehouses, project sites, service locations, and/or third-party logistics providers.
Experience with serialized equipment, high-value components, spare-parts planning, replenishment, and emergency replacement requirements.
Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical equipment and parts.
Experience working with equipment manufacturers, distributors, warehouses, subcontractors, and service technicians.
Excellent organization, communication, and cross-functional coordination skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
A process-oriented mindset with a demonstrated ability to build structure, improve data quality, establish controls, and drive accountability across an organization.

Nice To Haves

Experience in power generation, renewable energy, utilities, industrial service, field service, or a similar asset-intensive environment is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Own inventory management across Scale's nationwide portfolio of operating assets, project sites, warehouses, and third-party storage locations.
Develop, implement, and maintain a centralized inventory database and tracking system that provides accurate visibility into inventory quantity, location, status, ownership, availability, and movement.
Establish and maintain inventory control standards, including item master structure, stocking policies, minimum/maximum levels, reorder points, safety stock, and critical-spares requirements.
Partner with Operations & Maintenance and technical teams to forecast spare-part and replacement-equipment requirements based on the installed equipment base, preventative maintenance schedules, failure history, equipment criticality, and vendor lead times.
Manage replenishment and purchasing of spare parts and replacement equipment, including urgent and emergency requirements, to minimize asset downtime.
Maintain traceability of serialized and high-value equipment and manage inventory transfers between project sites, warehouses, and other storage locations.
Establish cycle-counting and physical-inventory procedures; investigate and reconcile inventory discrepancies and maintain high levels of inventory accuracy.
Monitor obsolete, excess, slow-moving, and unavailable inventory and recommend disposition, redeployment, or sourcing actions.
Manage day-to-day inventory relationships and processes with equipment manufacturers, distributors, warehouses, and third-party logistics providers.
Develop and maintain inventory KPIs and reporting, including inventory accuracy, stockouts, critical-spares coverage, replenishment lead time, excess inventory, emergency purchases, and inventory value.
Lead continuous improvement of Scale's inventory management systems and processes, including integration with ERP, asset-management, purchasing, and service workflows.
Coordinate across Procurement, Operations & Maintenance, Engineering, Finance, and project teams to ensure inventory supports reliable operation of Scale's assets.