Sr. Manager of Inventory Management, Logistics, and Procurement

About this role

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.

We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Inventory Management, Logistics & Procurement to lead and scale the operational capabilities that ensure materials and components are available where and when they are needed.

This role owns three interconnected functions: inventory and warehouse operations, logistics and transportation, and procurement and supplier management. The primary objective is to materially improve inventory accuracy and material availability while building disciplined, scalable processes that support a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on operational leader who can move fluidly between strategy and execution. They will establish robust inventory controls, improve warehouse and material flow, strengthen supplier execution, optimize inbound and outbound logistics, and develop the systems, metrics, and team required to support continued growth.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Inventory Management & Warehouse Operations

• Own end-to-end inventory management and warehouse operations, with accountability for inventory accuracy, availability, integrity, and material flow.

• Establish and maintain inventory control processes, including cycle counting, physical inventories, reconciliation, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.

• Drive measurable improvements in inventory accuracy and eliminate systemic causes of inventory discrepancies.

• Ensure materials are properly received, identified, stored, transacted, picked, staged, and delivered to the point of use.

• Develop appropriate controls for raw materials, components, work-in-process, finished goods, tooling, and other inventory classes.

• Design and implement barcode/scanning workflows across receiving, inventory transactions,

• kitting, and shipping to eliminate manual data entry and improve inventory accuracy.

• Partner with Manufacturing, Planning, Engineering, Quality, and Finance to ensure inventory availability supports production requirements.

• Identify and resolve shortages, excess and obsolete inventory, transaction errors, material-flow constraints, and other systemic inventory issues.

• Design warehouse layouts, material-handling processes, and replenishment strategies that improve safety, efficiency, traceability, and scalability.

• Establish standard work, operating procedures, and clear ownership across warehouse and inventory processes.

• Ensure ERP/MRP and warehouse transactions accurately reflect physical inventory movements.

Logistics & Transportation

• Own inbound, outbound, and inter-site logistics, including domestic and international transportation where applicable.

• Develop a reliable and cost-effective logistics strategy aligned with production schedules, supplier requirements, and customer commitments.

• Manage freight carriers, third-party logistics providers, customs brokers, and other logistics partners.

• Improve transportation performance across on-time delivery, cost, lead time, shipment visibility, and exception management.

• Establish processes for expedited shipments and proactively reduce dependence on premium freight through improved planning and supplier execution.

• Ensure appropriate shipping documentation, packaging, labeling, trade compliance, and transportation controls.

• Develop metrics and reporting to identify logistics risks, cost drivers, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

Procurement & Supplier Management

• Lead procurement activities supporting production and operational requirements, ensuring materials are purchased at the required quantity, quality, cost, and delivery performance.

• Build disciplined purchasing processes from requisition and purchase-order placement through supplier confirmation, delivery, receipt, and issue resolution.

• Establish clear supplier performance expectations and drive accountability for delivery, lead time, responsiveness, quality, and commercial commitments.

• Partner with Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Finance to identify and mitigate supplier and material-availability risks.

• Lead supplier escalations and recovery efforts when shortages or delivery performance threaten production.

• Develop supplier scorecards, operating reviews, and corrective-action mechanisms.

• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing leverage, reduce lead times, optimize order quantities, and lower total landed cost.

• Support supplier selection, negotiations, contracting, and development as required.

• Develop strategies for critical components, long-lead materials, constrained supply, and single-source dependencies.

Operational Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Develop an integrated operating model across inventory, warehousing, logistics, and procurement rather than managing each function as an independent silo.

• Establish KPIs, dashboards, and management routines that provide clear visibility into operational performance.

• Lead structured root-cause analysis and corrective-action efforts for recurring shortages, inventory discrepancies, late deliveries, and process failures.

• Use data to identify systemic issues and prioritize improvement initiatives based on business impact.

• Drive process standardization, automation, and systems im

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