Inventory Material Analyst, Supply Chain

About the Role

BETA is seeking a detail-oriented and analytically minded Inventory Material Analyst to support inventory health, material availability, and warehouse-capacity planning across our warehouse and manufacturing locations. In this role, you will use data analysis, system expertise, and process-improvement practices to establish inventory parameters, reduce excess and obsolete material, manage shelf-life exposure, and improve storage utilization in support of electric aircraft production. You will partner with Procurement, Warehouse Operations, Production, Engineering, Quality, and Finance to ensure inventory decisions are data-driven, documented, and aligned with operational and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain, and validate safety-stock levels for production and operational materials using demand, lead time, usage variability, supplier performance, and material criticality.
• Analyze age-sensitive and shelf-life-controlled materials, including expiration-date visibility, escalation, rotation, and disposition planning.
• Identify, monitor, and resolve obsolete, excess, slow-moving, and non-moving inventory; strengthen BETA’s material-review and disposition process.
• Analyze inventory data to identify opportunities to improve material availability, reduce shortages, and limit unnecessary inventory overage.
• Evaluate current and future warehouse-space utilization, including storage capacity, material dimensions, handling requirements, and projected inventory growth.
• Forecast space requirements based on item dimensions, inventory levels, demand forecasts, inbound material plans, and production requirements.
• Partner with Warehouse Operations to optimize storage layouts, slotting strategies, material flow, and capacity utilization.
• Develop standard reporting and dashboards for inventory health, safety stock, excess and obsolete inventory, shelf-life exposure, material availability, and warehouse capacity.
• Establish and maintain inventory-planning metrics, including on-hand inventory analysis, excess-and-obsolete value, aging inventory, expiration risk, and storage-capacity utilization.
• Conduct root-cause analysis on inventory shortages, excess, aging, expiration exposure, and capacity constraints; recommend and implement systemic improvements.
• Maintain inventory-planning data and parameters in BETA’s ERP and related systems to support accurate analysis and decision-making.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Operations to communicate inventory risks, prioritize actions, and support material disposition decisions.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Demonstrated experience with ERP and systems.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement processes from the ground up.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and prioritize competing work in a fast-paced environment.
• Working knowledge of inventory demand planning principles, including safety stock, demand and lead-time variability, inventory aging, shelf-life management, and excess-and-obsolete material.
• Strong critical-thinking and analytical skills, including the ability to translate data into clear operational recommendations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail with demonstrated accuracy in data-heavy environments.
• Ability to handle setbacks, prioritize competing needs, and identify practical solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Operations, a related field; OR 2+ years of experience in inventory planning, materials management, warehouse operations, or supply chain analytics.

Above And Beyond Qualifications

• Previous work in a manufacturing environment with experience in aerospace, automotive, or a startup preferred.
• Working knowledge of FAA and/or SOX compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with root cause analysis methodologies.
• Process improvement experience (Lean, Six Sigma).
• Advanced Excel experience.