Materials Specialist

Materials Specialist

Company is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company hire a Materials Specialist to support warehouse operations, inventory control, and quality hold management. In this role, youll manage material flow across receiving, inspection, inventory, and fulfillment processes, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and alignment with production needs. Youll partner closely with the materials and quality teams to support inventory analysis, resolve discrepancies, and keep operations running efficiently. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and hands-on, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

As a Materials Specialist, you'll:

• Receive incoming materials and perform physical, visual, and documentation-based inspections.
• Communicate with production and engineering teams to resolve receiving issues and discrepancies.
• Manage inventory, including cycle counts, discrepancy investigations, and reporting on material status.
• Process material movements in MRP systems, including creating work orders, transfers, and shipping/receiving transactions.
• Pick and deliver parts to the production line and support internal material transfers.
• Triage incoming materials for rework or scrap and ensure proper handling of returns and RMA processes.
• Support production planning by consolidating pending parts and following up on material orders.
• Maintain organized and clean warehouse, receiving, and inventory areas.
• Ensure all quality documentation associated with shipments is accurate and complete.
• Troubleshoot material flow issues and remove processing roadblocks.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:- Standing, walking, sitting, talking/listening, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms - Lift, carry, push and pull in excess of 25 pounds - Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, climb and balance

Daily tasks:

Manage, process and perform all return merchandise transactions including receiving returns to stock and put way. Manage and control Material and QA hold inventories. Assist Materials and Quality teams with inventory analysis. Support and assist with all operation projects and special assignments. Perform Warehouse and Fulfillment functions; Receiving, Receiving Incoming Inspection, Inventory Management, Returns, Kit Audit, Cycle counts, and Order Processing; responsible for inventory and be able to manage and control new material and returns through return program.

Duties and Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Receive incoming material.