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.

How you will contribute to revolutionizing electric aviation:

• 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.

Minimum 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 analystics.
• 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.

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.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• 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. Reasonable accommodation may be made to individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The work environment may require a combination of indoor and outdoor activities (hot, cold, wet, humid conditions) with a varied amount of walking, standing, sitting, climbing (i.e. ladders, stairs), balance (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery surfaces), bending, reaching, handling (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, picking, punching), stooping, kneeling, crouching and ability to lift/carry/push/pull up to 75 pounds. Work may require the ability to operate material handling equipment (forklift, pallet jack, etc.) in a safe manner. While performing the duties of this job, employees may work around variable noise levels or with fume or airborne particles, hazardous chemicals, etc. requiring the use of personal protective equipment such as face protection (safety glasses, goggles, face shield, respirators), gloves, and hearing protection. Work duties may also be required to work in a standard office setting and to use standard office equipment, including a computer and/or the ability to travel by air or automobile. This position may be expected to work varying shifts and hours to ensure successful operation of activities in the organization. Some positions entail working with small parts/components. Employees must have excellent hand-eye coordination and good manual dexterity in both hands. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.