humanoid - Global Inventory & Warehouse Manager
Requirements
• 10+ years of warehouse, inventory, or supply chain leadership experience in manufacturing, robotics, technology, automotive, or aerospace. • Proven experience managing inventory accuracy, warehouse operations, and material flow across multiple sites. • Experience working across KSA, North America, and Europe (highly desirable). • Strong understanding of inventory control, stock reconciliation, traceability, and warehouse optimisation. • Experience in fastpaced, engineeringdriven environments or highgrowth startups. • Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, HND or related field. • APICS CPIM (Certified in Planning & Inventory Management). • Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt. • IOSH / NEBOSH. • Experience with SAP (S/4HANA preferred). • Strong analytical, numerical, and planning capabilities. • Proficient in Google Workspace, Slack, and database management. • Strong understanding of SAP IM/WM/EWM processes. • Deep knowledge of cycle counting, stock accuracy frameworks, and warehouse KPIs. • Ability to interpret engineering requirements and translate them into material handling and storage solutions. • Familiarity with inventory visibility tools, material flow constraints, and planning dependencies. • Strong capability in data analysis, forecasting, and KPI development. • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across global teams. • Highly organised, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fastpaced startup environment. • Strong problemsolving skills with a proactive, handson mindset when required. • Professional, motivated, and able to operate autonomously with minimal oversight. • Able to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution.
Responsibilities
• We are hiring a Global Inventory & Warehouse Manager to lead Humanoid’s global inventory governance, warehouse operations strategy, and material readiness across all sites. This role is responsible for establishing global standards, ensuring stock accuracy, and enabling efficient material flow to support prototype builds, engineering trials, and production rampup. • You will partner closely with regional warehouse, inventory, planning, and logistics teams in London, Boston, and Vancouver, ensuring consistent execution and operational excellence across the WILP pillar. • This is a critical leadership role in building a worldclass supply chain foundation for a fastscaling robotics company. • Develop and implement Humanoid’s global inventory and warehouse strategy, covering stock accuracy, storage optimisation, and material flow. • Establish global standards, SOPs, KPIs, and governance frameworks for warehouse operations and inventory control. • Define global policies for cycle counting, stock reconciliation, material traceability, and inventory health. • Lead the design and optimisation of warehouse layouts, storage systems, and material handling processes. • Drive global alignment across regional sites to ensure consistent execution and compliance. • Support the development of scalable warehouse and inventory capabilities for future production volumes. • Maintain global visibility of inventory accuracy, stock levels, ageing, and material readiness. • Oversee global cycle counting governance and ensure timely closure of discrepancies. • Support regional teams in resolving inventory variances, material shortages, and warehouse bottlenecks. • Ensure accurate SAP (S/4HANA) inventory transactions, including goods receipts, transfers, adjustments, and reservations. • Govern material flow processes for prototype builds, engineering trials, and production rampup. • Partner with Planning to ensure inventory availability aligns with build schedules. • Collaborate with Logistics to ensure smooth inbound material flow and timely putaway. • Support warehouse operations during urgent, timecritical events when escalation is required. • Build and scale Humanoid’s global warehouse and inventory capability as the organisation grows. • Lead, coach, and develop a small but expanding team within the WILP pillar. • Set clear objectives, KPIs, and performance expectations aligned to global standards. • Foster a highperformance, safetyfocused, and continuousimprovement culture. • Act as a senior escalation point for regional warehouse and inventory teams. • Deputise for the Senior Manager – WILP when required.
Benefits
• Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale. • 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas–New Year shutdown). • Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care. • Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings. • Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office. • Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics. • Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
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