Stem is looking for an effective Inventory Manager to lead in the management of our energy storage systems, covering the entire lifecycle (design, construction, commissioning, operating, maintaining, repairing, modifying, replacing and decommissioning/disposal) of physical assets such as batteries, inverters, and control devices. 

The Inventory Manager is responsible for creating and maintaining the process and system that tracks and manages the location and status/health of Stem’s large and growing fleet of diverse deployed equipment assets.  These could be assets that are at customer sites, in warehouses, at Contract Manufacturers (CM) locations, Field Service centers, or in-house.

This person will work closely with Supply Chain, Construction Project Managers, 3rd Party Construction Companies, NOC (Network Operations Center), Field Services, Sustaining Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Customer Operations, Quality, and Document Control. 

• Inventory management – tracking inventory levels, performing physical audits when necessary, counting high value items on a quarterly basis, assisting with re-ordering of materials for both Operations and Field Services when necessary, coordinating with accounting and asset manager to ensure physical counts match PO system
• Forecasting –responsible for forecasting all monitoring equipment for all projects.  These piece parts include: Power Monitors, Site Network Hubs, Commlinks, and CT’s
• Purchase Orders - create purchase orders for all departments including operations, engineering, and field services
• Shipping and Receiving –including scheduling shipments from various locations throughout CA and NV, in addition to managing international shipment of systems and component parts to Canada.  This person would also be responsible for receiving goods in the Millbrae office, notifying the appropriate parties of their arrival, and putting them away in the correct location
• Warehouse housekeeping
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

Required Skills

• Strong organizational, managerial, and verbal/written communications skills
• Interest in learning and taking on increasingly complex tasks
• Proven ability to consistently and positively contribute in a high-paced, cross-functional work environment while actively engaging in technical, financial, and logistics discussions as appropriate
• Optimistic, proactive, innovative, team player interested in learning and taking on increasingly complex tasks

Required Experience

• AA or BS degree
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in the Procurement and Inventory Control discipline
• Product experience with batteries, power electronics
• Understanding electrical supply systems.
• Experience with document control systems
• Experience with 3rdparty manufacturing processes
• Self-motivated

Stem is the global leader in AI-driven energy storage. With more than 800 systems on-line or being installed in 75 jurisdictions across six states and three countries, and a groundbreaking contract with Southern California Edison to deliver 85MW of grid stabilizing capacity and customer-sited energy storage, Stem has more experience installing and operating advanced energy storage systems than every other provider combined.

By pairing energy storage with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Stem helps building operators and energy managers lower energy costs automatically while supporting a modernized, sustainable electric grid. Stem’s Athena, the first AI for energy storage, lets you buy electricity when it’s affordable and use it later when it’s suddenly more expensive. Athena links facilities into a powerful network that can instantly form virtual power plants that allow you to earn demand response revenue and participate in other grid modernization opportunities as soon as they arise. 

With Stem’s energy services agreement, customers receive guaranteed savings immediately without having to pay anything upfront. Stem manages the installation, operation, remote monitoring and maintenance.  Systems are designed for safe, seamless integration into a facility.

Headquartered in Millbrae, California, Stem is funded by a consortium of leading investors including the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Activate Capital, Temesek, Iberdrola, GE Ventures, Constellation Technology Ventures, Angeleno Group, RWE, Total Energy Ventures, Mithril, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The breadth and depth of Stem’s resources and capabilities are unmatched in the industry. 

Stem, Inc.  is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Stem, Inc.  complies with all applicable state, federal and local laws, regulations and ordinances prohibiting discrimination in places where we operate.

• Strong organizational, managerial, and verbal/written communications skills
• Interest in learning and taking on increasingly complex tasks
• Proven ability to consistently and positively contribute in a high-paced, cross-functional work environment while actively engaging in technical, financial, and logistics discussions as appropriate
• Optimistic, proactive, innovative, team player interested in learning and taking on increasingly complex tasks