Inventory Control Technician

About Harbinger

Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form, Revolutionary Foundation.

Job Overview

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Inventory Control Technician (Contract) to support our engineering change implementations. In this critical role, you will ensure inventory readiness before product changes are released to the production floor. You will be responsible for performing cycle counts, managing new revision materials, and maintaining the Engineering Change Cage to prevent material mixing and guarantee that production always receives the correct revisions.

What You'll Do:

• Perform Cycle Counts: Execute accurate cycle counts for parts affected by Production Change Orders (PCOs) and verify physical inventory against ERP records.

• Manage Material Transitions: Monitor inventory consumption prior to engineering change implementations to ensure smooth transitions.

• Maintain the Change Cage: Receive, identify, and securely store new revision materials in the Engineering Change Cage.

• Ensure Quality Control: Strictly segregate old and new revision materials to prevent production mix-ups and verify that production areas are entirely free of obsolete materials.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Gather and share critical information with the Warehouse, Material Planning, Purchasing, and Production teams during engineering changes.

• Mitigate Risks: Proactively report inventory discrepancies and potential implementation risks to the Change Management Specialist.

Who You Are:

• Experienced: You bring 3 to 5 years of experience in manufacturing, warehousing, or inventory control.

• Tech-Savvy: You possess foundational computer skills, including Microsoft Office proficiency. Experience with ERP systems and barcode scanners is a strong plus.

• Detail-Oriented: You have a proven ability to accurately count and organize inventory while strictly following standardized work instructions.

• Adaptable: You are highly comfortable working dynamically across both warehouse and production environments.

• Collaborative: You have excellent communication skills, a strong sense of teamwork, and the ability to work effectively with various departments.

California Pay Range

$30—$35 USD

Equal Opportunity Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.   Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at info@harbingermotors.com.   Candidate Data Privacy Harbinger may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.   Harbinger may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our HR, legal, and finance teams, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Harbinger affiliates; and (iii) Harbinger’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.   Harbinger may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.   Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted in response to our job posting shall be considered the property of Harbinger and are not subject to payment of referral or placement fees if any such candidate is later hired by Harbinger unless you have a signed written agreement in place with us which covers the applicable job posting.