Inventory Specialist
Posted 17 Aug 2026
Advertised as “Lead, Inventory Specialist - Memphis”
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- Expected experience
- 2+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
No salary listed for this role.
Study levelCertificate
Study levelBachelor's
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.
SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As a Lead, Inventory Specialist at SpaceXSI, you will oversee warehouse and inventory operations supporting our rapidly expanding data centers. You will lead the receiving, storage, kitting, issuance, and tracking of high-value servers, networking equipment, power and cooling components, spare parts, and infrastructure materials. In this role you will mentor team members, manage daily priorities and backlogs, drive inventory accuracy, and ensure material is available when needed for construction, commissioning, and ongoing operations. You are expected to be hands-on, maintain a high sense of urgency, and continuously improve processes in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support daily/weekly team meetings by participating in ways to help the team improve
- Oversee daily shift backlogs and inventory-related queues. Maintain continual oversight of incoming receipts, RMA backlogs, and outgoing material requests to ensure compliance with metric targets
- Re-assign daily shift resources to meet demands and prioritize critical data center hardware, spare parts, and infrastructure materials
- Provide input to employees’ performance
- Function as focal point for area group production coordinators, Site Operations, and priorities related to inventory and material flow
- Participate in adding to the area’s to-do lists for improvement projects
- Fulfill resource gaps when shifts are short-handed
- Mentor employees to meet supervisor expectations for the job
- Train continuously to improve the workers’ skills in inventory accuracy, material handling, and system processes
- Monitor department consumables, spare parts, and critical inventory levels; drive reordering and replenishment
- Monitor the general inventory/fulfillment email inbox and resolve issues promptly
- Receive, inspect, store, and issue servers, networking gear, power/cooling components, parts, details, and hardware as required to support data center construction, expansion, and operations