Logistics Team Lead, Inventory Control Spec.

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Full Time Management Chino, CA, US

Salary Range: $30.00 To $34.00 Hourly

This is a single role at our Chino, CA manufacturing site that combines Inventory Control Specialist ownership with Team Lead, Logistics responsibilities.

This role works under the direction of the site manufacturing leader, with support from the site cost accountant on inventory valuation, reconciliation, and reporting matters.

Luna Innovations Incorporated (Luna) designs and manufactures fiber optic sensing and test and measurement products used across aerospace, automotive, energy, and communications industries. Our manufacturing teams turn engineering designs into precision products, and the logistics function is what keeps materials, components, and finished goods moving accurately and on schedule.

This role owns inventory control end to end and leads the logistics team day to day.

Responsibilities include:

• Performing scheduled and ad hoc cycle counts, and owning the cycle count calendar and count strategy.
• Reconciling inventory discrepancies and investigating root cause (mis-picks, transaction timing, damage, shrinkage) rather than just correcting the count.
• Executing and validating MRP transactions for receipts, issues, transfers, adjustments, and returns to keep on-hand and on-hold quantities accurate in real time.
• Maintaining min/max and reorder point settings, monitoring supply against production forecasts, and flagging stockout or excess risk to Planning and Purchasing.
• Coordinating and participating in periodic full physical inventory counts, including count prep, blind counts, tagging, and variance reporting.
• Managing lot, serial, and expiration/shelf-life tracking to support product traceability and quality/regulatory requirements.
• Identifying, tagging, and processing slow-moving, obsolete, or excess inventory, including disposition, scrap, and write-off transactions.
• Maintaining accurate bin/location records and leading periodic warehouse location audits.
• Applying ABC classification to set count frequency and control rigor based on item value and movement.
• Tracking and reporting inventory KPIs (count accuracy, adjustment dollars, aging, turns) to manufacturing and finance stakeholders.
• Partnering with Purchasing, Production Planning, and Quality to resolve discrepancies, material holds, and non-conforming inventory.
• Supporting internal and external audits (financial, quality, customer) with documentation, transaction history, and inventory data.
• Auditing team members' counting and transaction accuracy, driving corrective action on recurring discrepancies, and leading process improvement initiatives across the stockroom and warehouse.
• Training new logistics staff and coordinating daily workflow across the team.
• Maintaining cross-department visibility into work-in-process and finished goods movement, including demo units, customer returns, and inter-department transfers.

• 2+ years in inventory control, materials management, or a related manufacturing support role, plus demonstrated ability to coordinate, train, or lead others.
• Hands-on experience with cycle counting, root-cause reconciliation, and ERP inventory transactions; comfort partnering with Purchasing and Planning on min/max and forecast-driven replenishment.
• Attention to detail, reliability, and comfort working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Basic computer skills; experience with Microsoft Office and an MRP or inventory management system such as Net Suite is a plus.
• High school diploma…