Senior Manager - Warehouse, Inventory Logistics and Planning

Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND‑01 - our rapidly developed humanoid platform being deployed in real industrial environments - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager – WILP to build and lead Humanoid’s global Warehouse, Inventory, Logistics and Planning function across London, Boston and Vancouver. This is a hands‑on build role in a fast‑moving prototype and NPI environment, scaling towards production. The role reports to the Senior Director, Supply Chain Management.

• Define the WILP strategy and roadmap, aligned with company strategy and the Senior Director, Supply Chain Management.

• Build a lean operating model, governance, KPIs and cadence for warehouse, inventory, logistics and planning that works in a fast‑changing NPI environment and scales as volumes grow.

• Lead, coach and develop the WILP team across sites, building capability and hiring as the function grows.

• Support the WILP teams across regional sites.

• Set OKRs, KPIs, and performance expectations.

• Foster a high‑performance, collaborative, curious and continuous‑improvement culture.

• Decisive and data driven, able to make priority calls under pressure.

• Confident communicator with customers and executives, keeps promises and raises risks early.

• This role operates in a high‑complexity robotics supply chain with multi‑tier suppliers, long lead times, export controls and frequent engineering change.

• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental and regulatory standards across all WILP operations.

• Act as deputy for the Senior Director, Supply Chain Management when required.

• Build a pragmatic planning and scheduling process suited to NPI and prototype builds, evolving towards make to order, assemble to order and configure to order flows as volumes ramp.

• Run daily and weekly tier meetings to manage exceptions, shortages, and expedites, ensuring clear root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.

• Lead the available to promise process, including project slotting and allocations during shortages.

• Ensure export compliance, documentation accuracy and clean handover to carriers and customs partners.

• Be part of exploring and selecting MRP/ERP and planning systems: define requirements and a phased roadmap, while keeping planning effective on lightweight tools in the meantime.

• Work with Demand and Production Planning, Material Planning and Engineering to keep build plans, material availability and change cycles aligned.

• Develop and maintain inventory management processes to optimise warehouse operations.

• Oversee and execute inventory counts, reconciliation, and audits.

• Monitor and manage stock levels to meet customer demands and avoid overstock or shortages.

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve inventory processes and accuracy.

• Maintain a clean, organised, and safe warehouse environment.

• Design a logistics model that supports today’s site‑to‑site and prototype flows and can scale to central and regional DCs and cross docks.

• Select and manage 3PLs, carriers and freight forwarders with clear SLAs and regular performance reviews.

• Implement transport management and consolidation rules that protect on‑time delivery and cost.

• Strong understanding of Incoterms and global trade compliance.

• Good understanding of logistics processes across the Americas, UK, and Europe.

• Ensure warehouse processes, inventory accuracy and cycle counting reach Group standards, using…