Purchasing & Inventory Coordinator - Temporary
Astrolab
hawthorne, ca, usa
USD 27-40 / hour
Posted on May 21, 2025
Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We are singularly focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system. We are seeking motivated, creative, and exceptional people to join our world-class team.
As a Purchasing & Inventory Coordinator at Astrolab, you will be responsible for generally supporting the Supply Chain team with purchasing duties such as procuring materials and performing supply follow up, as well as Inventory duties such as goods receiving and kitting as needed to support our engineering and operations teams. This role is crucial in maintaining the supply chain for our lunar rovers, balancing cost, quality, and delivery timelines to meet our project needs. You will collaborate closely with suppliers, procurement, and production to ensure that Astrolab’s inventory control and logistics processes are efficient and strategic.
This is a temporary position for up to six months, depending on project timelines.
This is a temporary position for up to six months, depending on project timelines.
- Department
- Business Operations
- Employment Type
- Contract / Temp
- Location
- Hawthorne, California
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $27.00 - $40.00 / hour
- Reporting To
- Aviva Buller
What You’ll Do:
- Vendor Performance: Monitor supplier performance and resolve any issues related to delivery, quality, or service to maintain smooth procurement operations
- Incoming goods receiving: Receive goods physically & digitally into our inventory management system
- Warehouse management: Organize & maintain the physical storage of our direct and indirect goods by flight pedigree and other requirements compliant to our quality management system
- Production kitting: pick & kit to production materials and components necessary to execute on our production priorities
- Shipping and Logistics: Physically package and electronically arrange the shipping out of components to suppliers and customers
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, production, and finance teams to align inventory control activities with project timelines and budgetary constraints
What you'll bring:
- 1-2 years of warehouse and inventory control in a similar industry, OR 2+ years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in procurement software (e.g. NetSuite) and Microsoft Excel
- Familiarity with procurement in manufacturing, technology, or aerospace industries is a huge plus
About Astrolab
Having a strong, inclusive, and inspired team is essential to accomplishing our bold mission. Employees are our biggest asset, and we are deeply committed to them and our values. At Astrolab we…
Demonstrate and inspire trust. Interactions are direct, honest, and respectful. We are fair and transparent with what we do and why.
Thrive in balance. Balance gives us perspective and keeps us motivated and inspired. We commit to rewarding work and a fulfilling personal life.
Seek diverse perspectives. We ask questions, engage in productive debate and offer alternatives to ensure our solutions and products are robust and a reflection of our collective best.
Move with purpose. Quality and reliability are accomplished through efficient ideation and iteration. We act with a sense of urgency and deliver what we promise, always with the big picture in mind.
Make an impact. We intentionally move our community and industry into the future through our work, practices, and actions.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Application Review
Stage 2:
Recruiter Phone Interview
Stage 3:
Technical Video Interviews
Stage 4:
On-site Interview
Astrolab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to careers@astrolab.space. We strive to remove unconscious and unnecessary barriers to build the best team. While we’ve outlined what an ideal candidate could look like, we know that you may bring something unanticipated and essential to the team. If you’re reading this and can see yourself contributing, please register below.
