Inventory Control Analyst

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services. This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation. Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.

About the role

The Inventory Analyst is responsible for using data, reporting, and operational analysis to improve inventory accuracy across internal warehouses, manufacturing sites, contract manufacturers, third-party logistics providers, and other partner locations. This role owns recurring inventory reporting, identifies discrepancies and trends, supports cycle count execution, and partners cross-functionally to close the physical-to-system lag, prevent recurring variances, and reduce inventory loss, write-offs, and operational risk.

The ideal candidate has experience in a complex, fast-paced manufacturing, logistics, or supply chain environment and understands how physical inventory movement, system transactions, and financial controls must stay aligned. This person must be highly analytical, detail-oriented, self-directed, and able to collaborate effectively with partner teams, resolve conflicts professionally, and drive outcomes without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and improve recurring inventory reports, dashboards, and scorecards that measure inventory accuracy, cycle count completion, variance trends, exception aging, transaction timing, inventory movement posting discipline, and location-level discrepancies.
• Analyze inventory data across multiple sites and partner nodes to identify physical-to-system mismatches, root causes, recurring process gaps, and areas of financial or operational exposure.
• Support cycle count planning and execution, including count schedules, count readiness, discrepancy tracking, recount coordination, variance validation, and closure reporting.
• Monitor cycle count adherence by site and inventory category, ensuring high-priority materials are counted on the required cadence and variances are investigated, documented, and closed timely.
• Partner with Inventory, Logistics, Warehouse, Manufacturing, Finance, Supply Chain, Contract Manufacturers, and 3PL teams to investigate discrepancies and drive corrective actions to completion.
• Collaborate closely and effectively with internal and external partner teams, using clear communication, professional judgment, and structured follow-up to resolve issues, align priorities, and address conflicts in a respectful and productive manner.
• Monitor high-value and high-risk inventory, including A/B class items, serialized material, RMA inventory, MRB, scrap, consigned inventory, in-transit material, and partner-held stock.
• Reconcile inventory balances between ERP, WMS, partner reports, physical counts, transfer records, receiving records, and shipment evidence.
• Track open exceptions such as aged transfer orders, pending receipts, unresolved count variances, unposted movements, duplicate receipts, inventory holds, RMA activity, scrap, unbuild activity, and aging inventory requiring disposition.
• Develop actionable reporting that helps leadership prioritize risk, improve controls, reduce manual reconciliation, and make informed operational decisions.
• Build reporting that separates operational accuracy from financial exposure, allowing leadership to see unit, location, transaction, and aging risks without displaying confidential inventory value.
• Support inventory control best practices, including ABC categorization, risk-based count prioritization, location-level accuracy reporting, reason-code discipline, transaction cutoffs, blind counts, segregation of duties, audit-ready evidence retention, and clear exception ownership.
• Assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end inventory readiness by identifying open issues, reporting financial exposure, and ensuring timely follow-up on required actions.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for custody, receipts, counts, adjustments, approvals, root-cause decisions, and corrective actions to support operational controls and compliance readiness.
• Identify, create, govern, and iterate inventory control processes as business needs, site requirements, reporting maturity, and operational complexity evolve in a fast and quickly changing environment.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in inventory analysis, inventory control, manufacturing operations, logistics, supply chain operations, warehouse operations, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of inventory practices, including cycle counting, variance analysis, inventory adjustments, inventory reconciliation, receiving, transfers, scrap, MRB, RMA, and physical inventory controls.
• Experience working in a complex, fast-paced environment with multiple sites, warehouses, contract manufacturers, 3PLs, or external partners.
• Advanced Excel or spreadsheet skills, including lookups, pivot tables, formulas, data comparisons, exception reporting, and large-data-set analysis.
• Experience with ERP, WMS, or inventory reporting systems; NetSuite experience is preferred.
• Ability to translate data into practical business insights, corrective actions, and clear recommendations for operational leaders.
• Strong attention to detail, follow-through, ownership, and ability to manage multiple priorities with limited supervision.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive outcomes without direct authority.
• Basic understanding of supply chain practices, including purchasing, receiving, manufacturing flow, inventory movement, logistics, and partner inventory management.

Key Performance Indicators

• Cycle Count Completion Target: 99%+ completion on time, by site, category, and count schedule.
• Inventory Record Accuracy Target: 99%+ accuracy, measured by unit, location, item-level variance, transaction integrity, and count-to-system alignment.
• High-Value Inventory Coverage Target: 100% of high-priority, high-risk, or A/B inventory counted on the required cadence, without disclosing confidential inventory values.
• Adjustment and Write-Off Reduction Target: Minimize inventory loss, write-offs, avoidable adjustments, and recurring variance exposure.
• Exception Aging Target: Reduce aged transfer orders, pending receipts, unresolved variances, inventory holds, reconciliation defects, and open exception queues.
• Transaction Timeliness Target: Support same-day or 24-hour posting discipline for physical inventory movements, where applicable.
• Root-Cause Closure Target: Ensure material variances include a documented root cause, owner, corrective action, and closure date.
• Reporting Quality Target: Deliver accurate, timely, and actionable reports that clearly identify risk, trends, owners, next steps, and escalation paths while protecting confidential inventory valuation data.

Best-Practice Expectations

• Use ABC classification and risk-based prioritization to focus controls on the inventory that carries the highest financial, operational, or customer-impact risk.
• Separate financial accuracy from operational accuracy by reporting both value variance and physical/location variance.
• Maintain clear ownership for every exception, including due dates, root cause, corrective action, and escalation path.
• Use standardized reason codes and supporting evidence for adjustments, scrap, write-offs, inventory holds, and other inventory-impacting transactions.
• Promote clean transaction timing by aligning physical movement, ERP/WMS updates, and supporting documentation.
• Support audit readiness through complete count records, approval evidence, reconciliation support, and clear documentation of variance decisions.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to improve reporting cadence, reduce manual work, and create repeatable inventory control processes.
• Work through ambiguity and competing priorities with partner teams by clarifying ownership, escalating risks appropriately, and maintaining professional, solutions-oriented communication.

Skills

• Data-driven problem solving
• Inventory accuracy and control mindset
• Strong ownership and follow-through
• Ability to self-direct in ambiguous environments
• Cross-functional collaboration and influence without authority
• Manufacturing logistics and supply chain awareness
• Attention to detail and reporting discipline
• Sense of urgency and ability to operate in a fast-paced environment
• Professional conflict resolution and partner-team alignment
• Ability to build, govern, and continuously improve processes in a rapidly changing environment

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $220,000 annually. Actual compensation may include bonus and equity, and will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, and qualifications.

Why Join Cerebras

• Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
• Publish and open source cutting-edge AI research.
• Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
• Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.
• A simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.