Inventory Associate

**About us**: Vow is a cultured meat company on a mission to feed billions and create food that's good for your tastebuds, your health and your planet. We're bringing together cutting edge innovations in science, engineering, culinary and design to create new meats that meat lovers can choose selfishly because it's nutritious and delicious, and we're doing so in a sustainable way. **The role**: Vow is hiring for an Inventory Associate. In this role, you'll be the backbone of Vow's operations, ensuring the efficient and accurate movement of goods across our facilities. From receiving and storing materials to coordinating internal transfers and outward shipments, you'll take ownership of every step in the supply chain to keep our manufacturing processes running smoothly. With a keen focus on quality, compliance, and safety, you'll play a critical role in supporting Vow's rapid growth and mission to redefine the future of food. **The experience/skills you will bring**: - Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in inventory management and record-keeping. - Some experience in warehouse operations, logistics, or supply chain roles. - Forklift certification (or willingness to obtain it). - Familiarity with inventory and procurement systems. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a commitment to teamwork and continuous improvement. **You will**: - **Manage goods inwards and storage**: - Receive, unpack, and store goods efficiently. - Notify relevant team members of deliveries and update warehouse and procurement IT systems. - **Coordinate internal goods movement**: - Facilitate transfers between factories and storage locations. - Retrieve and stage goods for manufacturing. - **Oversee goods outwards**: - Prepare, package, and coordinate shipments. - Ensure accurate documentation and system updates. - **Ensure quality and compliance**: - Verify incoming materials and perform quality checks (e.g., temperature, packaging). - Maintain accurate records to ensure traceability and compliance with food safety systems. - **Maintain warehouse organisation and safety**: - Keep warehouse and outdoor areas clean, organised, and safe. - Manage waste disposal and support health, safety, and environment standards. - **Perform stock management and ordering**: - Conduct regular stocktakes and reconcile inventory records. - Reorder parts and manage consumables inventory. **What success looks like**: - **3 Months**: - Fully understand Vow's inventory processes and systems. - Establish routines for efficient goods handling and warehouse organization. - **6 Months**: - Achieve measurable improvements in stock accuracy and compliance. - Build strong collaboration with internal teams, streamlining goods movement. - **12 Months**: - Maintain a highly organized, efficient, and safe warehouse environment. - Consistently deliver seamless inventory management, supporting Vow's growth **Who we are and why join**: - **We are building a diverse, mission-led dream team of "Vowzers."** Our mission is to make food products for everyone. To do that well we need a workforce that's representative of the people we serve. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view - so we're building a culture to match. Be yourself and come as you are. - **Work on cutting-edge technology.** We're bringing together cutting-edge innovations in science, engineering, and food, to recreate the world's most tantalising and unique culinary experiences. All without compromising on ethics or our planet along the way. Since our inception in 2019, we have held the title of being the first startup to cultivate meat from the cells of an undomesticated animal, been called The Spaceship of the cultured meat industry by Forbes and launched our first product under the brand Forged in some of the hottest restaurants in Singapore. - **Work with and learn from the best.** Our team includes some of the world's top scientists, innovators, operators, and creatives with decades of industry experience. Despite our experiences though, we all strive to build, break, learn, and repeat. We see the impossible as temporary and strive to learn and support our company and fellow Vowzers' growth as much as possible. - **We're fully funded and ready to go.** We are a growing Aussie biotech start-up backed by Blackbird Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Grok Ventures, Tenacious Ventures, P7 Ventures, Toyota Ventures, and PeakBridge VC. **Vow perks and benefits**: - **Everyone is an owner.** In addition to competitive base salaries, each and every 'Vowzer' owns equity in the company so we can all benefit from our hard work and future success. - **Generous paid parental leave.** We offer 8 weeks of paid caregiver leave and an additional 8 weeks paid leave for the birth giver. - **Generous relocation budget & support.** Support for interstate or overseas team members and their families. - **Unlimited personal leave.** At Vow we recognise that sometimes sh*t happens. We