Inventory Manager

Zeno is seeking an Inventory Manager to lead inventory control, optimization, and execution across multiple sites. Location: Bengaluru – Work from Office (5 days a week) Start Date: Immediate About Zeno An unprecedented energy transition has begun. To meet 2040 net zero goals, over 2 billion electric two-wheelers (motorcycles) must be sold and $11 trillion in fuel consumption replaced. Zeno is building a tech platform to electrify this two-wheeler market, currently responsible for more than 4% of the world’s GHG emissions. Our mission is to accelerate the energy transition and democratize the benefits across Africa, India, and Latin America. With a focus on East Africa as a starting point, Zeno is building a new energy ecosystem with ground-up development of a fundamentally better electric motorcycle and associated battery swap network to drive a better experience for our customers. The Role Zeno is seeking an Inventory Manager to lead inventory control, optimization, and execution across multiple sites in India and East Africa. This role is critical to ensuring the availability of parts, spares, and finished goods to support production, aftersales, and field operations. You will build systems and processes to maintain accuracy, minimize excess, and enable scalable operations for Zeno’s fast-growing EV business. What You’ll Do Own end-to-end inventory management, including receiving, storage, stock reconciliation, and dispatch of components and finished goods. Establish and implement robust processes for inventory tracking, cycle counting, and audits to ensure accuracy. Optimize inventory levels to support production, aftermarket service, and field operations while reducing working capital locks. Implement digital inventory tools/ERP systems to drive real-time visibility and forecasting. Align with Program for production planning, evaluate & report current stocks, required stocks and support production requirement. Work with field service units to map & manage after sales & service requirements and provide the report to programs for sourcing strategy alignment Manage spares planning and logistics to provide timely support to service and field teams in Kenya and other regions. Collaborate with supply chain, production, and logistics teams to ensure smooth material flow. Create dashboards and reports to enable data-driven inventory planning and decision-making. Build a scalable inventory governance framework aligned with company growth. What You Bring 6–9 years of experience in inventory management, preferably in automotive, EV, or manufacturing sectors. Strong knowledge of warehouse operations, stock reconciliation, and materials management best practices. Experience with ERP systems (SAP/Oracle/NetSuite) and inventory management tools. Proven ability to manage multi-location inventories and field support logistics. Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills with supply chain, production, and service teams. The role spreads across Bengaluru and Bhiwadi and should be open to travel You have Positive attitude with positive view of people Teamwork attitude to take on & support multiple responsibilities and have result oriented way of working You are open to change and are stimulated by taking on new responsibilities Has the ability to work strategically in a fast-paced environment Has very good communication skills to deal with, interact with suppliers from different regions of India Works proactively with the ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments, as we operate in a changing environment Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. Has the experience or capability to work with startup mind set with out of the box lateral thinking abilities Should be able to drive & deliver in evolving processes across the company Benefits Competitive salary aligned with experience. Company-sponsored healthcare plan. Opportunity to build world-class inventory systems for a next-generation EV platform. Join a global team of bold engineers, operators, and entrepreneurs driving the trillion-dollar transition of two-wheelers to electric.