Inventory Supervisor (Onsite)

Kardium Inc., 155-8518 Glenlyon Parkway, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Job Description

Posted Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 10 : 00 a.m.

Your opportunity

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium has a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market : The Globe® Pulsed Field System. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

We are currently seeking an experienced Inventory Supervisor to report to the Planning and Inventory Manager and to lead a team of dedicated Material Handlers. You are passionate about mentoring and helping individuals grow and you have had previous success driving process improvement initiatives. The Inventory Supervisor will foster open communication and a collaborative workplace and must be flexible and prepared to work in a fast-paced environment.

As the Inventory Supervisor, you will collaborate closely with Manufacturing, Quality Control (QC), Quality Assurance (QA), Planning, Purchasing, Engineering, and New Product Introduction (NPI) teams. You will be responsible for overseeing and optimizing inventory operations while leading a team of material handlers to ensure seamless execution of daily and weekly tasks.

Please note, this opportunity is an onsite work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

What you’ll be doing

Your responsibilities will include :

• Manage and lead a team of material handlers, ensuring the prioritization and scheduling of daily and weekly tasks.
• Conduct performance evaluations, propose development plans, and oversee compensation reviews to foster continuous growth and improvement.
• Monitor inventory processes to ensure optimal material flow and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Track and analyze inventory metrics, investigate variances, and implement corrective and preventive actions when required.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and maintain effective inventory systems aligned with industry best practices.
• Act as the primary point of contact for inventory-related actions associated with Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
• Assist with inventory containment activities, including verification and segregation of impacted materials.
• Ensure adherence to all health and safety requirements, fostering a safe and compliant workplace environment.
• Train and mentor Inventory team members on material handling procedures, inventory control processes, and best practices.
• Lead by example, providing hands‑on support and performing inventory tasks when necessary to maintain operational efficiency.

What you bring to the team

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting‑edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes :

Compensation

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more experience than listed above, the pay range will be higher.

The total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

Work‑day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.

Support for you (and your dependents) overall well‑being.

Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.

Career progression and learning support.

Professional membership support.

Life at Kardium

What makes us a great place to work?

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer‑led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, and Irish ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.

And our employees think we are great too – check outGlassdoor to learn more!

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