Admin Manager
On-site · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Admin Manager for Origin’s Bengaluru-based R&D lab, owning four core functions (lab store/inventory, procurement of components and consumables, employee travel desk, and IT desk management) with hands-on ownership and 6–8 years of direct experience across all four areas. Responsibilities include real-time inventory management of electronic components, PCs, mechanical parts, tools, and lab consumables; implementing store systems with inward/outward registers, stock reconciliation, minimum reorder levels, and bin management; conducting periodic stock audits; labelling, storage, and traceability; coordinating with engineers to forecast demand; raising POs and sourcing vendors; tracking orders and payments; travel bookings and expense processing; visa applications support; IT asset management, onboarding/offboarding logistics, and liaising with IT vendors. The role requires strong attention to detail, process-driven ownership, effective communication with engineers, finance, and vendors, and willingness to work a 6-day on-site week in a startup R&D environment.
Required Qualifications
- 6–8 years of direct, hands-on experience in office administration or R&D/lab operations with ownership of store management, procurement, travel desk, and IT desk
- demonstrable experience managing physical inventory (stock registers, inward/outward tracking, bin systems, audits)
- procurement experience including raising POs, vendor sourcing and negotiation, invoice/challan tracking
- hands-on travel desk experience (booking tools, policy compliance, expense processing)
- proficiency in MS Excel or Google Sheets for inventory and travel MIS
- graduate in any discipline; degree/diploma in Business Administration or Operations is an advantage
- experience in technology/manufacturing/R&D environments preferred
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