Director, Material Movement & Production Supply

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Global Material Movement team is responsible for every movement of material from a suppliers dock to the point of use on Andurils production lines. We receive inspect store count kit and deliver the parts that build Andurils products and we hold custody of government property along the way. The team exists so that production never stops for material. As Anduril adds production lines and new buildings warehouse capacity limits how fast each new product can ramp. Site Execution and Production Supply is the operating core of that team: the people the floor and the daily results at Andurils headquarters and Orange County facilities.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Director Material Movement & Production Supply (internally known as Director Warehousing Operations & Production Supply) to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa this role you will be responsible for warehouse and production supply operations across our headquarters and Orange County facilities: receiving put away picking kitting line side delivery and outbound shipping. You will lead a team of managers and supervisors and several hundred hourly associates and you will open a new campus in Long Beach. Government property and export controlled material stay in custody the whole way. This will require experience running high volume multi site warehouse operations by the numbers: labor planned against demand productivity measured by process and every miss traced to a root cause. If you are someone who walks the floor before you read the dashboard can launch a building and get it to rate quickly and builds supervisors who run their shifts through standard work and continuous improvement then this role is for you.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Run daily operations across our headquarters and Orange County sites: receiving put away storage picking kitting line side delivery and outbound shipping to other Anduril sites and to deployment.
• Own the result production cares about most: zero line stoppages caused by material with dock to stock kit on time and line side fill rate held to the service levels agreed with each production team. Every miss gets an A3 with a root cause a countermeasure an owner and a date.
• Run the operation from data. Build the daily view of labor productivity by process backlog and service level by site pulled from the system rather than from spreadsheets and use it to staff every shift.
• Lead from the floor through daily Gemba walks tier meetings at every site and a steady pace of kaizen events that each target a measured problem.
• Own safety and cost at every site you run: zero recordables as the standard the operating budget for labor overtime supplies and equipment and cost per unit handled reported monthly to Finance.
• Hold transaction discipline and location control in every flow you run so the counts run by our Inventory Control and Quality Assurance team find nothing to fix. Execute quality at the point of handling: receiving checks damage prevention and segregation of nonconforming material.
• Keep government furnished property and export controlled material segregated serialized and traceable in every flow you run.
• Hire train and develop hourly associates and the supervisors who lead them. Manage labor to the productivity standards and staffing guidelines set for each process and manage overtime and attrition against plan.
• Launch the Long Beach campus: hire its leaders write its standard work and run it to the same measures as headquarters from the first shift.
• Act as the first user of every new system and layout. Test warehouse system changes on the floor before they go live and accept or reject layout and automation handovers from Material Flow Engineering.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in supply chain operations industrial engineering business or a related field OR 15 years of equivalent operations experience
• 12 years of experience in fulfillment distribution 3PL or warehouse operations including leadership of a high volume site
• 6 years leading managers or supervisors across multiple shifts or sites with 200 hourly associates and full ownership of safety labor and productivity results
• Experience managing labor to engineered or measured productivity standards by process
• Experience running warehouse operations on a warehouse management system
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet production milestones
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
• This position is based in Costa Mesa CA and requires being onsite. Remote work not considered. Candidates outside the area must be willing to relocate to Costa Mesa CA
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs access to export controlled material and data

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Launched a new fulfillment distribution or production supply site from pre opening through steady rate
• Builds own analysis in SQL Python or a BI tool
• Experience supplying a manufacturing production line through kitting kanban and line side replenishment
• Aerospace defense or regulated manufacturing experience including custody of government furnished property
• Led the operations side of a warehouse management system implementation or migration
• Lean or Six Sigma certification or a documented record of kaizen results
• Supervisors you hired and developed were later promoted
• Masters degree in supply chain engineering or business
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance

US Salary Range

$220000 - $292000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

Benefits

At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next. For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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