Director, Warehouse Operations & Production Supply

Director, Warehouse Operations And Production SupplyAnduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.About The JobWe are looking for a Director, Warehouse Operations and Production Supply to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa, CA. In 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 You'll DoRun 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 QualificationsBachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, industrial engineering, business or a related field, OR 15+ years of equivalent operations experience12+ years of experience in fulfillment, distribution, 3PL or warehouse operations, including leadership of a high volume site6+ years leading managers or supervisors across multiple shifts or sites, with 200+ hourly associates and full ownership of safety, labor and productivity resultsExperience managing labor to engineered or measured productivity standards by processExperience running warehouse operations on a warehouse management systemMust be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet production milestonesAbility to travel up to 25% of the timeThis 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, CAU.S. Person status is required, as this position needs access to export controlled material and dataPreferred QualificationsLaunched a new fulfillment, distribution or production supply site from pre opening through steady rateBuilds own analysis in SQL, Python or a BI toolExperience supplying a manufacturing production line through kitting, kanban and line side replenishmentAerospace, defense or regulated manufacturing experience, including custody of government furnished propertyLed the operations side of a warehouse management system implementation or migrationLean or Six Sigma certification, or a documented record of kaizen resultsSupervisors you hired and developed were later promotedMaster's degree in supply chain, engineering or businessEligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearanceUS Salary Range $220,000 —$292,000 USDThe 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 Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:BenefitsAt Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.Protecting Yourself from Recruitment ScamsAnduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. 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