Material Planner III, Sentry

About the Role

Andurils Demand & Supply Planning team is seeking an exceptional Material Planner to drive material availability for cutting-edge defense hardwarespanning static sensor platforms mobile ground equipment and flight vehicles.
In this role you will hold end-to-end material flow ownership across the value chain from raw components through to finished goods. You wont just manage tickets; you will own specific product lines and assemblies serving as the critical link that dictates to Purchasing and Manufacturing exactly what to build/buy how many and when.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced rapidly iterating environment where engineering designs evolve quickly. You possess a bias toward action absolute accountability and the problem-solving grit needed to ensure our production lines never miss a beat.

What Youll Do

• Production & Material Scheduling: Build maintain and execute dynamic production plans. Translate engineering demand into executable build schedules aligning closely with Strategic Sourcing and Purchasing to guarantee component availability
• Clear-to-Build (CTB) Management: Maintain real-time shortage visibility across active programs. Generate actionable CTB reports to proactively flag risks prioritize dock-to-stock material flow and prevent line-down situations.
• Engineering Change Implementation (ECO/ECN): Partner directly with Hardware Engineering to assess inventory exposure manage revision cut-ins and minimize scrap during rapid design iterations.
• Supply Signaling & Forecasting: Provide forward-looking demand signals to Strategic Sourcing and Procurement for long-lead custom mechanical and electrical components.
• ERP & Master Data Hygiene: Take direct ownership of MRP parameters within Oracle (lead times safety stocks reorder points scrap factors and Bills of Materials) to ensure system recommendations reflect reality.
• Consumables & Floor Stock Strategy: Design and manage replenishment strategies (e.g. Kanban Min/Max) for production consumables fasteners and floor stock to ensure uninterrupted assembly.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Collaborate daily across Production Quality Logistics and Sourcing to reallocate materials resolve Non-Conforming Material (MRB) holdups and expedite critical parts
• Champion Process Improvement: Actively hunt for inefficiencies manual workarounds and gaps across planning warehousing and inventory systems. Dont wait for permission or instructionstake the initiative to design scalable solutions rally cross-functional partners (Manufacturing Quality Sourcing etc) and lead the charge from concept to execution.

Required Qualifications

• 3 years of material planning production control or supply chain experience in a high-mix or fast-paced manufacturing environment (e.g. aerospace defense automotive robotics or complex electronics).
• Demonstrated Ownership & Initiative: A proven track record of identifying broken or inefficient operational processes and autonomously leading the charge to implement corrective scalable solutions.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex Bills of Materials involving electro-mechanical assemblies wire harnesses or precision-machined structures.
• Hands-on experience operating within ERP/MRP systems (Oracle strongly preferred; SAP Netsuite or similar accepted).
• Strong data manipulation skills in Excel (Pivot Tables XLOOKUP index/match) to build models and shortage trackers from scratch.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 1520%.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance (U.S. Citizenship required).
• Ability to work full-time onsite in Irvine CA (or relocate prior to starting).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in NPI (New Product Introduction) environments where engineering changes occur frequently and rapidly.
• Experience leading Kaizen events value-stream mapping and/or cross-functional operational improvement projects that delivered measurable results in inventory accuracy cycle time reduction or shortage prevention.
• Self-starter mindset: A proven track record of resolving complex operational bottlenecks with minimal supervision and high agency.

US Salary Range

$99000 - $130000 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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