Material Planner III, SentryPosted today$31K–$42K

Anduril Industries
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The opportunity

Anduril’s Demand & Supply Planning team is seeking an exceptional Material Planner to drive material availability for cutting-edge defense hardware—spanning static sensor platforms, mobile ground equipment, and flight vehicles. In this role, you will hold end-to-end material…

What you'll 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.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s 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.