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Material Planner III, Sentry

Anduril· Programs : Demand & Supply Planning : Demand & Supply Planning
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Irvine, CA$99k - $130kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Anduril’s Demand & Supply Planning team seeks a Material Planner to drive material availability for defense hardware, owning end-to-end material flow across the value chain and coordinating with Purchasing and Manufacturing to determine what to build/buy, how much, and when.

Responsibilities

  • 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. Lead scalable solutions from concept to execution

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: track record of identifying and leading corrective scalable solutions
  • 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 15–20%
  • 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)

Skills

Required:Material PlanningERP/MRP (Oracle)Excel (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, index/match)

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package available for full-time employees
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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