Manager, Demand & Supply Planning

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Morrisville, NC · Programs : Demand & Supply Planning : Demand & Supply Planning

Manager, Demand & Supply Planning for a defense technology company that uses an AI-powered operating system. The role focuses on planning material and builds for hardware, managing a team, and optimizing the S&OP process to meet financial objectives. Requires experience in supply chain, manufacturing, team management, and ERP systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and execute supply & demand plans that support the company's sales forecasts and business strategies.
  2. Lead the Supply & Demand planning team to ensure efficient and effective execution of planning activities.
  3. Collaborate through S&OP with various departments, including sales, operations, and finance, to gather relevant data for accurate supply forecasting.
  4. Effectively distill and communicate complex scenarios to executives for strategic decision-making and alignment.
  5. Manage inventory levels to meet service level targets while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or business field
  • 8+ years of experience in a supply chain or production role within a fast-paced manufacturing environment with complex mechanical and/or electrical assemblies
  • 3+ years of experience managing a direct team
  • Demonstrated ability to completely own complex value chains from start to finish, coordinating between multiple internal and internal parties to ensure on-time deliveries and adherence to quality standards
  • Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle, Netsuite, and CRM systems like Salesforce
  • Ability to demonstrate a willingness to take on substantial responsibility across supply chain, logistics, engineering, and supply planning functions with a bias towards speed and accuracy
  • Strong technical expertise including ability to read technical documentation, drawings, and CAD data, understanding of a variety of hardware manufacturing processes for both electronics (PCBAs, sensor hardware, etc.) and structures/mechanisms
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
  • Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Morrisville, NC

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree or other higher education
  • Ability to demonstrate a willingness to take on substantial responsibility across supply chain, logistics, engineering, and supply planning functions with a bias towards speed and accuracy
  • Strong experience with SQL databases, including building custom queries for production and inventory metrics
  • Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Power BI
  • Knowledge of supply chain planning systems like Blue Yonder and best practices in demand planning, inventory management, and S&OP
  • Experience with lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, six sigma principles, and big data evaluation techniques
  • Proactive, able to take substantial responsibility across various functions, with a focus on speed and accuracy
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • Demonstrated ability to completely own complex value chains from start to finish, coordinating between multiple internal and internal parties to ensure on-time deliveries and adherence to quality standards.
  • Ability to demonstrate a willingness to take on substantial responsibility across supply chain, logistics, engineering, and supply planning functions with a bias towards speed and accuracy.