Planning Program Manager

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Programs : Demand & Supply Planning : Demand & Supply Planning

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Planning Manager to drive systems, processes, and cross-functional initiatives for supply planning and operational readiness. This role involves scaling planning, material readiness, and hardware fulfillment, collaborating with Supply Chain, Product, Engineering, Finance, and Deployment Ops to ensure timely delivery of hardware. The manager will lead planning projects, design and optimize planning processes, partner with systems and analytics teams for ERP and planning tool enhancements, leverage data for supply-demand analysis, and drive continuous improvement in planning KPIs.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drive planning work streams from kickoff to execution, aligning stakeholders across supply chain, product, and engineering to ensure timely delivery of planning goals
  2. Identify and implement scalable processes for demand, supply, and material planning
  3. Translate planning challenges into system requirements and partner with Business Analytics to implement ERP and planning tool enhancements
  4. Leverage data to analyze supply-demand imbalances, identify planning gaps, and proactively communicate trade-offs and recommendations to stakeholders
  5. Monitor planning KPIs and drive initiatives to relentlessly reduce waste, improve accuracy, and increase on-time delivery rates.

Skills

Required

  • inventory forecasting
  • supply planning
  • inventory management
  • hardware/manufacturing environment
  • data analysis
  • ERP systems
  • planning systems
  • cross-functional leadership
  • process building
  • Supply Chain
  • Logistics
  • Business
  • Engineering

Nice to have

  • SAP
  • NetSuite
  • Oracle

What the JD emphasized

  • Track record of improving inventory forecast accuracy and enforcing business-wide accountability
  • Strong data analysis skills; able to identify and fix systemic issues impacting inventory forecast reliability
  • Deep familiarity with ERP and planning systems (SAP, NetSuite, Oracle, or similar)
  • High ownership, strong cross-functional leadership, and ability to build process rigor in fast-scaling environments