Senior Buyer/planner

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Quincy, MA · Manufacturing : Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike - Production : Supply Chain

This role is for a Senior Buyer/Planner at Anduril Industries, a defense technology company. The role involves managing the entire value chain for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), including demand forecasting, inventory planning, purchasing, and material flow through an ERP system. The company utilizes an AI-powered operating system and focuses on autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology in its products.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the planning and on-time delivery of raw materials to internal assembly lines as well as finished goods to customers
  2. Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts and plans
  3. Manage day-to-day ordering and inventory for assigned product lines
  4. Identify and resolve supply issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams
  5. Generate and analyze data to identify trends and support decision-making

Skills

Required

  • technical procurement experience in a manufacturing environment
  • documentation and communication skills
  • interpersonal relationship skills
  • negotiating and relationship management skills
  • ability to drive achievement of objectives
  • work in cross functional teams
  • collaborate with across functions / borders
  • understanding and interpretation of related design specification
  • problem-solving skills
  • organizational skills
  • analytical skills
  • critical thinking skills
  • high discretion/judgment in decision making
  • work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment
  • own a value chain from start to finish
  • coordinating among multiple different internal and external parties
  • achieve on-time deliveries under stringent quality standards
  • prior knowledge of Oracle or a similar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
  • Ability to travel up to 25%
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in any technical field including mechanical/aerospace/manufacturing, electrical, or computer engineering, supply chain, or business with a technical minor or concentration
  • Experience with Lean Manufacturing and/or Continuous Improvement and Six Sigma principles in action
  • Prior knowledge of Blue Yonder or a similar Supply Chain Planning system
  • developing statistical models to predict demand in a fast paced, high mix, low volume environment
  • Knowledge of supply chain planning best practices and data processes that generate business value
  • demand planning
  • inventory management
  • supply planning
  • S&OP / S&OE and Integrated Business Planning
  • Knowledge of and experience with big data evaluation and analysis techniques
  • Experience with SQL databases
  • storage of information and writing custom queries to pull and analyze data sets to direct focus and action
  • Knowledge of and experience with leading data reporting applications including Tableau, Power BI, Qlikview, etc.

What the JD emphasized

  • 4+ years of significant technical procurement experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Demonstrated ability to completely own a value chain from start to finish, coordinating among multiple different internal and external parties to achieve on-time deliveries under stringent quality standards