Supply Planner

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Quonset, RI · Manufacturing : Undersea Dominance - Production : Supply Chain

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Supply Planner to manage material flow for autonomous underwater vehicles. The role involves planning, sourcing, inventory management, and identifying supply issues to ensure timely delivery of raw materials and finished goods. The ideal candidate has experience in fast-paced manufacturing environments and can coordinate across multiple teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the accurate planning and on-time delivery of both raw material to internal assembly lines as well as finished goods to customers
  2. Support day-to-day demand signaling, ordering, and inventory management for product lines
  3. Identify supply issues, flag with the appropriate owners across Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and drive resolution
  4. Own the reporting and analysis of supply and material health and ensure that stakeholders have the inputs they need to make decisions across Engineering (cut-in dates for new designs), Purchasing (signals on what to buy), Manufacturing (signals on being clear-to-build and what to build), Business Development (supply overview to drive customer contracts)
  5. Work closely with the Sourcing Engineers and Manufacturing Engineering team to source components, maintain vendor relationships, and develop make vs. buy strategies

Skills

Required

  • 3+ years past experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment in either a supply chain or production-type role
  • 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
  • Familiarity with developing high-tech products in a high-mix, low-volume environment
  • Prior knowledge of Netsuite or a similar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering (BSME, BSEE) or other related technical degree
  • Eligibility to obtain a US security clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience interacting with SQL databases
  • 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
  • Advanced technical degree or MBA

What the JD emphasized

  • fast-paced manufacturing environment
  • complex mechanical and/or electrical assemblies were built
  • stringent quality standards
  • high-mix, low-volume environment