Director, Supply Chain Planning Process
Leads global supply-chain planning processes for a defense-tech company, designing scalable S&OP/S&OE systems and integrating AI-driven tools to ensure on-time delivery of mission-critical systems.
- Compensation
- $220K–$292K / yr
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Logistics
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Master’s degree (or Bachelors with multiple years and role experience) in planning, supply chain, operations planning, operations finance, or a related field.
- 10+ years of direct leadership experience in S&OP, S&OE, Supply Chain (or eqivalent experience leading enterprise Supply Chain consulting engagements), or Materials Planning in a fast-growing industri
- 8+ years of proven experience in leading teams (direct or indirect) that manage the implementation of complex or large-scale planning systems and practices. (ex SAP, Oracle, IBP, Kinaxis, Manugistics,
- Expertise in Planning & Inventory Systems. Designing, implementing, adopting, and scaling complex systems and processes across an enterprise. (Kinaxis, IBP, Manugistics, etc).
- Experience in the practical integration/utilization of AI in a process environment. Automation of process, reporting, presentations to drive planning productivity.
- Track record of developing and implementing scalable, repeatable planning frameworks, processes, and strategies to improve efficiency and mission success within a global environment.
- Ability to manage directly and by influence across divisional and functional leadership teams.
- Exceptional communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required to enable effective change management with key stakeholders, other departments, and all levels of management.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Full description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
Director Planning Process
We are seeking a Director of Supply Chain Planning Process responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing the Supply Chain Planning Processes that drive Anduril’s global planning operations. In this position, you will oversee the development and adoption of scalable planning processes that ensure efficient, secure, and compliant demand, supply, materials and production planning within the Divisional Planning teams. This role is critical to allow our divisions to seamlessly coordinate across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and deployments, ensuring that Anduril systems are delivered on time and operate flawlessly in mission-critical environments. This role is ideal for a seasoned process and systems driven leader who thrives in high-growth, high-stakes environments and is passionate about optimizing planning processes to support mission and organizational success. You will directly impact Anduril’s ability to rapidly and effectively deliver critical defense solutions worldwide. An individual with a strategic mindset, driven by the challenge of scaling and refining processes and teams, and who flourishes in a high-stakes, mission-oriented setting will excel in this role.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Develop & Optimize Supply Chain Planning Processes
- Design and implement scalable, standardized S&OP, S&OE, and Materials Planning processes to ensure efficiency, quality, and repeatability across the company.
- Establish requirements and new use cases that push our processes and tools to be a game changer for the company, and ensure seamless coordination between supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, finance, and deployments.
- Set the standards, then identify gaps against that standard across the company using data, scorecards, metrics under full transparency. Identify (create, copy, etc) elegant solutions to complex problems and dissect all components in order to drive change and improvements, ensuring alignment with divisions and business units.
- Support the expansion of the Central Planning team and tools to enable our businesses for real-time decisioning and risk mitigation as we hyperscale across the enterprise.