Material Planner III, Sentry

The role

You will drive material availability for defense hardware by owning end-to-end material flow across the value chain. You will build production plans, manage shortages, and partner with engineering and sourcing to ensure component availability.

What you will do

• Build, maintain and execute dynamic production plans.
• Translate engineering demand into executable build schedules.
• Maintain real-time shortage visibility and generate CTB reports.
• Partner with Hardware Engineering to manage inventory exposure and revision cut-ins.
• Provide forward-looking demand signals to Strategic Sourcing and Procurement.
• Take ownership of MRP parameters within Oracle.
• Design and manage replenishment strategies for production consumables and floor stock.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Logistics and Sourcing to resolve material issues.
• Design and lead scalable process improvement solutions.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of material planning, production control or supply chain experience in a high-mix or fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience managing complex Bills of Materials involving electro-mechanical assemblies, wire harnesses or precision-machined structures.
• Hands-on experience operating within ERP/MRP systems
• Strong data manipulation skills in Excel (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, index/match)
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 15–20%
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Ability to work full-time onsite in Irvine, CA (or relocate prior to starting)

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline
• Experience in NPI (New Product Introduction) environments
• Experience leading Kaizen events, value-stream mapping and/or cross-functional operational improvement projects
• Self-starter mindset

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.