Planning Program Manager

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are seeking a Planning Program Manager to support Air, Dominance, & Strike and drive the systems, processes, and cross-functional initiatives that power Anduril’s supply planning and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

Lead Cross-Functional Planning Projects

• Drive planning work streams from kickoff to execution, aligning stakeholders across supply chain, product, and engineering to ensure timely delivery of planning goals.
• Chart project trajectories, run operational cadences, identify and resolve blockers, while executing with urgency and precision.

Design & Optimize Planning Processes

• Identify and implement scalable processes for demand, supply, and material planning.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to bridge upstream business capabilities with downstream outcomes.
• Develop and document standard operating procedures and planning tools and aggressively pursue adoption.

Partner with Systems & Analytics Teams

• Translate planning challenges into system requirements and partner with Business Analytics to implement ERP and planning tool enhancements.
• Support the development of dashboards and reporting tools that provide visibility into material availability, constraints, and fulfillment risks.

Enable Strategic Decision-Making

• Leverage data to analyze supply-demand imbalances, identify planning gaps, and proactively communicate trade-offs and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Jump freely in and out of operational value chains including S&OP, NPI planning, and long-range forecasting to understand and drive alignment across business functions.

Drive Continuous Improvement

• Monitor planning KPIs and drive initiatives to relentlessly reduce waste, improve accuracy, and increase on-time delivery rates.
• Proactively identify issues and work to implement fixes.

Requirements

• 6+ years’ experience in inventory forecasting, supply planning, or inventory management in a hardware/manufacturing environment.
• 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.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.
• Experience with lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, six sigma principles, and big data evaluation techniques.
• Proactive, able to take substantial responsibility across various functions, with a focus on speed and accuracy.

Benefits

• US Salary Range $147,000-$196,000 USD
• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees