Senior Manager, Material Flow Engineering

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Manager of Material Flow Engineering to join their Supply Chain team. The successful candidate will create a strategic plan to optimize warehouse and material flow operations across their Columbus, OH facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement innovative material management strategies, policies, and procedures to optimize material flow and support production requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including procurement, production, logistics, and quality, to aid in accurate demand forecasting, procurement planning, and timely delivery of materials.
• Collaborate with production planning teams to align material availability with production schedules, minimize disruptions, and meet customer demand on time.
• Own the metrics, KPIs, and reporting associated with monitoring production line health and efficiency.
• Support and implement inventory control measures, including cycle counting, regular audits, and reconciliation, to ensure inventory accuracy and prevent stockouts or overstocking.
• Utilize ERP (Oracle) & WMS software (Odoo) systems and tools to track inventory, generate reports, and provide data-driven insights to support decision-making and optimize material-related processes.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, safety standards, and quality control protocols in all material management activities.
• Passionately work across multiple programs from development to full rate production to scale best-in-class solutions to align with maturity of manufacturing process.
• Proactively identify imbalances and bottlenecks caused by inventory processes, line layouts, parts shortages, staffing shortages, and other production constraints.
• Develop processes to optimize workplans for highly variable demands across multiple sites.
• Translate tools and reports into actionable tasks that impact the health of warehouse operations across a plethora of processes and sites.
• Produce and maintain tools to increase accuracy of work demand for new facilities and maturing processes using a data-driven approach.
• Identify and solve complex problems related to the movement of materials within a manufacturing environment.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or other technical field/supply chain management.
• 10+ years of experience with 5+ years of people management experience in material flow engineering and management, inventory control, or supply chain management roles.
• 5+ years of experience in a high-rate supply chain or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read technical documentation such as drawings and CAD data.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Columbus, OH.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of supply chain principles, inventory management techniques, and material planning strategies.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with department or factory design and set up.
• Ability to completely own a value chain from start to finish.
• Demonstrated ability of presenting project results to a cross-functional team.
• Prior experience with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for production operations or Warehouse Management System (WMS).
• Prior knowledge of NetSuite, Oracle or a similar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
• Have direct experience scoping, buying off and commissioning warehouse automation.
• Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Experience in delivering successful projects.
• Experience interacting with SQL databases.
• Experience with using Siemens Plant Simulation or Process Simulation software.
• Experience with both commercial and federal inventory procedures.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Income protection: life and disability insurance.
• Generous time off: highly competitive PTO plans.
• Family planning and parenting support.
• Mental health resources.
• Professional development: annual reimbursement.
• Commuter benefits.
• Relocation assistance.
• Retirement savings plan.