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.
The Anduril Battlespace Awareness Radar team develops state-of-the-art radar systems, deployed to tackle the most significant security challenges of America and its allies.
ABOUT THE JOBAnduril’s Battlespace Awareness business line is seeking a Demand & Build Planner (DBP) to join our team. The Demand & Build Planner will be responsible for carrying out research and analysis to predict product demand connecting customer sales opportunities to production requirements. This role engages in a variety of tasks such as creating and maintaining forecast models for business line leadership and production leads, maintaining demand data, updating long-range demand profiles, and contributing to build planning processes that keep Battlespace Awareness aligned with both near-term delivery needs and future demand.
The right candidate for this role has experience working across multiple stakeholder groups (e.g., Leadership, Business Development, Supply Chain, Procurement, Production/Manufacturing, Finance, Operations) and can bring structure to complex planning problems. This person will be comfortable working in fast-paced environments, with the flexibility to support a variety of efforts to keep Battlespace Awareness product demand on track. If you thrive in such an environment, this role is for you.
WHAT YOU'LL DO- Collaborate with Growth and Business Development teams to clarify and pull unit sales data from Salesforce and reconcile sales pipeline data with demand plans.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain Lead and Production lead to account for build constraints.
- Develop and maintain an 18-month rolling demand profile that reflects pipeline opportunities and internal demand for planning production capacity, supply requirements, customer requirements, constraints, and production rate ramps. Regular adjustments expected.
- Translate demand forecasts into build planning inputs used by Supply Chain and Production to plan materials and capacity.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Production, and Engineering to analyze demand against capacity and surface trade-offs and associated implications for Leadership to support decision making.
- Provide demand inputs in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) forums to align with enterprise-wide planning.
- Report on demand health, forecast accuracy, and risks to provide context for Leadership decisions.
- Support the refinement of demand planning processes, forecasting processes, data quality, planning tools, etc.
- Assign production units to specific customer deployments and partner closely with Deployment Operations team on coordination.
- Work with business line leadership to determine priority with assigning production units for customer deployments.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain within a fast-paced manufacturing environment dealing with complex assemblies.
- Ownership of a demand value chain, coordinating between multiple parties to ensure on-time deliveries and adherence to quality standards.
- Familiarity with ERP systems such as NetSuite/Oracle, and CRM systems like Salesforce.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a business or technical field such as finance, economics, supply chain management, business administration, marketing, mechanical/aerospace/manufacturing, electrical, or computer engineering.
- Strong technical ability, including reading technical documentation and understanding hardware manufacturing processes.
- Proactive, able to take substantial responsibility across various functions, with a focus on speed and accuracy.
- Organized and detail oriented.
- Ability to travel up to 10%.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
- Familiarity with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Familiarity with Mercury
- Experience with SQL databases, including building custom queries for production and inventory metrics.
- Knowledge of supply chain planning systems like Blue Yonder and best practices in demand planning, inventory management, and S&OP.
- Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Qlikview.
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
- Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
- For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
- Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
- Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
- 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
- Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
- A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
- Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
- Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
- Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
- 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!
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