Senior Director, Supply Chain Planning Process

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 real-time, 3D command and control center.

About the role

We are seeking a seasoned process and systems-driven leader to design, implement, and optimize the Supply Chain Planning Processes that drive Anduril’s global planning operations. This role is critical to enabling seamless coordination across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and deployments, ensuring Anduril systems are delivered on time and operate flawlessly in mission-critical environments. The ideal candidate thrives in high-growth, high-stakes environments and is passionate about optimizing planning processes to support mission and organizational success.

Responsibilities

• 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 processes and tools to be a game-changer for the company, ensuring seamless coordination between supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, finance, and deployments.
  • Set standards, then identify gaps using data, scorecards, and metrics under full transparency. Create elegant solutions to complex problems and drive change and improvements, ensuring alignment with divisions and business units.
  • Support the expansion of the Central Planning team and tools to enable real-time decision-making and risk mitigation as the enterprise scales.
• Drive Process Integration
  • Partner with Planning Systems Leadership to enable the integration and adoption of digital tools and analytics platforms to enhance operational effectiveness and accuracy.
  • Ensure Planning has a voice in multiple ongoing company-wide initiatives impacting planning.
  • Establish and run standardized Planning processes for new Business Lines and acquisitions (including staffing decisions, process implementation/adoption, and tools usage) until the Business Line can assume ownership.
  • Spearhead the development of a centralized knowledge repository for existing and new processes, best practice sharing, guidelines, and onboarding training materials.
• Partner Cross-Functionally & Promote Stakeholder Engagement
  • Build a team to serve as the primary interface between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and deployments to align planning strategies, tools, and process inputs/outputs with business and customer needs.
  • Develop and maintain planning playbooks and SOPs, ensuring consistency and adherence to best practices.
  • Work with internal and external partners to implement scalable, effective, and cost-efficient planning solutions.
• Build Team Leadership & Development Pathways
  • Build and lead a high-performing planning process team, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, speed, accuracy, and urgency.
  • Represent Planning needs, requirements, and deliverables within executive leadership forums.
  • Be an integral part of setting the 2-5 year strategic plan for your function and team.
  • Collaborate, lead, and positively influence cross-functional stakeholders to achieve results that align with processes and strategy at all levels.
  • Provide mentorship and training to ensure team members are equipped with the technical and operational expertise to execute at the highest level.
  • Develop standardized onboarding and training programs to improve operational effectiveness and consistency.
  • Maintain leadership effectiveness and efficiency while demonstrating adaptability, flexibility, and versatility in a dynamic work environment.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (or Bachelor’s with multiple years of role experience) in planning, supply chain, operations planning, operations finance, or a related field.
• 15+ years of direct leadership experience in S&OP, S&OE, Supply Chain (or equivalent experience leading enterprise Supply Chain consulting engagements), or Materials Planning in fast-growing industries.
• 10+ years of proven experience leading teams (direct or indirect) that manage the implementation of complex or large-scale planning systems and practices (e.g., SAP, Oracle, IBP, Kinaxis, Manugistics, Palantir, etc.).
• Expertise in designing, implementing, adopting, and scaling complex Planning & Inventory Systems (e.g., Kinaxis, IBP, Manugistics).
• Experience in the practical integration/utilization of AI in a process environment, including automation of processes, reporting, and 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 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.

Pay

US Salary Range: $220,000—$292,000 USD

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers as part of Anduril’s total compensation package.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
  • Comprehensive health benefits available at little to no cost to employees.
  • Support for health, recovery, and whatever comes next.