Senior Field Service Parts Planner Job at a16z (Costa Mesa)

Job Description

Anduril’s Planning team is seeking a world-class Senior Field Service Parts Planner to join our team. The Senior Field Service Material Planner has an integral role at Anduril, ensuring the availability of critical maintenance materials, spare parts, and consumables to support asset uptime and operational readiness across our deployed systems. This role encompasses material flow responsibility throughout the entire value chain for Field Service & MRO items, from strategic procurement to their timely deployment in maintenance activities. You will have full ownership of Field Service & MRO inventory planning and strategy for specific asset lines and deployments, and will be ultimately responsible for sending the correct signals to Purchasing and Maintenance teams on what and when to acquire, store, or deploy. This hire will be instrumental in accurately signaling and forecasting intermittent and critical Field Service & MRO demand, planning appropriate inventory levels, minimizing stockouts while optimizing costs, and ensuring that Anduril supports its hardware maintenance requirements via Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and other associated tools.

Job Responsibility

Plan, manage, and optimize Field Service & MRO inventory, including spare parts, consumables, and critical components, ensuring their availability when and where maintenance needs them
Collaborate closely with Field Service, Maintenance, Operations, and Reliability Engineering teams to understand and anticipate demand for both preventative/scheduled and corrective maintenance activities
Develop and maintain comprehensive critical spares lists, especially for hazard zone deployments, establishing appropriate stocking strategies for highly variable and mission-critical items
Design and implement effective inventory control strategies such as min/max levels, safety stock calculations, and reorder points, accounting for intermittent and event-driven demand patterns
Monitor Field Service & MRO part usage, analyze failure rates, and collaborate with Reliability Engineering to drive continuous improvement in material planning and asset reliability
Proactively identify and expedite at-risk materials or troubleshoot potential supply chain disruptions to prevent maintenance delays and protect asset uptime
Foster strong cross-functional coordination with Maintenance, Operations, Deployment, and Procurement teams to ensure seamless material flow, improve visibility into demand, and align on Field Service & MRO strategies
Ensure Field Service & MRO planning strategies and inventory management practices align with and fulfill O&S (Operations & Sustainment) contract requirements
Continuously seek opportunities to right-size inventory levels, reducing excess while mitigating stockout risks for critical components

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (i.e. manufacturing, engineering, analytics, computer science, etc.) or business field (i.e. finance, economics, supply chain management, business administration, marketing, etc.)
6+ years of experience in supply chain planning, inventory management, or MRO planning within a fast-paced manufacturing, aerospace & defense, or technical environment
Demonstrated ability to solve complex operational challenges with creative solutions in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment, with a focus on speed and accuracy
Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Proven ability to be proactive, take substantial responsibility, and manage multiple priorities effectively
Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle, Netsuite, and CRM systems like Salesforce
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA

Nice to have

Master’s degree or other higher education
8+ years of experience in supply chain planning, inventory management, or MRO planning within a fast-paced manufacturing, aerospace & defense, or technical environment
Previous experience specifically in MRO planning for complex electro-mechanical systems or defense applications
Strong experience with SQL databases, including building custom queries for production and inventory metrics
Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Qlikview
Knowledge of supply chain planning systems like Blue Yonder and best practices in demand planning, inventory management, and S&OP
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
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS (Top Secret) clearance

What we offer

Highly competitive equity grants
top-tier benefits for full-time employees (available at little to no cost to employees)

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