Senior Materials Manager, Warehouse (Technical Hardware)

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p>As a Senior Materials Manager, you will create a strategic plan to optimize warehouse operations, create a standard set of metrics to monitor team performance, set goals for improving performance, and identify areas to reduce cost while maintaining quality. The right person for this role has extensive supply chain knowledge, has developed SOPs and implemented them, has implemented or improved ERP/WMS, and has a track record of managing expensive inventory. If you are someone who can operate autonomously to keep a warehouse team motivated and enjoys process improvement this may be the role for you.<br><br><strong>WHAT YOU’LL DO:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop and implement material management strategies, policies, and procedures to comply with regulations.</li> <ul> <li>Hiring &amp; training talent who can manage material flow per Anduril guidelines.</li> <li>Develop processes that increase the efficiency (speed &amp; elimination of waste) and effectiveness of Anduril materials management.</li> <li>Implement necessary systems that match Anduril Federal policies on management of government property &amp; inventory management.</li> </ul> <li>Implement End-to-End material management measures, including FIFO adherence, material variances, cycle time optimization, scrap/obsolescence management, cycle/physical counting, and audits, etc., to ensure inventory accuracy and to mitigate stockouts or overstocking. This includes the development &amp; improvement of critical metrics.</li> <li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including procurement, production, manufacturing engineering, logistics, and quality, to aid in accurate demand forecasting, procurement planning, and timely delivery of materials.</li> <li>Serve as the primary strategic partner across all business divisions, collaborating closely with divisional Heads of Product/Program to understand operational bottlenecks and align central service delivery with localized roadmaps.</li> <li>Continuously adapt and scale how our central service operates, ensu