Head of Finished Goods & Deployments Warehousing

The Deployments Team manages the coordination and execution of fielding Andurils hardware and software products worldwide. Working across Product Engineering Growth Business Development Technical Operations and Mission Operations Deployments oversees forward logistics site installation maintenance & repairs field inventory management sustainment and reverse logistics. The team is central to ensuring effective customer and mission success shaping the future of Andurils defense solutions.

The Head of Finished Goods & Deployments Warehousings role will be to build and lead the function responsible for all finished goods warehousing and fulfillment operations. Reporting within the broader Mission Readiness organization this role will own the end-to-end strategy for finished goods inventory management pre-deployment staging and preparation workflows outbound fulfillment spares and maintenance stock management test site inventory management and returns for deployed assets.

This leader will oversee both Warehouse Operations and Material Flow Engineering for the outbound and fulfillment side of Anduril developing best practices that can be replicated globally as Anduril opens new facilities. The right person for this role combines deep operational expertise in finished goods distribution with the strategic vision to build a scalable world-class warehousing function from the ground up. You will need to operate with urgency think globally and drive continuous improvement across people process and systems all in service of getting mission-critical hardware to the warfighter on time every time.

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a comprehensive finished goods warehousing and fulfillment strategy that aligns with Andurils deployment objectives and scales across multiple domestic and international facilities. Understand the future deployment growth outlook and ensure the organization infrastructure and processes are in place to support it.
• Functional Ownership: Lead the Finished Goods & Deployments Warehousing function end-to-end including warehouse operations material flow engineering (outbound/fulfillment) pre-deployment staging and preparation spares and maintenance stock management and returns.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee daily warehousing and fulfillment operations ensuring efficient material handling storage kitting configuration picking packing and domestic/international shipping with rigorous attention to FIFO serialized/lot traceability and government property accountability.
• Global Best Practices: Develop document and deploy standardized SOPs workflows and best practices for finished goods warehousing that can be replicated as Anduril opens new deployment facilities globally.
• Team Building & Development: Build lead mentor and develop a high-performing team spanning warehouse managers material flow engineers and warehouse associates. Foster a culture of continuous improvement operational excellence and accountability.
• Inventory Management: Implement end-to-end finished goods inventory management measuresincluding cycle counting physical audits material variance tracking scrap/obsolescence management and government-furnished property complianceto ensure inventory accuracy and readiness for deployment.
• Systems & Technology: Evaluate implement and optimize ERP WMS and related systems to drive accuracy traceability and throughput. Leverage data and analytics to provide visibility into warehouse performance and support decision-making.
• Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor KPIs for warehouse and fulfillment healthcycle time order/line throughput capacity utilization pick/pack accuracy on-time ship and inventory accuracyand drive accountability against targets.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Deployments Planning Supply Chain Procurement Production Manufacturing Engineering Quality Logistics and Growth teams to ensure accurate forecasting deployment planning and timely execution of material receipts and shipments.
• Cost Management: Monitor and manage warehousing budgets identifying opportunities to reduce cost while maintaining or improving service levels and quality.
• Compliance & Safety: Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (including ITAR/EAR export controls and government property regulations) safety standards (OSHA) and quality control protocols (AS9100) across all finished goods warehousing activities.
• Scaling & Growth: Prepare the organization for hyperscale growthdesigning warehouse layouts material flows and staffing models that support a transition from low-volume to high-rate deployment operations across multiple sites.

• Bachelors degree in supply chain management industrial engineering logistics business administration or a related field or equivalent work experience.
• 10 years of experience in warehousing distribution fulfillment or supply chain management with a strong focus on finished goods operations.
• 5 years of progressive leadership experience managing teams of warehouse professionals including managers and supervisors.
• Proven track record of building scaling or transforming warehousing operations across multiple sites.
• Expertise in warehouse management systems (WMS) ERP systems and emerging technologies in logistics and distribution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Experience operating in a fast-paced high-growth environment with the ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Knowledge of 5S Lean or Six Sigma principles and experience implementing them on the floor.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time to support multi-site operations.

• Masters degree in supply chain management industrial engineering MBA or related field.
• Experience in the aerospace and/or defense industry particularly with government-furnished property serialized inventory and ITAR/EAR-controlled materials.
• Experience standing up new warehouse or distribution facilities from scratchsite selection layout design staffing systems implementation and go-live.
• Strong understanding of domestic and international shipping documentation export compliance customs and freight/carrier coordination.
• Experience managing high-value serialized or government-furnished property/inventory.
• Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and the handoff between production and finished goods.
• Prior experience with NetSuite Oracle or similar ERP platforms.
• Experience ramping operations from low volume to high rate production and deployment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to command a room and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects and drive diverging stakeholders to alignment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret or TS security clearance.
• Ability to be onsite local to Costa Mesa CA.

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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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