Supply Chain Operations Program Manager
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Job Summary
Supply Chain Operations sits within Andurils central Supply Chain organization. It owns how material actually arrives and the data and systems behind it: what suppliers ship how it is packaged labeled and documented; the EDI and Supplier Portal connections that carry purchase orders shipments and invoices; and whether all of it can be received processed and put to use without touching a person twice. We make the operational requirements executable at every dock and every connection across a rapidly growing and diverse supplier network. The work is measured in problems permanently removed not tickets closed.
You are responsible for getting material through receiving at Andurils Orange County sites and for getting suppliers to comply with delivery packaging and labeling requirements not just acknowledge them. When material does not clear the dock you resolve it find the root cause and fix it so it does not recur. You own execution: enforcement evidence and fixing what is broken on the receiving floor and in the supply bases compliance with our policies. This is a hands-on on-site role: you will be on the receiving floor daily working exceptions and supplier issues in person.
- Own receiving exception throughput for Andurils sites: triage drive to resolution and reduce the recurrence rate of receiving failures
- Own receiving readiness through warehouse consolidation moves taking migrated part families from cutover to first clean receipt without interrupting production
- Drive supplier execution of Andurils delivery packaging labeling and serialization requirements including barcode and traceability marking
- Partner with Supplier Quality Engineering on root cause and corrective action for repeat receiving failures: own the receiving-side evidence then verify at the dock that the fix held
- Make internal receiving and traceability requirements executable for suppliers through clear part-level instructions documentation and training
- Own the rollout of supplier-facing policies and requirements end to end: prioritize suppliers by spend risk category and performance then build the supplier lists notices FAQs and acknowledgment tracking that move each policy from approved document to live practice
- Triage supplier questions disputes and exception requests on policies and requirements routing each to the right internal owner and seeing it through to resolution
- Automate enforcement workflows including issue detection evidence intake supplier notifications and charge requests and enforce supplier policies consistently assessing recovery and escalating unresolved or repeat problems
- Pull your own data define the metrics that matter and publish recurring reporting on receiving performance and policy adoption by site and by supplier that leadership and suppliers both act on
- Identify the system and process defects behind receiving failures and policy non-adoption build the evidence and drive them to engineering or systems owners as fixes rather than absorbing them as recurring manual work
- Partner across Material Flow Supplier Quality Engineering Supplier Compliance Procurement Program Supply Chain Finance and IT to get requirements aligned and executed consistently across sites
- Engage suppliers and contract manufacturers directly including on-site visits to drive readiness before material ships
- Supply the receiving-side fault evidence that supplier accountability programs depend on including chargebacks and supplier performance reviews
- Bachelors degree in supply chain industrial engineering manufacturing engineering business or a related field or equivalent practical experience
- 3 years of experience in supply chain receiving or warehouse operations logistics supplier quality procurement supplier management or supply chain analytics
- Hands-on experience with an ERP and/or WMS (Oracle SAP NetSuite Odoo or similar) including how receiving transactions and purchase order data actually behave
- Strong data skills: advanced Excel and comfort writing queries or working in SQL BI tools or an analytics platform rather than waiting on a report
- Experience working directly with external suppliers or partners on operational requirements including rolling out and enforcing business processes by documenting them assigning owners and getting cross-functional and external teams to follow them
- Clear written and verbal communication including professional correspondence with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage many suppliers deadlines and open items at once with a bias for action and comfort creating structure out of ambiguity
- Willing to work on-site daily across warehouse and manufacturing locations in Orange County with occasional travel to supplier and contract manufacturer sites
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
- Experience in aerospace defense or high-mix hardware manufacturing receiving environments
- Working knowledge of packaging labeling serialization barcode and DataMatrix marking ASN or supplier portal enablement
- Familiarity with supplier quality and receiving concepts such as NCRs SCARs CoCs and FAI
- Experience through a site consolidation warehouse move or ERP/WMS cutover
- Experience with supplier performance metrics or supplier corrective action processes (8D 5-Why or equivalent)
- SQL Python or experience with Palantir Foundry or a comparable analytics platform
- Lean or Six Sigma training or demonstrated structured problem solving in a production environment
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
US Salary Range
$117000 - $154000 USD
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:
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