Supply Chain Planner

Responsibilities

• Own demand and fulfilment planning for Varda capsule
• Ensure accurate lead times and inventory levels to enable production

Maintain accurate configuration of assemblies through NPI changes

• Monitor inventory levels and the health of open orders, proactively addressing any issues or delays.
• Establish and monitor key metrics to track supply chain performance

Conduct clear-to-build meetings with production and engineering teams

• Ensure demand is up to date with the latest engineering and lead times changes
• Define, manage, and continuously improve workflows within the ERP system
• Occasionally support placing purchase orders, fulfilling kits, and moving inventory as needed

Preferred

Aerospace experience is helpful

• Technical knowledge and skills in coding and computer applications, (e.g. MS Office Suite, VBA, Smartsheet, SQL, Confluence, JIRA, Power BI, ION etc.)
• Self-motivated, quick learner, and ability to prioritize efforts to meet customer and company goals
• Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external supplier relationships in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent customer service skills, highly self-motivated
• Effective written, verbal and presentation communication skills
• Detail-oriented, and able to respond quickly to a fast-moving and ever-changing environment

About this Role

As a Supply Chain Planner, you will work closely with supply chain, manufacturing, production, and engineering to ensure on-time supply for spacecraft builds. Responsibilities include executing supply chain strategies to ensure production goals to the manifest are achieved. This is a highly visible, cross-functional role with the opportunity to influence Varda's supply chain and production systems.

This full-time exempt role located in our El Segundo headquarters.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 1+ years of experience working in one or more of the following; or 4+ years of experience working in one or more of the following:
• Engineering
• Purchasing
• Material or production planning
• Operations or supply chain management

Master production scheduling

Some knowledge and understanding of ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems such as SAP, Oracle, Epicor etc

Pay Range

• Supply Chain Planner: $92,820-$125,580/per year
• Senior Supply Chain Planner: $125,306-$169,533/per year

This role is on-site

in El Segundo, CA

• Leveling and base or hourly salary are determined by job-related skills, education level, experience level, and job performance
• You will be eligible for incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards

ITAR Requirements

Varda, like all employers, must ensure that its employees working in the United States are lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. Additionally, our employees are exposed to and have access to certain export-controlled items. Because our employees are provided access to export-controlled items, our policy is to only hire “U.S. persons” who are permitted to have access to our technology without an export license.

“US person” means: U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) (i.e., individual admitted to the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum).

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Varda Space Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Candidates and employees are always evaluated based on merit, qualifications, and performance. We will never discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, martial status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.