Director of Planning Systems & Analytics

The Supply Chain Planning team is seeking a Sr. Director of Planning Systems & Processes responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing the systems, data, and analytics that drive Anduril’s global planning operations.

In this position, you will develop and refine scalable planning frameworks that ensure the efficient, secure, and compliant planning and execution of demand and supply, materials and production planning. This role is critical in enabling seamless coordination across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and deployments, ensuring that Anduril systems are delivered on time and operate flawlessly in mission-critical environments. This role is ideal for a process and systems driven leader who thrives in high-growth, high-stakes environments and is passionate about optimizing planning processes to support mission and organizational success. You will directly impact Anduril’s ability to rapidly and effectively deliver critical defense solutions worldwide. An individual with a strategic mindset, driven by the challenge of scaling and refining systems, and who flourishes in a high-stakes, mission-oriented setting will excel in this role.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Develop & Optimize Planning Processes Systems

• Design and implement scalable, standardized digital capabilities to ensure efficiency, quality, and repeatability across planning.
• Establish tools, processes, and data that lights up end-to-end planning visibility, ensuring seamless coordination between supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, finance, and deployments.
• Identify elegant solutions to complex processes and dissect all components in order to identify changes and improvements required, ensuring alignment with planning processes.
• Support the expansion the of planning analytics team, systems, and tools to enable real-time decisioning and risk mitigation as we hyperscale across the enterprise.

Systems & Technology Integration

• Lead the adoption and integration of ERP, Planning systems, and other analytics platforms to enhance operational effectiveness for planning.
• Ensure that ongoing company and production wide system integrations have Planning input and are rolled out smoothly, certifying that the capabilities needed to scale operations are accurate, understood, and implemented.
• Partner with software engineering teams to build and improve custom tools for all aspects of planning operations.
• Spearhead the development of a centralized knowledge repository for systems and processes, enabling standardized access to best practices, guidelines, and training materials across the organization.

Cross-Functional Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement

• Build a team to serve as the primary interface between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and deployments to align planning strategies, planning tools, and process inputs/outputs with business and customer needs.
• Develop and maintain planning playbooks and SOPs, ensuring consistency and adherence to best practices.
• Work with internal and external partners to implement scalable, effective, and cost-efficient planning solutions.

Team Leadership & Development

• Build and lead a high-performing planning systems and analytics team, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, speed, accuracy, and urgency.
• Represent Planning needs, requirements, and deliverables within executive leadership forums.
• Be an integral part of setting the 2-5 year strategic plan for your function and team.
• Collaborate, lead, and positively influence cross-functional stakeholders to achieve results that are in the best interest of processes & strategy at all levels.
• Provide mentorship and training to ensure team members are equipped with the technical and operational expertise to execute at the highest level.
• Develop standardized onboarding and technical training programs for teams to improve operational effectiveness and consistency.
• Maintain leadership effectiveness and efficiency while demonstrating the adaptability, flexibility, and versatility required in our dynamic work environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business/operations, or a related technical field.
• 15+ years of leadership experience in planning, supply chain, systems, or operations management, with a focus in technical services/support environment, and enterprise-level application integration, for a combination of both hardware and software solutions
• 10+ years of proven experience in leading teams that manage the implementation of complex or large-scale planning systems and practices.
• Expertise in Planning & Inventory Systems & Technology. Designing, implementing, adopting, and scaling complex systems and processes across an enterprise.
• Experience selecting and implementing technology-driven deployment solutions, including Planning Systems, ERP, WMS, MRP, Analytics, and real-time tracking platforms.
• Track record of developing and implementing scalable, repeatable planning frameworks, processes, and system strategies to improve efficiency and mission success within a global environment.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to use data-driven decision-making to optimize planning in a fast-paced, scaling environment.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required to enable effective change management with key stakeholders, other departments, and all levels of management.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA.