About this role
Required Qualifications and Education
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, Analytics, Finance, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Experience in supply planning, demand planning, production planning, materials management, inventory planning,
procurement, or a related supply chain function.
• Advanced to expert-level Microsoft Excel skills are required. Candidates must be comfortable independently
building, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex analytical models and working extensively with advanced formulas and dynamic array functionality.
• Demonstrated experience working with complex, high-volume datasets and translating analysis into actionable business recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to identify problems, investigate root causes, coordinate stakeholders, and independently drive
issues through to resolution.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities across long-range and short-term planning
horizons.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to participate in customer-facing discussions and
communicate complex planning issues clearly.
• Highly self-directed with strong initiative, ownership, curiosity, accountability, and follow-through.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in aerospace, aerospace fasteners, precision manufacturing, metalworking, automotive, or another complex manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with Long-Term Agreements (MIN MAXs), customer forecasts, or contractual demand commitments.
• Experience developing long-range raw material requirements forecasts, purchasing plans, material spend forecasts, or supply budgets.
• Experience working cross-functionally with strategic sourcing, global supply management, procurement, or purchasing organizations.
• Experience in a high-mix, high-volume environment with thousands of active part numbers, complex bills of material, and long or variable supply lead times.
• Experience with ERP systems, manufacturing data structures, and data warehouses.
• Experience with Power Query, VBA, Power BI, Python, or other business intelligence and automation tools.
• Experience with inventory optimization, excess and obsolete inventory reduction, working capital improvement, or
material rationalization initiatives.
• Experience developing KPIs, dashboards, recurring reporting, purchasing plans, or management analytics.
Key Competencies
• Ownership: Takes responsibility for processes and issues from beginning to end and follows through until an
appropriate resolution is implemented.
• Initiative: Does not wait for detailed direction; independently identifies problems, investigates root causes, and develops solutions.
• Technical Excellence: Comfortable working deeply in advanced Excel, automation tools, and large datasets to solve complex planning problems.
• Problem Solving: Able to move from raw data and incomplete information to analysis, insight, recommendation, action, and resolution.
• Customer & Stakeholder Management: Comfortable participating in customer meetings and coordinating GSM,
Procurement, Planning, Operations, and other cross-functional teams.
• Financial & Supply Chain Acumen: Understands the relationship between demand, material requirements, inventory, purchasing activity, supply risk, and projected spend.
• Continuous Improvement: Focused on building scalable, automated, and sustainable processes rather than repeatedly relying on manual workarounds.
• Business Judgment: Able to balance customer demand, supply availability, production requirements, inventory
investment, purchasing requirements, and operational constraints.
Salary Range:
The base pay range for this position in California, $80,000 - $100,000/year. Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.