Manufacturing Supply Chain Coordinator

Dawn Aerospace; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Dawn Aerospace in Christchurch, NZ, is seeking a Supply Chain Coordinator to manage materials flow and support high‑reliability manufacturing of flight hardware. You'll work with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Finance to ensure materials are available on time and records are compliant.

The role focuses on purchase orders, inventory accuracy, traceability, supplier performance, and documentation control.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in supply chain, procurement, materials planning, inventory control or manufacturing operations.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Experience managing controlled documentation, revisions or serialized products.
• Understanding of traceability, supplier quality and regulated manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Managing purchase orders and supplier deliveries.
• Maintaining accurate inventory, material and procurement records.
• Supporting material traceability, serialisation and configuration control.
• Monitoring supplier performance and escalating delivery or supply risks.
• Ensuring part numbers, revisions and manufacturing records remain accurate.
• Supporting the movement of hardware through production.
• Identifying opportunities to improve purchasing, inventory and supply chain processes.

Skills

Supply chain

Procurement

ERP/MRP

Data accuracy

Documentation

Traceability

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

ERP/MRP software

Job description

Dawn Aerospace is building scalable space transportation. We're developing advanced spaceflight systems and creating a future where access to space is more frequent, sustainable, and affordable.

We're looking for a Supply Chain Coordinator to support the flow of materials, components and hardware through our manufacturing operation. This is not a traditional purchasing or logistics role. You'll work at the centre of an aerospace production environment where traceability, quality, supplier performance and execution matter.

About the Role

Working closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality and Finance, you'll ensure the right materials are available at the right time while maintaining the standards and records required to build flight hardware.

You'll be responsible for:

• Managing purchase orders and supplier deliveries.
• Maintaining accurate inventory, material and procurement records.
• Supporting material traceability, serialisation and configuration control.
• Monitoring supplier performance and escalating delivery or supply risks.
• Ensuring part numbers, revisions and manufacturing records remain accurate.
• Supporting the movement of hardware through production.
• Identifying opportunities to improve purchasing, inventory and supply chain processes.

What We're Looking For

We're particularly interested in people who have worked in high-reliability manufacturing environments where quality, traceability and documentation are critical.

Ideal backgrounds include:

• Aerospace
• Defence
• Aviation or MRO
• Electronics manufacturing
• Medical devices
• Motorsport
• Automotive OEMs or Tier 1 suppliers
• Precision engineering
• Semiconductor or advanced manufacturing

You will likely have:

• 3+ years' experience in supply chain, procurement, materials planning, inventory control or manufacturing operations.
• Experience working with ERP/MRP systems.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Experience managing controlled documentation, revisions or serialised products.
• An understanding of traceability, supplier quality and regulated manufacturing environments.
• The confidence to identify risks, elevate issues and drive actions through to completion.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance team.
• Experience supporting aerospace, defence, export-controlled or other highly regulated industries would be highly regarded.

Why Dawn Aerospace?

Work on hardware destined for flight.

Join one of New Zealand's fastest-growing aerospace companies.

Learn from world-class engineers, technicians and operational leaders.

Take ownership and see the direct impact of your work.

Help build the systems and supply chain that enable scalable space transportation.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Dawn Aerospace, we believe that diverse teams build better solutions. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences are valued and supported to do their best work.

About Dawn Aerospace

Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company with a purpose.
Our mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing more sustainable and scalable ways to access and move around in space. We believe this access, in the form of a transportation network, will fundamentally change what’s possible from space. We currently focus on three areas of space transportation:

In-space propulsion
We're a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for various classes of satellites. Our systems utilise safe, accessible propellants and we have over 170 of these propulsion units on more than 40 operational satellites already. A further 200 units are in production.

In-space servicing
Coupled with our propulsion expertise, we are ensuring that our customers' satellites are refuellable. In the coming years, Dawn will offer a refueling service to enable life extension of customer satellites. This new market is aligned with our sustainability goal to ensue a clean and safe space for everyone!

Spaceplane
We are developing the fastest and highest-flying aircraft ever to take off from a runway, combining the extreme performance of rocket propulsion with the reusability of conventional airplanes to enable high-frequency, low-cost access to sub-orbital space.

Our international teams are distributed across four locations: the Netherlands, France, New Zealand, and the USA.

If you think you have what it takes but are unsure that you check every box, we still want to hear from you.