Material Supply Planner

Alt; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Halter is looking for a Material Supply Planner to own supply for selected components and suppliers. You will turn demand into material requirements, manage POs, and maintain inventory health while partnering with hardware operations and contract manufacturers to keep production on track.

You’ll address persistent supplier issues, drive on-time delivery, and provide visibility into supply health with clear reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in hardware or electronics manufacturing.
• Experience with contract manufacturers and factory scheduling.
• Strong understanding of material requirements planning and inventory control.

Responsibilities

• Run the supply plan for your components and convert demand into material requirements.
• Place, manage and track purchase orders, and flag early when at risk.
• Run the clear-to-build check before production and lead recovery during shortages.

Skills

Supply planning

Inventory control

PO management

Data analysis

Supplier relationships

Clear communication

Ownership

Job description

About Halter

At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard.

We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, BOND, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.

To find out more, visit our LinkedIn & Instagram.

About the Role

Getting the right components and materials to the right place at the right time is one of the most operationally critical things Halter does. Miss it and production output slips, customers wait, and the business pays for it.

As a Material Supply Planner, you’ll make sure that doesn’t happen. You’ll own supply for a defined set of components and suppliers, work closely with our suppliers and contract manufacturers to get results, and take on the persistent problems that put production at risk.

You’ll be deep in the details: turning demand into material requirements, placing and managing purchase orders, keeping inventory in healthy shape, and finding shortages well before they reach the production line. You’ll work alongside our Hardware operations teams, including Production and the wider Supply Chain team, bringing the supply view that keeps the plan honest and visible.

This is a hands-on role. You’ll pick up real projects from day one and deliver them, and as supply planning grows at Halter, there’s room to grow with it.

What You’ll Do

• Run the supply plan for your components, turning demand forecasts and production requirements into material requirements at the right quantities and timing.

• Place, manage and track purchase orders, making sure they’re confirmed, on schedule and flagged early when they’re at risk.

• Run the clear-to-build check ahead of each production build, and lead the recovery when a shortage hits.

• Build working relationships with the people who control outcomes at your suppliers and contract manufacturers, and use them to expedite and clear delays at the source.

• Take on the persistent supplier problems in your area, such as the lead time that keeps slipping or the part that’s always the reason we’re short, and see them through to resolution.

• Manage inventory for your components with enough cover to protect production without tying up cash, and keep the settings behind it current.

• Plan the supply side of engineering changes and new product introductions, including cut-in timing, last-time buys and limiting write-offs.

• Maintain the reporting that gives an honest view of supply health in your area: coverage, on-time delivery, supplier performance and inventory position.

What You Bring

• Supply or materials planning experience in a hardware or electronics manufacturing environment, including owning supply for a set of components or suppliers.

• A strong grasp of material requirements planning, purchase order management, inventory control, and how demand turns into supply requirements.

• Real experience working with a contract manufacturer. You know how factory scheduling works, what levers you have, and how to elevate when you need to.

• Supplier relationships that hold up under pressure, built with planners and factory leads as well as account managers.

• Sharp analytical skills. You’re fluent in the data behind a supply plan and comfortable building your own analysis.

• Strong ownership and follow-through. You keep track of what matters and close things out.

• Clear, direct communication, whether it’s a supply update for a senior stakeholder or an expedited request to a supplier.

• Low ego and comfortable with hard conversations. You handle them with honesty and good judgement about when to escape.

Join our team

Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!

Why our team loves working at Halter:

• Work that genuinely matters. Every now and again a company comes along that transforms an entire industry and leaves the world in a better place. Our team gets to be part of something truly meaningful, helping farmers improve their livelihoods, spend more time with their families, and build more sustainable operations.

• Spectacular people solving hard problems. Our culture is designed for talented people to do work that changes lives. The team is filled with diverse, kind, and driven people who push each other to do their best work. You'll have the freedom to work on interesting problems, master new skills and continuously develop yourself, both through your role and our $1,000 personal growth fund.

• You'll grow here. Autonomy, mastery, and learning define how we work. You'll have the freedom to work on interesting problems, master new skills and continuously develop yourself, both through your role and our $1,000 personal growth fund.

• This isn't easy, and we love that it's hard. Working at Halter will be the most rewarding and the most challenging work of your life. We move fast, take bold bets, and work hard to reshape an entire industry. As one team member put it: "Joining Halter is a bit like strapping yourself to a rocket ship, but it's an epic journey to be a part of!"