Aerospace Hardware Supply Chain Leader (On-site)

Icarus; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Icarus, a California-based aerospace hardware innovator, seeks a hands-on supply chain leader to turn aircraft designs into repeatable production and reliable field operations. You will own procurement, material planning, warehousing, and logistics, partnering with engineering, manufacturing, finance, and flight operations.

This is a hands-on leadership role: build the team and systems, then stay close enough to the work to resolve shortages and supplier problems that matter.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of supply chain, procurement, material planning, or manufacturing operations experience in a hardware environment.
• Experience leading a team and scaling a supply chain through a production ramp.
• A record of negotiating supplier agreements and resolving difficult capacity, quality, or delivery problems.
• Strong understanding of BOMs, ERP/MRP, inventory control, and the connection between engineering changes and material demand.

Responsibilities

• Own procurement and supplier relationships.
• Lead material planning and inventory policies.
• Oversee warehousing and production line delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, finance, and flight ops.
• Build the supply chain team and drive on-time delivery and cost efficiency.
• Resolve shortages and supplier problems with hands-on execution.

Skills

Supply chain leadership

Procurement

Material planning

Manufacturing ops

Team leadership

Supplier negotiations

BOM/ERP-MRP

Inventory control

Engineering changes

Job description

Icarus, a California-based aerospace hardware innovator, seeks a hands-on supply chain leader to turn aircraft designs into repeatable production and reliable field operations. You will own procurement, material planning, warehousing, and logistics, partnering with engineering, manufacturing, finance, and flight operations.

This is a hands-on leadership role: build the team and systems, then stay close enough to the work to resolve shortages and supplier problems that matter.