Senior Radar Supply Planner: Master Material Readiness

LeoLabs; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LeoLabs is seeking a Senior Supply Planner to lead material readiness and supply planning for advanced radar and sensing systems. The role translates engineering demand, program requirements, supplier constraints, and inventory data into actionable plans that support development, production, and deployment timelines.

The ideal candidate has experience supporting complex hardware programs in aerospace, defense, electronics, or advanced manufacturing and thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in supply planning, demand planning, production planning, materials planning, or supply chain management.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Personnel Security Clearance.
• Experience supporting hardware, aerospace, defense, electronics, radar/RF, or advanced technology products.
• Strong understanding of inventory management, BOM structures, MRP, lead-time management, and supply chain operations.
• Experience using ERP, MRP, planning, and inventory management systems to maintain accurate supply and demand signals.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, filtering, sorting, and data analysis.
• Ability to analyze complex planning data, identify supply risks, and convert findings into actionable mitigation plans.
• Strong organizational, communication, follow-through, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, shifting requirements, and time-sensitive program needs in a fast-paced environment.
• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including ITAR, you must be eligible to obtain the required authorizations.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute supply plans that support engineering builds, manufacturing schedules, deployment timelines, and customer/program commitments.
• Analyze demand forecasts, BOMs, inventory levels, supplier lead times, open orders, and production requirements to identify material gaps and readiness risks.
• Partner with Procurement, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain to align supply planning decisions with program priorities.
• Monitor shortages, supplier constraints, capacity risks, and schedule changes; develop mitigation plans and elevate issues that could affect deploy timelines.
• Support S&OP, integrated business planning, and cross-functional material readiness reviews with accurate planning inputs and risk updates.
• Develop inventory strategies that balance operational readiness, working capital, cost, shelf-life/obsolescence risk, and program schedule requirements.
• Support NPI, prototype-to-production transition, and production ramp activities by developing material readiness plans and identifying supply constraints early.
• Coordinate long-lead, strategic, and high-risk material planning for critical programs and customer commitments.
• Recommend process improvements that strengthen planning accuracy, data quality, planning cadence, and supply chain resilience.

Skills

Supply planning

Demand planning

Material readiness

Inventory management

Data analysis

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree or related field

Tools

ERP

MRP

NetSuite

Job description

LeoLabs is seeking a Senior Supply Planner to lead material readiness and supply planning for advanced radar and sensing systems. The role translates engineering demand, program requirements, supplier constraints, and inventory data into actionable plans that support development, production, and deployment timelines.

The ideal candidate has experience supporting complex hardware programs in aerospace, defense, electronics, or advanced manufacturing and thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth