Spacecraft Supply Chain Planner

vardaspace; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Flexible PTO + 12 holidays

Company-paid Medical, Dental, Vision

Stock options / long-term incentives

Job summary

Varda is hiring a Supply Chain Planner to work with supply chain, manufacturing, production, and engineering to ensure on‑time supply for spacecraft builds. This full‑time role is based at our El Segundo, CA headquarters, with opportunities to influence Varda's supply chain and production systems.

Responsibilities include owning demand, maintaining inventory, and aligning lead times with ongoing engineering changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent plus 1+ years in engineering, purchasing, material or production planning, or operations.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Epicor) highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Own demand and fulfilment planning for Varda capsule.
• Ensure accurate lead times and inventory for production.
• Maintain configuration of assemblies through NPI changes.
• Monitor inventory and open orders health, address delays.
• Establish and monitor metrics to track supply chain performance.
• Conduct clear-to-build meetings with production and engineering.
• Keep demand up to date with latest engineering and lead times.
• Define and improve workflows within the ERP system.
• Occasionally assist with PO placement and inventory movement.

Skills

Demand planning

Supply chain

Engineering

Purchasing

Material planning

Production planning

Operations management

Master production scheduling

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle/Epicor)

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Confluence

JIRA

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Epicor

Smartsheet

MS Office

VBA

SQL

Confluence

JIRA

Power BI

Job description

Varda is hiring a Supply Chain Planner to work with supply chain, manufacturing, production, and engineering to ensure on‑time supply for spacecraft builds. This full‑time role is based at our El Segundo, CA headquarters, with opportunities to influence Varda's supply chain and production systems.

Responsibilities include owning demand, maintaining inventory, and aligning lead times with ongoing engineering changes.