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Salary: USD 147,000 - 0 / annual
LeoLabs is building a global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform for space domain awareness, tracking over 25,000 objects in low Earth orbit. The company protects billions in assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for commercial and government space missions.
The Materials Planner will join the Radar Supply Chain Management team to drive production material readiness in support of LeoLabs' radar manufacturing and deployment schedules. This role translates production priorities and approved BOM (Bill of Materials) requirements into clear, actionable material-readiness plans. The Materials Planner determines what can be picked from existing inventory, what must be purchased, and identifies discrepancies or open actions that could prevent Production from starting on schedule.
Key responsibilities include owning BOM scrubs, kit-readiness reporting, production shortage visibility, and Material Movement coordination. The role works closely with Production and Warehouse to validate pick readiness, with Purchasing to communicate buy requirements and urgent shortages, with Engineering to confirm BOM readiness, and with the Senior Supply Chain Planner to translate project-level readiness into detailed production material actions.
The Materials Planner will develop and maintain Excel- and ERP-based planning reports that provide visibility into kit readiness, shortages, open supply, purchasing requirements, and unresolved material actions. This role requires advanced Excel capability to combine ERP exports, BOM data, inventory balances, open purchase orders, and production requirements into reports that clearly dictate tasks across the Supply Chain team. The role does not own routine NetSuite inventory transactions or overall project-level forecasting; its primary accountability is ensuring Production has timely, accurate visibility into material readiness and that shortages have clear owners and recovery actions.
Within the first month, the Materials Planner will complete onboarding, understand LeoLabs' products, Supply Chain structure, production processes, NetSuite environment, and material flow. Within three months, the role will independently perform BOM scrubs, generate kit-readiness and shortage reports, identify material status, and work directly with Warehouse and Purchasing to drive shortage actions. Within six months, the Materials Planner will independently manage material readiness across multiple production builds, provide clear visibility into kit status and shortages, and proactively identify risks before they impact scheduled builds. Within twelve months, the role will serve as a key point of accountability for production material readiness, establish scalable processes, drive measurable improvements in material readiness, and develop repeatable planning tools.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience in materials planning, production planning, supply planning, inventory planning, or manufacturing supply chain; experience in electronics, aerospace, defense, or high-tech manufacturing preferred
- Strong experience working with Bills of Materials (BOMs), including multi-level BOMs and subassemblies, and performing BOM scrubs or material-readiness analysis
- Experience supporting production kitting, shortage management, and material readiness across active manufacturing builds
- Strong understanding of the relationship between production schedules, BOM demand, inventory availability, open supply, and purchasing requirements
- Experience working cross-functionally with Production, Warehouse, Purchasing, Inventory, Engineering, and Supply Chain Planning
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems; NetSuite experience preferred but not required
- Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, conditional logic, data validation, and reconciliation of large data sets
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to combine multiple data sources, identify discrepancies, and translate findings into clear Supply Chain actions
- Basic purchasing/procurement experience, including familiarity with RFQs, purchase orders, supplier lead times, follow-up, and expedite requests
- Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, and follow-through, with the ability to proactively identify and escalate material risks in a fast-paced or high-growth environment
- Must be eligible to obtain ITAR authorization from the U.S. Department of State
