Lead Material Planner, Supply Chain Lifecycle Management

Beehive Industries

$118K — $148K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in supply planning or configuration/change management in manufacturing
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field
  • Knowledge of engineering change processes (ECO/ECN/ECR) and their impact on BOMs
  • Familiarity with MRP/ERP and/or PLM systems like SAP or Oracle
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to trace changes across BOMs
  • Comfortable in ambiguous environments requiring judgment
  • Strong Excel skills for manual tracking when systems fall short
  • Clear communication skills to escalate risks proactively
  • Ability to obtain U.S. government security clearance, U.S. Citizenship required

Responsibilities

  • Assess supply planning impact for engineering changes from initiation to implementation
  • Collaborate with Engineering and Procurement on effective change timing to protect inventory
  • Manage communication on obsolete inventory, coordinating necessary actions with relevant teams
  • Review BOM structures for impacts from engineering change requests and set planning parameters
  • Evaluate supply risks of proposed changes, flagging potential conflicts
  • Coordinate with procurement for change notifications and transition inventory management
  • Track open ECOs/ECNs against change calendars, ensuring scheduled actions occur smoothly
  • Support New Part Introduction, aligning supply plans with current configurations

Benefits

  • Comprehensive group Medical, Dental, Life, and Disability coverage from day one
  • Generous 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
  • Bonus eligibility for all roles
  • Equity in the company for every employee
  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic startup environment
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're looking for a Supply Planner to own the intersection of engineering change and supply continuity. Every ECN, BOM revision, and configuration change carries real supply risk - obsolete inventory, mismatched lead times, orphaned purchase orders, or a production line that stops because the "old" part and the "new" part weren't sequenced correctly. This role exists to make sure change happens without disruption.

You'll be the person who translates engineering and configuration decisions into a supply plan that works on the floor, protecting inventory investment while making sure the right part, at the right revision, is available at the right time.

What You'll Do

  • Own supply planning impact assessment for all engineering changes affecting purchased and manufactured parts, from initiation through full implementation
  • Partner with Engineering, Configuration Management, Procurement, and Operations to determine effectivity dates, cut-in/cut-out points, and phase-in/phase-out timing that protect both schedule and inventory
  • Communicate disposition of superseded, obsolete, and excess inventory resulting from part changes, including coordinating rework, scrap, or return-to-supplier to quality, supply chain and operations to coordinate appropriate actions
  • Review BOM structures and part revision data in the MRP system for impact from ECRs, ensuring supply planning parameters (lead time, sourcing, min/max) transfer correctly across revisions. Set baseline planning parameters for new products as well.
  • Evaluate and communicate the supply risk of proposed changes before approval - flagging long-lead components, sole-source constraints, or open PO conflicts that could delay implementation
  • Coordinate with procurement on change notifications, requalification timing, and transition inventory (last-time-buy quantities, bridge stock)
  • Track open ECOs/ECNs against a configuration change calendar, ensuring supply actions are executed on schedule while maintaining a smooth transition between stages
  • Support New Part Introduction (NPI) and engineering prototype builds by confirming supply plans reflect current configuration baselines
  • Provide configuration/change status and risk visibility into S&OP supply review and change control board meetings
  • Identify and help close process gaps between engineering change control and supply planning systems as the organization scales


What You Bring

  • 8+ years of experience in supply planning, materials planning, or configuration/change management within a manufacturing environment
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Working knowledge of engineering change processes (ECO/ECN/ECR) and how they flow through BOMs, routings, and part masters
  • Experience with MRP/ERP and/or PLM systems (e.g., ION, SAP, Oracle, Windchill, Arena, or similar), including part revision control
  • Strong attention to detail - comfortable tracing a change across multiple linked BOM levels and catching where something doesn't reconcile
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity - early-stage change processes often require judgment calls before formal system support exists
  • Strong Excel skills for building and maintaining manual tracking tools when systems can't fully support the need
  • Clear, proactive communication style; comfortable escalating supply risk before it becomes a crisis
  • Experience in a startup or scaling manufacturing environment is a plus - you should be comfortable building process where none exists yet
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. Citizenship is required, as only U.S. Citizens eligible for a security clearance.


Nice to have...

  • Experience with hardware or aerospace manufacturing and assembly.
  • Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles or APICS/CPIM certification.
  • Understanding of ISO/AS9100 quality standards.
  • Understanding of MRP principles, lead time management, safety stock calculation, supply chain KPIs and reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau is a plus).
  • Knowledge of Bill of Materials (BOMs) and engineering change orders
  • APICS CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management)
  • CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional)
  • Lean Six Sigma or other process improvement certifications


If this sounds like you, please submit an application with your resume. This could be the opportunity you are looking for to expand your skills, contribute to a winning team, and work with talented people who love what they do and take pride in our mission.

In compliance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the salary range for this position is $118,000-$148,000 base salary. Please note that wage information is a general guideline only, and we will consider factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and market conditions when extending an offer.

Beehive Industries offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes group Medical, Dental, Life, and Short and Long-Term disability coverage from day one. We also offer a generous 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a Company match. Every role at Beehive Industries is bonus eligible and will also receive equity in the company.

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