Material Planning Manager

About Zipline

Zipline is the world's largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world's largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.

Our customers include healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide rapid delivery services.

Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.

About You and The Role

You will own material planning and data integrity for a major system that supports Zipline's drone delivery network. This role sits at the intersection of Engineering, Supplier Industrialization, Manufacturing, and Integrated Planning and is accountable for keeping production flowing during rapid scale-up, design changes, and supplier constraints.

This is an in-person role based in South San Francisco with occasional supplier and field engagement, including approximately 5% travel.

What You'll Do

• Own end-to-end material availability for assigned platforms or subsystems.
• Maintain governance of master data including BOMs, item attributes, lead times, and planning parameters.
• Lead engineering-change integration and coordinate supplier actions to minimize disruption.
• Define and improve planning KPIs such as shortage reduction, forecast accuracy, and inventory turns.
• Manage material shortages, expedited buys, inventory reallocations, and escalation processes.
• Partner with Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Industrialization on supplier capacity and risk mitigation plans.
• Support prototype-to-volume transitions and production readiness activities.
• Build reporting dashboards and present operational analyses and corrective actions.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in material planning, master-data governance, or supply planning for electromechanical or avionics products.
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite.
• Strong understanding of BOM management and planning parameter accuracy.
• Track record improving forecast accuracy, inventory health, and shortage reduction.
• Strong analytical, inventory modeling, and structured problem-solving skills.
• Experience collaborating across Engineering, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Supplier teams.
• Ability to manage escalations and make rapid operational decisions.
• Ability to read and act on BOMs and engineering change notices.
• Understanding of lead-time risk, safety stock calculations, and expedited logistics.

Preferred

• Experience in aerospace, robotics, automotive, or other regulated industries.
• Familiarity with NPI gating and production readiness milestones.
• Advanced degree or certifications in Supply Chain, Operations, or Engineering.
• Experience scaling production across multinational supplier networks.

Additional Information

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds.