Material Planning Manager

Job overview

The Material Planning Manager role is onsite in South San Francisco, CA. Compensation is not specified. Zipline operates a drone delivery service that delivers food, medicine, and essential goods and builds autonomous logistics systems. The manager owns material planning and data integrity for a major system supporting Zipline’s drone delivery network. The role helps keep production flowing through scale-up, engineering changes, and supplier constraints by managing material availability, planning data, supplier readiness, and shortage response.

What you'll do

• Own material availability for an assigned platform or subsystem
• translate production schedules and forecasts into supplier commitments and replenishment plans
• govern bills of materials and planning data
• integrate engineering changes and assess supply impacts
• define planning KPIs and drive improvements
• manage shortages and escalations
• coordinate supplier capacity and risk mitigation
• support prototype-to-volume transitions and production launches
• maintain reporting and dashboards.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

material planning manager

supply planning

material availability

bom governance

mrp/erp

supplier readiness

production ramp

south san francisco ca

approximately 5% travel

inventory planning

engineering changes

drone delivery

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

In-person role with approximately 5% travel to U.S.-based sites and key partner regions in North America and APAC. Requires 5+ years of relevant material or supply planning experience, MRP/ERP experience, and ownership of BOM and planning parameter accuracy.

About the employer

Zipline is hiring for this role. Industry: Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services. Sector: 54.