Director of Materials Management (Defense Technology)

Location: Torrance, California, United States

Salary: $187,000–$262,500 USD per year, base salary only; equity grants are part of total compensation.

Company

hirify.global is a defense technology company designing and manufacturing high-performance unmanned systems to rebuild the United States drone industrial base.

What you will do

• Own inventory, material handling, warehousing, shipping, receiving, fulfillment, kitting, and line-side replenishment.
• Ensure on-time shipment of standard products and one-off shipments, including hazardous materials.
• Define packaging, kitting, internal transport, and line-side presentation standards with production and supply chain teams.
• Design warehouse layouts, storage systems, and material-flow processes as production rates increase; plan capital investments in racking, equipment, and automation.
• Use simulation and data analysis to improve floorplans, processes, tooling, training, and efficiency per employee.
• Hire, develop, and lead a multi-level, multi-shift organization while partnering with supply chain and business systems teams on FIFO, Kanban, clear-to-build, and fulfillment systems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in materials management, warehouse, or distribution operations inside a manufacturing plant, including 3+ years managing teams.
• Experience owning inventory accuracy for an operation with 1,000+ active part numbers.
• Transaction-level fluency in an ERP/WMS system, including min/max settings, backflush, cycle-count variance, and location management.
• Direct ownership of shipping and receiving, including carrier management and on-time shipment performance.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a similar technical field.
• Experience scaling a materials operation through a major production ramp in aerospace, automotive, medical device, or consumer electronics.
• Material-flow modeling or discrete-event simulation experience with FlexSim, AnyLogic, or similar tools.
• SQL or Python experience for operational analysis.
• Experience handling and shipping ITAR-controlled hardware.
• Experience handling and shipping hazardous materials, including lithium-ion batteries.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, hands-on environment focused on rapid iteration and deployment of defense systems.
• Safety-first floor culture with a multi-shift organization of hourly and salaried employees.
• Production is planned to scale beyond 1M drones per year in a 250,000-square-foot Torrance factory.
• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the total compensation package.
• Equal opportunity employment is provided without regard to protected characteristics, veteran status, or disability status.