Associate Manager, Production & Material Planning (Aerospace)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; Workplace: On-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under space technology export regulations.

Salary: $94,800–$112,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, and execute the master production schedule in alignment with capacity, labor, material readiness, and program requirements.
• Manage daily and weekly MRP execution, including demand signals, planned orders, BOMs, lead times, lot sizing, and material flow.
• Monitor schedule performance and material shortages, developing mitigation and recovery plans with Operations, Procurement, Engineering, Quality, and Program Management.
• Lead, coach, and develop Production Planners and Material Planners while prioritizing workloads and communicating performance expectations.
• Support engineering changes, configuration control, new product introduction, ramp-up planning, and production readiness.
• Drive process improvement, root cause analysis, corrective actions, planning metrics, and audit-ready documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 4–7 years of supply chain planning or procurement experience with a bachelor’s degree, including 2–5 years in leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of production planning, material planning, scheduling principles, and MRP logic.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite.
• Knowledge of aerospace or defense manufacturing, BOM structures, routings, capacity planning, configuration control, and shop-floor workflows.
• Understanding of FAR/DFARS and AS9100 requirements, with clear communication and root cause analysis skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, cross-functional, autonomous work environment.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.
• Work in a regulated aerospace and defense manufacturing environment focused on operational efficiency and continuous improvement.