Material Planner
Long Beach, CaliforniaFull-TimeMid-levelOther
Intro
- At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
- Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Role
- As a Material Planner at Relativity Space, you will play a key role in driving the material demand planning process across multiple vehicle missions and programs. You will work cross-functionally to maintain real-time visibility into material supply sources, manage material requirements, and collaborate with internal teams to ensure seamless material acquisition and delivery. The role requires a proactive individual who is detail-oriented, has a deep understanding of supply chain processes, and is capable of thriving in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
- Material Demand Planning: Partner with Sourcing/Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, Integration, Test, and Launch teams to derive material demand from complex multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs) and schedules. This will help drive material requirement plans and priorities across multiple vehicle missions and programs.
- Material Requirements Signals: Generate material requirement signals and collaborate with Procurement to develop actionable material acquisition strategies.
- Material Readiness Process: Manage the mission-by-mission 'Material Readiness' process, providing real-time visibility into material supply and demand while ensuring alignment between Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Test, and Launch teams.
- Material Allocation Strategy: Develop and implement material allocation strategies/models for constrained or at-risk materials based on company priorities and supply conditions.
- Material Forecasting: Quantify material forecasts that inform Sourcing’s immediate and medium-term material acquisition strategies, ensuring the smooth flow of materials through the production lifecycle.
- MRP Systems Development: Participate in the development of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) systems and processes within ERP platforms, increasing automation and accuracy in end-to-end planning operations.
About You
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in material planning, demand planning, fulfillment planning, or similar roles in fast-paced manufacturing, aerospace, or supply chain environments.
- Experience working cross-functionally with internal stakeholders such as engineering, manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, finance, accounting, quality, and executive management.
- Strong understanding of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), including key inputs (e.g., material attributes, demand, supply) and how MRP functions within ERP systems like Infor LN, SAP, or Oracle.
- Experience creating and managing demand forecasts and incorporating necessary data inputs for accurate material planning.
- Familiarity with BOM (Bill of Materials) reconciliation.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Nice to haves but not required:
- Knowledge of data analysis tools such as SQL, Tableau, or advanced Excel techniques.
- Experience with New Product Development (NPD) or New Product Introduction (NPI).
- Experience with design release processes and systems.
- Background in aerospace, frontier technology industries, or manufacturing environments.
- At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
