Material Planner at Heron Power (Scotts Valley, CA)Material Planner

What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.

Job Overview As a Material Planner, you’ll own the flow of material that keeps every Heron Link build on schedule. In this hands-on role, you’ll get the right parts to the right place at the right time, whether that means on site, kitted, or shipped to our suppliers, contract manufacturers, and rework partners. You’ll partner closely with Supply Chain, Desgin Engineering, NPI, Manufacturing and Warehouse to track purchase orders, surface risks early, and keep inventory records accurate as we scale our operations.

• Own Clear To Build (CTB) for each NPI build, leading daily review with the supply chain team, tracking POs and shipments.
• Manage the constrained parts Heron Power buys and supplies to its suppliers and Contract Manufacturers (CMs).
• Build automated alerts to escalate late or at-risk parts and drive corrective actions with partner teams before they impact the build.
• Collaborate with the warehouse team to ensure parts are received correctly against POs and stored in an organized, labeled location.
• Manage rework material, from defining BOMs and kitting parts with engineers to shipping and tracking PCBAs from rework sites.
• Partner with our in-house software team to build/improve material ordering and inventory tracking system

We’re looking for an organized, hands-on self-starter who’s eager to learn in a fast-paced hardware environment. Scope and responsibilities will grow with the right candidate.

Must Have Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 2 to 4 years of experience in materials, supply chain, production planning, or purchasing, ideally in hardware manufacturing
• Comfortable reading BOMs, purchase orders, and shipping documents
• Experience with CTB reports, MRP, and kitting
• Working knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets (filters, lookups, basic formulas)
• Strong attention to detail and a habit of keeping records accurate
• Clear communicator who escalates problems early

Nice to Haves

• Experience with an ERP or MRP system (for example NetSuite, Odoo, or SAP)
• Experience supporting NPI builds or coordinating with a contract manufacturer
• Exposure to electronics manufacturing: reels, trays, ESD handling, and moisture-sensitive (MSL) parts

If you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us in accelerating the electrification of everything at Heron Power. Heron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits. The base salary range for the role is from $85,000 to $115,000.