Materials Program Manager, DoorDash Air
About The Position
DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash focused on exploring robotics, drones, and automation to transform last-mile logistics. We are seeking a Materials Program Manager to support aircraft builds as DoorDash Air scales to higher-volume production. This role will be responsible for clear-to-build planning, including demand planning, shortage management, inventory allocation, purchasing coordination, and build readiness. The goal is to define processes and operating cadences that enable a scalable production supply chain, moving from reactive material tracking to proactive management. The position reports to the Supply Chain Lead on the DoorDash Air Supply Chain team.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in materials planning, supply planning, production planning, procurement operations, inventory control, or equivalent experience.
- Experience owning material readiness or clear-to-build planning for hardware, manufacturing, robotics, drones, or equivalent programs.
- Comfortable working with complex bills of materials, supplier lead times, purchase orders, inventory, demand forecasts, and build schedules.
- Ability to operate with ambiguity, build structure where processes are still developing, and communicate risks clearly to cross-functional partners.
- Comfortable working hands-on with physical inventory and systems, including receiving, labeling, organizing, tracking, and preparing materials for builds.
Responsibilities
- Lead material readiness for aircraft builds by translating BOMs, build schedules, inventory, supplier lead times, and open orders into a clear build readiness plan.
- Own shortage management and clear-to-build status across prototype, validation, and production builds, including risk tracking and escalation.
- Partner with procurement, engineering, manufacturing, and finance to align material availability with program timing and budget needs.
- Build scalable processes for inventory accuracy, allocation, receiving, labeling, kitting, and build readiness as the program grows.
- Identify long-lead and high-risk materials early, recommend mitigation plans, and help reduce last-minute expediting and build delays.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Wellness benefits
- Commuter benefits match
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- Disability insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Family-forming assistance
- Mental health program
- Equity grants
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
