Senior Global Sourcing Manager, General
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Job Summary
At Anduril our Global Sourcing Managers are the architects of our supply chain bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and global manufacturing scale to deliver mission-critical hardware. Youll dive into a fast-paced environment partnering with multidisciplinary teams to design scale and secure robust high-performance global supply chains. Were seeking talented Sourcing professionals with deep expertise in supplier negotiation category management and strategic partnership development to help build the next generation of defense technology.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Own the Category Strategy: Develop and execute end-to-end sourcing strategies across your assigned category balancing cost quality lead time capacity and supply security to meet aggressive program timelines.
- Build the Supplier Base: Identify qualify and onboard best-in-class domestic and international suppliers. Own the relationship through QBRs scorecards capacity planning and continuous performance management.
- Lead Commercial Negotiations: Structure and negotiate complex supplier agreements MSAs SOWs LTAs pricing agreements and NRE terms to lock in favorable commercial terms and de-risk supply.
- Partner Cross-Functionally: Embed with Engineering Quality and Manufacturing during NPI to align design intent with supplier capability drive design-to-cost and get parts qualified and flowing on schedule.
- De-Risk the Supply Chain: Track market dynamics geopolitics and upstream constraints. Identify single points of failure and stand up dual-source buffer or vertical-integration strategies before they become production stoppages.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience: Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Engineering or a related field with 10 years in global sourcing strategic procurement or supplier management inside a high-tech or regulated manufacturing environment.
- Commercial Depth: Working command of commercial contract law should-cost modeling and a track record of closing high-value technically complex agreements.
- Category & Supply Base Management: Demonstrated success managing a global supplier base running audits and scaling supply from prototype through high-rate production.
- Technical Fluency: Comfortable reading engineering drawings and specs and translating cleanly between engineers and supplier commercial/technical counterparts.
- Clearance: Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
This job post is inclusive of openings within various teams. Successful candidates will be matched to a specific team at a subsequent stage of the recruitment process.
The roles considered for this job post may require travel. The extent of travel will vary by role.
US Salary Range
$146000 - $194000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
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