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Anduril-1; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Supply Chain professional to manage supplier relationships and drive procurement for multiple product lines. You will negotiate prices, ensure on-time deliveries, and collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to source cutting-edge defense technologies.

You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess strong communication skills, and contribute to cost reduction initiatives while maintaining supplier performance and data integrity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Procurement or Supply Chain Management experience.
• Experience with ERP and PLM systems.
• Experience with technical procurement.
• Effective written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own procurement process cradle-to-grave for multiple product lines or commodity types.
• Lead cross-functional projects to achieve cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Maintain procurement master data across multiple Bills of Materials to ensure accurate information is flowed to Planning and Production.
• Support Sourcing Engineering & Manufacturing teams to determine best sources.
• Identify and execute cost reduction projects; including strategic procurement and commercial term negotiation.
• Onboard new suppliers in accordance with Anduril Quality Manual and maintain the Approved Supplier List.
• Evaluate suppliers using procurement KPIs and analyze performance trends as part of the Supply Chain performance reviews.
• Conduct research, benchmark, and collect market data to ensure a best-in-class supply base.
• Place purchase orders and resolve downstream issues with receiving, finance, and accounting.

Skills

Procurement experience

Communication skills

Tools

ERP systems

PLM systems

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Anduril Imaging team develops state-of-the-art imaging systems across both hardware and software, deployed to tackle the most significant security challenges of America and its allies. The team is heavily involved in utilizing computer vision, perception, electro-optical, infrared, and sensor data to give the US and its allies an advantage.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a member of the Supply Chain Team, you willbe responsible formanaging supplier relationships, negotiating prices, and ensuring parts are delivered on time. This is an exciting opportunity to be apart a growing and dynamic team working closely with engineering and manufacturing teams to support the development and sourcing ofcutting-edgedefense technologies.The right person for this role is someone who can excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment where small teams share a broad variety of duties; has strong people and communication skills; is eager to identify opportunities, find solutions, execute plans, and evaluate results critically and expediently; is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own procurement process cradle-to-grave for multiple product lines or commodity types
• Lead cross-functional projects to achieve cost, quality, and delivery targets
• Maintain procurement master data acrossmultipleBill of Materials to ensureaccurateinformation is flowed to Planning andProduction
• SupportSourcingEngineering&Manufacturingteamstodeterminebest sources
• Identifyand execute cost reduction projects; including strategic procurementandcommercialterm negotiation
• Onboard new suppliersin accordance withAnduril Quality Manual andmaintainthe Approved Supplier List
• Evaluate suppliers using procurement KPIs and analyze performance trends as part of the Supply Chain performance reviews
• Conduct research, benchmark, and collect market data to ensure a best-in-class supply base
• Place purchase orders and resolve downstream issues with receiving, finance, and accounting

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of Procurement or Supply Chain Management experience
• Experience with ERP and PLM systems
• Experience with technical procurement
• Effective written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in relevant manufacturing industries (e.g., Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Space, Electronics)
• FAR/DFARS experience

US Salary Range

$99,000 - $130,000 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 Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

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