Buyer, Dive-XL

Anduril Industries; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 86,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a skilled Buyer to join our Maritime team in Quonset Point, Rhode Island. You will manage procurement, drive strategic sourcing, and collaborate with engineering, finance, and manufacturing to accelerate product delivery.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of technical procurement experience in manufacturing, strong communication and negotiation skills, and the ability to navigate a fast-paced, cross-functional environment while maintaining high standards of detail

Qualifications

• 5+ years technical procurement experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and relationship-management skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
• Ability to work cross-functionally across functions / borders.
• Experience with procure-to-pay processes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Create, issue, and manage purchase orders to meet production needs.
• Maintain supplier relationships and resolve quality, delivery, and pricing issues.
• Resolve supply chain disruptions and expedite orders to meet deadlines.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and program teams to align procurement with goals.
• Document supplier performance and report KPIs; support process improvements.
• Support sourcing strategy development for direct commodities/categories.
• Participate in monthly/weekly/daily review processes as required.
• Support continuous cost savings and on-time delivery initiatives.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Organization/time management

Security clearance

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

Anduril is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of seabed exploration. Anduril has brought to the market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth platform, and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "large" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

As our Maritime team continues to quickly grow, we are looking for motivated candidates that are inspired to work within an extremely energetic, creative, and innovative team that is passionate about subsea robotics and exploring the open ocean. We work in a highly dynamic environment where collaboration and idea sharing are a way of life.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Buyer to join our rapidly growing team in Quonset Point, Rhode Island. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the procurement process and contributing to the strategic sourcing initiatives of the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing and dynamic team working closely with engineering, finance and manufacturing teams to ensure that our accelerated challenges are executed efficiently and effectively. The right person for this role is someone who enjoys launching new products, has excellent procure to pay experience in a manufacturing environment and is someone who excels at communicating clearly, managing many tasks in a fast paced environment, and creating and maintaining standard operating procedures.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Purchase Order Management: Create, issue, and manage purchase orders to meet production and program needs.
• Maintain day to day relationships with suppliers, monitor performance, and resolve issues related to quality, delivery, and pricing.
• Quickly resolve supply chain disruptions, delivery delays, and quality issues to keep projects on track.
• Monitor and expedite orders to meet deadlines and production schedules.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration with stakeholders such as engineering, manufacturing, and program teams to align procurement with company goals.
• Maintain accurate records, track procurement KPIs, and identify opportunities to streamline processes.
• Support the development and implementation of sourcing strategy for direct commodities and/or categories.
• Documenting and reporting supplier performance and actively participate in monthly weekly and daily review processes as required.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives for cost savings, quality improvement, and on-time delivery.
• Support the supplier life cycle from supplier selection, adoption, induction, through to ongoing management and exit (where applicable).

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years technical procurement experience in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities
• Ability to work in cross functional teams and collaborate with across functions / borders
• Good understanding and interpretation of related design specification
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills including high discretion/judgment in decision making
• Ability to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment
• Excellent attention to detail
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

US Salary Range

$86,000-$112,000 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:

Benefits

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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