Global Energetics Sourcing Lead - Strategy & Partnerships

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is recruiting a Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Energetics, to own energetics commodity strategy and supplier partnerships across products. You will drive cost reductions, quality improvements, and supply resilience while partnering with engineering and contract manufacturers to shape specifications and manufacturing requirements.

Travel may be extensive, with onsite work in Costa Mesa, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field required.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain commodity management of energetics/missiles manufacturing, and/or sourcing engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute commodity strategies for energetics, focusing on cost reduction, quality improvement, and supply chain resilience
• End-to-end responsibility for delivering quality parts, when needed, at the right cost
• Act as the sourcing expert for energetics manufacturing
• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP and strategic sourcing process for energetics
• Own the business relationship with external Contract Manufacturing and responsible for continuity of supply, risk management, cost negotiations, and NPI to MP operation execution
• Partner with the Engineering team and Contract Manufacturers to influence technical design specs and customize product and manufacturing requirements
• Perform detailed analysis of quote submissions based on cost breakdown from data. Deep dive into every element of the supply chain and make data-driven decisions based on TCO
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to support prototype requirements, execute against build milestones, and lead sourcing activities
• Influence CM's manufacturing processes and CapEx and technology decisions
• Negotiate key agreements with suppliers to establish best-in-class pricing, quality, flexibility, delivery, payment, warranty, and service terms
• Collaborate internally, negotiate the right tradeoffs, solicit cooperation and resolve problems, and advance new supplier or product offerings
• Provide strong technical direction within the specific commodities, by evaluating and guiding product strategy throughout the product lifecycle
• Manage and lead the operations effort of developing new and adaptations of existing technologies for Anduril
• Develop & execute commercial agreements to properly reflect the expectations of project, which include fixed and variable costs, lead-times, schedules, manufacturing capacities, etc
• Conduct regular technology reviews to Executive staff and management
• Own the supplier performance management of their respective commodities, which includes key delivery, quality, cost, and innovation metrics
• Act as the primary escalation for their respective commodity

Skills

Commodity management

Sourcing

Cost reduction

Quality improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field

Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Job description

Anduril Industries is recruiting a Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Energetics, to own energetics commodity strategy and supplier partnerships across products. You will drive cost reductions, quality improvements, and supply resilience while partnering with engineering and contract manufacturers to shape specifications and manufacturing requirements.

Travel may be extensive, with onsite work in Costa Mesa, CA.