Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Sheet Metal

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); Sur place; USD 167 000 - 222 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Sheet Metal to own metals commodity strategies across the product portfolio. You will lead supplier development, negotiate terms, drive cost reductions, and ensure quality, risk management, and on-time supply for prototypes and production.

You'll partner with engineering and suppliers to shape design specs, manage RFI/RFP processes, and perform TCO analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain commodity management of raw metals, and/or sourcing engineering.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
• Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA.

Responsabilités

• Develop and execute commodity strategies for sheet metal (stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, etc.), focusing on cost reduction, technology development, quality improvement, and supply chain resilience.
• End-to-end responsibility for delivering quality materials and/or parts, when needed, at the right cost.
• Act as the sourcing expert for sheet metal.
• Aggregate raw metals usage across all Anduril business units and within the supply chain to develop company-wide sourcing strategies.
• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP and strategic sourcing process for raw metals.
• Own the business relationship with external Suppliers and responsible for continuity of supply, risk management, cost negotiations, and NPI to MP operation execution.
• Partner with the Engineering team and Suppliers 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.

Connaissances

Travel up to 50%

Willingness to relocate

Formation

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

Description du poste

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 Job

The Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Sheet Metal is the domain expert for the metals commodities for Anduril Industries. This is a proactive, high-impact role in securing critical components, materials, and services that power our products. This role will be responsible for developing new supplier and new sourcing partnerships that can be incorporated into new products, as well as existing products to improve their technologies, cost, and quality. There is broad internal cross functional partnership to evaluate supplier opportunities, while ensuring commercial agreements, intellectual property, and statement of works are accurate and well established prior to pipelining.

What You'll Do

• Develop and execute commodity strategies for sheet metal (stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, etc.), focusing on cost reduction, technology development, quality improvement, and supply chain resilience
• End-to-end responsibility for delivering quality materials and/or parts, when needed, at the right cost
• Act as the sourcing expert for sheet metal
• Aggregate raw metals usage across all Anduril business units and within the supply chain to develop company-wide sourcing strategies
• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP and strategic sourcing process for raw metals
• Own the business relationship with external Suppliers and responsible for continuity of supply, risk management, cost negotiations, and NPI to MP operation execution
• Partner with the Engineering team and Suppliers 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 Supplier 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 commodity 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

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain commodity management of raw metals, and/or sourcing engineering
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
• Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or metallurgical/materials engineering
• Previous experience in defense, aerospace, automotive, high tech, or related industry
• Well-versed in TCO analysis to ensure data-driven analytics tied to component and supplier selection, in a product-based ecosystem
• Strategic thinker, experienced putting together commodities strategy/roadmap with key engineering stakeholders
• Proven leadership in driving and influencing other teams to a common goal. You know how to effectively communicate and collaborate cross functionally and with all levels within an organization
• Can wear different hats and it a strong team player to help your team move forward.
• You are fluent in other cross functional areas to fill gaps and remove roadblocks when needed
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

US Salary Range

$167,000—$222,000 USD

Benefits

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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