Senior Sheet Metal Sourcing Leader | Global, 50% Travel

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Travel up to 50%

Willingness to relocate

Education

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

Job description

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.