Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Energetics/Missile Systems

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to drive sourcing strategies for energetics and missile systems. This high-impact role involves developing supplier partnerships, executing category strategies, and ensuring quality parts are delivered on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in supply chain management, with a focus on cost reduction and quality improvement. Join a team committed to transforming military capabilities through innovative technology and be part of a mission that shapes the future of defense. If you are ready to make a significant impact, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Equity Grants

Top-tier Benefits

Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

Qualifications

• 5+ years in supply chain category management of energetics/missiles.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain or engineering required.

Responsibilities

• Develop category strategies for energetics focusing on cost and quality.
• Lead sourcing processes and manage supplier relationships.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Category Management

Strategic Sourcing

Negotiation

Technical Analysis

Education

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

Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Tools

TCO Analysis

Job description

Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, Energetics/Missile Systems

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 Strategic Sourcing Manager (Energetics/Missile) is the domain expert for the energetics 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 sourcing partnerships that can be incorporated into new products, as well as existing products to improve their technologies, cost, and quality.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Develop and execute category 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 the 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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain category management of energetics/missiles manufacturing, 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 electrical or mechanical 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.
• Can wear different hats and is 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: $128,000 - $192,000 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.

Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology.