Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Plastics

About the role

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Plastics & Additive is the domain expert for the plastics and additive commodities (injection molding, 3D printing, etc.) for Anduril. This is a proactive, high-impact role in securing critical components, materials, and services that power our products. This role will develop new supplier and sourcing partnerships for both new and existing products to improve technologies, cost, and quality. There is broad internal cross-functional partnership to evaluate supplier opportunities while ensuring commercial agreements, intellectual property, and statements of work are accurate prior to pipelining.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute commodity strategies for plastics and additive, 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 plastics and additive manufacturing
• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP and strategic sourcing process for plastic and additive
• Own the business relationship with external Contract Manufacturing and ensure 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 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 tradeoffs, solicit cooperation, 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 project expectations, including fixed and variable costs, lead-times, schedules, and manufacturing capacities
• Conduct regular technology reviews with Executive staff and management
• Own supplier performance management for respective commodities, including key delivery, quality, cost, and innovation metrics
• Act as the primary escalation point for respective commodity issues

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field
• 6+ years of experience in supply chain commodity management of plastics and additive 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 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 in creating commodities strategy/roadmap with key engineering stakeholders
• Proven leadership in driving and influencing other teams toward a common goal
• Strong cross-functional communicator and collaborator at all organizational levels
• Able to wear different hats and be a strong team player to help move the team forward
• Fluent in other cross-functional areas to fill gaps and remove roadblocks when needed
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

Pay

US Salary Range: $166,000—$220,000 USD

Benefits

Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers as part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees, supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next