Staff Global Supply Manager, Mechanicals

About the role

You’ll develop and execute commodity sourcing strategies of increasing scale for high-quality drone components. Emphasis on sourcing components and tooling for Mechanical manufacturing technologies and processes for precision custom mechanics (e.g., Custom Mechanical & Electro-Mechanical Sub-Assemblies, UAV Motors, and Custom Components from Injection Molding, CNC Machining, Die Casting, Metal Extrusions, Fasteners, Composites, Liquid Silicone Rubber Molding, and Precision Metal Stamping & Forming technologies.)

Responsibilities

• Cultivate productive relationships with supply chain partners, including vendor selection, cost, support, and product transactions.
• Drive price negotiation processes to ensure that Skydio’s commodity pricing is best in class.
• Analyze current spend and evaluate current suppliers.
• Maintain commodity consumption forecasts and associated execution plans.
• Consolidate spend across the supply base to create leverage, analyze purchasing trends, and develop sourcing alternatives.
• Monitor current market conditions, technology roadmaps, and identify supply/demand challenges & opportunities.
• Work with finance and accounting during monthly close and financial planning cycles with component pricing costs and forecasts, and custom tooling investments.
• Identify and manage supplier performance metrics of Supplier Technology availability and competence, Component Quality, Supply, and Cost required to ensure best-in-class supply chain.

Requirements

• Flexibility to work and achieve goals in a fast-paced start-up environment, with an ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Detail-oriented, team-oriented, with enthusiasm for learning new things.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong ethics, and professionalism.
• Technical & commercial experience in mechanical component surface treatments (e.g, corrosion-resistant, decoration, and RF performance coatings of plastics and metals.)
• Experience with Tooling Capacity Management, Tooling Unit Cost targets, and Supplier Capacity Management.
• Strength in directing complex negotiations, RFP issues, cost/price analysis, RFP/Q review, Business Award process, and purchasing procedures.
• Experience using cost models to define the should-cost and negotiating prices for sourcing and cost reduction.
• Experience in Supplier Contract, T&Cs, MSA, SOW, and NDA negotiation, management, and ownership.
• Experience with the Facilitation of ESI (Early Supplier Involvement) between the Supplier, Program design, sourcing, and procurement resources.
• Ability to prepare and present quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of sourcing alternatives.
• Ability to manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution.
• Interest in keeping up with emerging technologies spanning consumer electronics, aerospace, and robotics, and new and developing mechanical component manufacturing processes and materials.

Qualifications

• Technical & commercial experience in mechanical component surface treatments (e.g, corrosion-resistant, decoration, and RF performance coatings of plastics and metals.)
• Experience with Tooling Capacity Management, Tooling Unit Cost targets, and Supplier Capacity Management.
• Strength in directing complex negotiations, RFP issues, cost/price analysis, RFP/Q review, Business Award process, and purchasing procedures.
• Experience using cost models to define the should-cost and negotiating prices for sourcing and cost reduction.
• Experience in Supplier Contract, T&Cs, MSA, SOW, and NDA negotiation, management, and ownership.
• Experience with the Facilitation of ESI (Early Supplier Involvement) between the Supplier, Program design, sourcing, and procurement resources.
• Ability to prepare and present quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of sourcing alternatives.
• Ability to manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution.
• Interest in keeping up with emerging technologies spanning consumer electronics, aerospace, and robotics, and new and developing mechanical component manufacturing processes and materials.

Skills

• Technical & commercial experience in mechanical component surface treatments (e.g, corrosion-resistant, decoration, and RF performance coatings of plastics and metals.)
• Experience with Tooling Capacity Management, Tooling Unit Cost targets, and Supplier Capacity Management.
• Strength in directing complex negotiations, RFP issues, cost/price analysis, RFP/Q review, Business Award process, and purchasing procedures.
• Experience using cost models to define the should-cost and negotiating prices for sourcing and cost reduction.
• Experience in Supplier Contract, T&Cs, MSA, SOW, and NDA negotiation, management, and ownership.
• Experience with the Facilitation of ESI (Early Supplier Involvement) between the Supplier, Program design, sourcing, and procurement resources.
• Ability to prepare and present quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of sourcing alternatives.
• Ability to manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to dispute resolution.
• Interest in keeping up with emerging technologies spanning consumer electronics, aerospace, and robotics, and new and developing mechanical component manufacturing processes and materials.

Benefits

• Competitive base salaries
• Equity in the form of stock options
• Comprehensive benefits packages
• Paid vacation time
• Sick leave
• Holiday pay
• 401K savings plan

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position is $161,000 - $227,500.

Schedule

Full-time