Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Metals

Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California · $167,000-$222,000 USD · onsite 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, Metals 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. 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 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 Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance