Director, Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Industrialization Engineering (Radar & Sensors)

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><h3>ABOUT THE JOB</h3> <p>As the Director of Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS) Supplier Industrialization Engineering (SIE), you will be responsible for leading strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier development industrialization efforts of electrical commodities (radar, sensors mission systems) to support the company’s global operations and manufacturing goals. You will oversee supplier partnerships, optimize sourcing strategies, and ensure supplier readiness for new product introductions (NPI) and mass production scaling. This is a key leadership role reporting to Sr. Director of GSS SIE, requiring a balance of strategic vision, technical expertise, and operational execution, and the ability to communicate at all levels.</p> <ul> <li><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Strategic Sourcing</strong> <ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet p-rich_text_list--nested" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-list-tree="true" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Develop and execute global sourcing strategies to achieve cost savings, quality improvements, and supply chain resilience.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Identify, assess, and establish partnerships with strategic suppliers aligned with business needs.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Lead supplier negotiations, including pricing, contracts, and long-term agreements.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams to align sourcing strategies with company objectives.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Supplier Industrialization Engineering</strong> <ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet p-rich_text_list--nested" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-list-tree="true" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li>Ensure supplier readiness for new product introductions (NPI) and mass production scaling.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Conduct supplier audits, technical capability assessments, and risk evaluations.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Drive process optimization and continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers to enhance manufacturing efficiency, quality, and delivery.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Create and execute supplier industrialization roadmaps to support global scalability.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Leadership Collaboration</strong> <ul> <li>Build and lead a high-performing team of sourcing professionals and supplier industrialization engineers.</li> <li>Partner with internal stakeholders to drive design-for-manufacturability (DFM) and cost reduction initiatives.</li> <li>Resolve supply chain disruptions and mitigate risks across the supplier base.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet p-rich_text_list--nested" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-list-tree="true" data-indent="0" data-border="0"> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0"><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Metrics Performance Man ... (truncated, view full listing at source)