Procurement Manager, Direct
Los Angeles, CA$130k - $170kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Procurement Manager responsible for full lifecycle of externally manufactured supply chain—from RFQ to PO delivery—ensuring cost, quality, and schedule targets while building strong supplier relationships and coordinating cross-functionally across sourcing, supplier quality, and factory operations.
Responsibilities
- Own the supplier selection and sourcing strategy for externally manufactured requirements from end-customers and internal factory ops needs
- Operate as the primary point of direction to the supporting functions of the org across buyers, coordinators, supplier quality, and internal factory ops and customer facing groups
- Managing operational KPIs and taking proper action to improve performance as it relates to transactional SLAs, quality, delivery, and cost
- Develop long term strategies that support various customer and organizational objective, such as: cost down initiatives, quality improvements, supply base growth and strategy, capacity analysis and rate ramp readiness
- Operate as escalation path for negotiation, commercial resolution, and in-process order fulfillment
- Ensure compliance with all company and customer policies, requirements, procedures and government regulations while acting with integrity and prioritizing the needs of company and programs
- Present value propositions, open risks, and health of supply base and order book to leadership
- Manage the creation and evolution of governing standard operating procedures and working closely with the internal product and software team on developing adequate tool set to consistently improve operations
- Work with suppliers and relevant internal functions on technical review of specifications, providing design for manufacturability and supply chain feedback where and when applicable
- Work with internal quoting teams on make versus buy analysis and decision making as it relates to manufacturing parts through internal core factory or externally through managed supply base
- Work closely with open order management group to ensure blockers and risks are addressed with priority and proactively actioning to prevent future issues
- Understand business needs at a high level to proactively take action and direct team to operate in a way that sets the company up for success at scale
- Periodically visit suppliers on-site to ensure alignment on growth plans, strategy, performance feedback and guidance, and resolution of any blockers or points of friction
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or advanced degree with 5+ years of experience in Engineering, Purchasing/Procurement, Contract Negotiation, Supply Chain Management, or Material/Demand Planning
- Experience in identifying and executing an optimized machining supply chain, or other complex supply chain systems in advanced manufacturing sub-commodities
Skills
Required:Strategic supplier selection and sourcingCross-functional leadershipMake vs. buy analysisTechnical review of specifications
Nice to have:Contract negotiation
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations
- Flexible vacation policy
- Equity
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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