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Director of Strategic Supply Chain, AD&S

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$220k - $292kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Director responsible for leading strategic supply chain sourcing efforts, managing sourcing engineers and subcontract managers, and aligning supplier activities with program milestones and business objectives to achieve cost, quality, and delivery targets.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale the Supplier Industrialization Engineering team, building a high-performing organization that drives supplier manufacturing readiness from new product introduction (NPI) through sustained production.
  • Attract, develop, and retain top talent; hold a high bar through coaching, feedback, and accountability.
  • Own the supplier industrialization process end-to-end: supplier capability assessments, APQP, PPAP, process capability validation, and FAI to ensure suppliers are qualified and production-ready, ensuring continuity of supply, cost competitiveness, and resilience across the industrial base and capacity planning to support radical production rate increases.
  • Establish and maintain supplier quality standards and compliance with aerospace and defense
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Program Management, Quality, Manufacturing, and Finance to align supplier industrialization activities with program milestones and business objectives.
  • Lead and scale the Strategic Sourcing team, building a high-performing organization that drives strategic sourcing for nascent products and develops an industrial strategy to support supply chain through production and sustainment.
  • Partner with chief engineers and program managers of nascent programs to ensure products are designed and pitched with a supply chain capable of delivering on cost, schedule, and performance targets.
  • Identify opportunities for strategic agreements and partnerships with suppliers that capture cost savings, enable roadmap alignment, and strengthen the supply base for AD&S’s products.
  • Align supplier roadmaps with AD&S’s portfolio vision and roadmap, to enable the supply base to support AD&S as it expands.
  • Drive optionality and competition into the supply base, ensuring the supply base can support Anduril today and in the future.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Supplier Industrialization, Procurement, Program Management, Quality, Manufacturing, and Finance to align strategic sourcing activities with program milestones and business objectives.
  • Define and monitor KPIs and supplier scorecards to track industrial base health. Provide regular executive-level reporting on risks, opportunities, and performance.
  • Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to the supply chain, such as disruptions to supply or changes in market conditions.
  • Develop and implement supply chain strategies that align with overall business goals, aiming for supply continuity, quality, efficiency and cost optimization while enabling the business to scale significantly.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field.
  • 10+ years experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment specifically in a supply chain or production-related role focused on complex mechanical and/or electrical assembly. At least 5+ years experience in a leadership position.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
  • Ability to travel up to 20%.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Skills

Required:Supplier IndustrializationStrategic SourcingProgram Collaboration

Benefits

  • US Salary Range $220,000—$292,000 USD
  • Highly competitive equity grants included in full-time offers; part of total compensation package.
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees.
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anduril

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