# Defense Procurement Manager

**Company**: Applied Intuition, Inc.
**Location**: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $150,000 - $185,000 USD annually
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are looking for high-impact procurement professionals who thrive in rapidly evolving environments where speed and communication are critical. Procurement Managers drive successful commodity sourcing strategies with a long-term view, developing relationships across industries to establish a strong supplier foundation.

This role requires intense internal collaboration to deliver results that meet key business, technical, cost, and schedule requirements. Procurement Managers own short- and long-term deal structuring, maximizing the value of an engagement across cost, contract, and product.

Responsibilities:

- Develop a long-term strategy and secure cross-functional buy-in

- Create and execute RFx strategies

- Lead strategic sourcing for the 'Physical AI' stack, including high-performance GPU clusters, edge-compute modules, and specialized sensors (LiDAR, thermal, and radio) required for autonomous defense platforms

- Partner with Engineering from the 'breadboard' prototyping phase to ensure that selected hardware components meet the SWaP-C (Size, Weight, Power, and Cost) requirements of ruggedized defense

- Develop processes in compliance with FAR, DFARS, and corporate policies

- Ensure readiness and compliance for DCMA Purchasing System Reviews (CPSR)

- Build strong relationships while negotiating with industry-leading suppliers

- Reduce cost and increase value

- Manage internally and externally by influence

- Lead process improvement projects to maximize efficiency of impact

Requirements:

- 10+ years in strategic sourcing, commodity management, global supply management, or similar field

- 2+ years leading Physical AI or Robotics Commodity Procurement: Proven experience sourcing high-performance compute (GPUs/FPGA), edge-processing units, or advanced sensing suites (LiDAR, Radar, EO/IR).

- Expertise with FAR, DFARS, DCMA audits, and CPSR

- Strong sense of urgency and a strategic mindset

- Insatiable curiosity and a keen attention to detail

- Highly efficient executive-level communication skills

- Exceptional negotiation skills

- Ability to cut through ambiguity to make concrete and sound decisions

- Thorough understanding of complex contract structures

- Ability to rapidly prioritize and execute in a fast-paced environment

- Experience in DoD, aerospace, and/or defense contracting environments

- Bachelor's Degree in supply chain, finance, business, or similar field

Nice to have:

- MBA

- Experience with the Google suite of tools (e.g. Google Sheets, Google Docs)

- Experience using Slack on a professional level

- Experience working in a rapidly evolving startup environment

## Skills

### Required
- strategic sourcing
- commodity management
- global supply management
- RFx strategies
- physical AI
- GPU clusters
- edge-compute modules
- specialized sensors
- LiDAR
- thermal
- radio
- SWaP-C
- FAR
- DFARS
- DCMA audits
- CPSR
- negotiation
- complex contract structures
- DoD
- aerospace
- defense contracting

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