# Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Sensors/Optics

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $128,000-$192,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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, Sensors/Optics is the domain expert for the sensor/optics 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 sensors/optics focusing on cost reduction, quality improvement, and supply chain resilience

- End-to-end responsibility for delivering quality parts, when needed, at the right cost

- Act as the sourcing expert for sensors/optics manufacturing

- Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP and strategic sourcing process for sensors/optics

- Own the business relationship with external Contract Manufacturing and responsible for continuity of supply, risk management, cost negotiations, and NPI to MP operation execution

- Partner with the Engineering team and Contract Manufacturers to influence technical design specs and customize product and manufacturing requirements

- Perform detailed analysis of quote submissions based on cost breakdown from data. Deep dive into every element of the supply chain and make data-driven decisions based on TCO

- Work closely with cross-functional teams to support prototype requirements, execute against build milestones, and lead sourcing activities

- Influence CM’s 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 technology 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

**Benefits**

- Healthcare Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you

- Income Protection: Life and disability insurance for all employees

- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December

- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments, adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting

- Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching

- Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development

- Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region

- Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility

- Retirement Savings Plan: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax options

## Skills

### Required
- supply chain management
- sensors
- optics
- manufacturing
- sourcing

### Nice to have
- TCO analysis
- strategic thinking
- leadership
- communication
- collaboration

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