Staff Global Sourcing Manager, Optics

10+ years of experience in supply chain commodity management of sensors/optics manufacturing, and/or sourcing engineering

Previous experience in defense, aerospace, automotive, high tech, or related industry

Well-versed in TCO analysis to ensure data-driven analytics tied to component and supplier selection, in a product-based ecosystem

Strategic thinker, experienced putting together commodities strategy/roadmap with key engineering stakeholders

Proven leadership in driving and influencing other teams to a common goal.

At Anduril, we invest in our people.

The Staff Global Sourcing Manager, 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.

This role will be responsible for developing new supplier and new sourcing partnerships that can be incorporated into new products, as well as existing products to improve their technologies, cost, and quality.

There is broad internal cross functional partnership to evaluate supplier opportunities, while ensuring commercial agreements, intellectual property, and statement of works are accurate and well established prior to pipelining.

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