- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- TorranceCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Manufacturing
- Posted
- Sep 8, 2025
- Salary
- $120,000–$168,000 a year
Full-time
Global Supply Manager
Job description
Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.
Job responsibilities
- Lead sourcing strategy for assigned product families, including NPI supply chain program management from concept through prototype builds, LRIP, and high-rate production
- Drive supplier selection for new products and long-term strategic needs, including RFXs, commercial analysis, supplier recommendations, and award decisions
- Partner with Engineering and Product Development to support part-specific sourcing, prototype build purchasing needs, DFM opportunities, and supplier readiness for development and production builds
- Track NPI material required dates, supplier lead times, release dependencies, and sourcing risks to help keep development builds and production ramps on schedule
- Own commercial cost-down initiatives in partnership with Engineering, including cost modeling, supplier negotiation, alternate sourcing, and contract improvements
- Partner with Supplier Quality Engineers to assess supplier capability and capacity, maintain supplier categorization, and support approved supplier list governance
- Manage supplier relationships, run supplier QBRs, review supplier scorecards, and act as the main escalation point for commercial and supply issues raised by Purchasing and Planning
- Negotiate MSAs, LTAs, favorable payment terms, cancellation clauses, tiered pricing, and other commercial agreements that improve cost, flexibility, and supply continuity