- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Manufacturing
- Posted
- May 14, 2026
- Salary
- $166,000–$220,000 a year
Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Indirect
Job description
The Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Indirect is the domain expert in dedicated Indirect commodities for Anduril Industries, including Software, Professional Services, Hardware, Capex, and Research & Development. 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. This hire will work with the broader internal cross functional teams to evaluate the opportunities, while ensuring commercial agreements, intellectual property, and statement of works are accurate and well established prior to pipelining.
Job responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategies for Indirect commodities, focusing on cost optimization, contract standardization, scalability, risk mitigation, and supply chain resilience.
- End-to-end sourcing responsibility from requirements gathering and RFI/RFQ/RFP management to supplier evaluation, negotiation, and contract execution.
- Act as the sourcing expert for the Indirect commodity.
- Serve as Anduril’s subject matter expert for sourcing analysis, renewals, and commercial negotiations.
- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, IT, Finance, Legal, and more to define requirements, ensure compliance, and align procurement with technical and business needs.
- Lead negotiations for multi-year, high-value agreements to establish best-in-class commercial and operational terms (pricing, renewals, payment, warranties, data protection, and IP ownership).
- Analyze complex pricing models and usage data to ensure Anduril receives the most competitive, transparent, and scalable pricing aligned with growth.
- Build and maintain strategic supplier relationships with key suppliers to drive innovation, service quality, and value creation.
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or related technical field
- 8+ years of experience in supply chain commodity management of one or more of these areas: IT, software and/or professional services
- Ability to travel up to 50% of the time
- Ability to relocate, if not already local to be onsite in Costa Mesa, CA
- 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. You know how to effectively communicate and collaborate cross functionally and with all levels within an organization
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