Strategic Sourcing Manager Mechanical
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead sourcing for critical mechanical commodities, develop supplier strategies, qualify and manage suppliers, negotiate commercial agreements, analyze costs, and mitigate supply risks. You will work with engineering and operations stakeholders to support product development, qualification, and production ramp-up.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
- 7+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or supply chain management experience in aerospace, defense, or a highly regulated manufacturing environment
- Experience leading complex sourcing and managing critical suppliers, commodities, or aircraft systems
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes including CNC machining, structural fabrication, composites, casting, forging, welding, heat treatment, plating, coating, finishing, and mechanical assembly
- Experience with supplier negotiations, cost and price analysis, proposal evaluations, and source selections
- Experience using ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Excel
- Ability to travel to supplier facilities and company locations
Responsibilities
- Lead sourcing and procurement for mechanical commodities
- Develop and execute commodity strategies for prototype, development, qualification, and production requirements
- Select, qualify, onboard, and manage suppliers
- Evaluate supplier manufacturing capability, capacity, quality systems, financial stability, and scalability
- Lead competitive sourcing, proposal analysis, cost modeling, negotiations, and contract execution
- Negotiate pricing, lead times, payment terms, intellectual-property provisions, capacity commitments, and long-term agreements
- Analyze costs and prices using supplier breakdowns, historical pricing, market data, and should-cost models
- Manage supplier delivery, quality, cost, technical execution, responsiveness, and capacity
- Support supplier readiness, material availability, tooling capacity, manufacturing feasibility, and qualification completion
- Identify supply risks and execute mitigation plans
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity