Director of Strategic Supply Chain, AD&S

<div class="content-intro"><p>Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.</p></div><h3><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ABOUT THE JOB</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Director, Strategic Supply Chain supports engineering and production teams with the development and execution of sourcing plans. As the Director of Strategic Supply Chain this individual will be responsible for managing a team of sourcing engineers and subcontract managers who will be the central point of contact for all supply chain needs in the product development process internally and externally. In this role, you will work with engineering, product program office and the broader production leadership team to support strategic sourcing initiatives and planning in pursuit of program and manufacturing goals, and lead cross-functional projects to achieve cost, quality, and delivery targets.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead and scale the Supplier Industrialization Engineering team, building a high-performing organization that drives supplier manufacturing readiness from new product introduction (NPI) through </span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">sustained production. </span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Attract, develop, and retain top talent; hold a high bar through coaching, feedback, and accountability.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Own the supplier industrialization process end-to-end: supplier capability assessments, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), process capability </span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">validation, and First Article Inspection (FAI) to ensure suppliers are qualified and production-ready, critical components, ensuring continuity of supply, cost competitiveness, and resilience across the </span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">industrial base and capacity planning to support radical production rate increases.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish and maintain supplier quality standards and compliance with aerospace and defense</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate cross-functionall