Director of Supply Chain

The role

The Director of Supply Chain will lead product sourcing, procurement, supplier quality, material flow, inventory, and warehousing for the ALTIUS product line. This role involves managing a supply chain organization to support high-rate manufacturing in a fast-paced environment.

What you will do

• Architect and execute an agile supply chain strategy for the ALTIUS hardware line.
• Lead, mentor, and scale an operational supply chain team of 50+ personnel.
• Drive supplier identification, qualification, and performance.
• Compress lead times from standard industry timelines.
• Own supplier quality engineering, inspection, validation, and qualification processes.
• Lead commercial and cost negotiations with critical vendors.
• Optimize end-to-end material flow, inventory control, and warehousing.
• Maintain manufacturing and audit compliance standards including AS9100.
• Partner with manufacturing hubs, commodity managers, and engineering teams.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for supplier issues.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive supply chain and procurement leadership experience within aerospace, defense, hardware devices, automotive/EV, or advanced hardware manufacturing.
• Proven track record of career progression and organizational tenure.
• Direct experience scaling a production line to high volumes.
• Demonstrated experience operating under extreme speed and ambiguity.
• Deep expertise in supplier quality management, qualification processes, DFMEA, and AS9100 compliance.
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating with modern ERP and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to visit local and regional supply partners.
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident).
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

• Prior experience in fast-turn, high-consequence hardware environments
• Master’s degree or MBA in a technical or business discipline.
• Active U.S. Secret (or higher) security clearance.
• Familiarity with defense contracting practices, FAR/DFARS, and ITAR compliance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident)
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The ALTIUS business line builds autonomous, tube-launched air vehicles for the U.S. Department of Defense and international allies.