Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
We are looking for a Director of Supply Chain to build and lead the supply chain function at Arsenal-1, our flagship factory in the Columbus, Ohio area.
Responsibilities
- Stand Up the Arsenal-1 Supply Chain Function
- Define the charter and scope of the Arsenal-1 supply chain function
- Build the integrated plan for standing up the function
- Own the risk register, dependency map, and critical path
- Write the operating model
- Own the capital, tooling, and infrastructure requests supply chain depends on
- Drive Material and Supplier Readiness
- Drive supplier readiness with Sourcing, Product Sourcing Engineering, and Supplier Quality
- Own the readiness sequence for manufacturing BOM release
- Define and drive the metrics that matter
- Serve as the senior supply chain voice at the site
- Turn the Startup into a Day-to-Day Operation
- Convert the standup effort into a durable operating function
- Build and scale the team as headcount ramps
- Mature the systems backbone
- Institutionalize continuous improvement
How This Role Works with the Central Supply Chain Team
- Governance and standards: adopt and localize the enterprise operating model
- Site autonomy: own the day-to-day execution and site-level decisions
- Two-way flow: carry Arsenal-1's needs and lessons learned back into enterprise strategy
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years in supply chain, materials management, planning, or manufacturing operations in a hardware or manufacturing environment
- Built and scaled an organization
- Owned S&OP or an equivalent enterprise planning process end to end
- Think in systems and have deep operational instincts
- Data-driven and systems-fluent across ERP/MRP platforms
- Strong executive presence, high ownership, low ego
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading supply chain in a high-growth hardware, aerospace, or defense environment
- Experience scaling from low-rate to high-rate production
- Track record of standing up or rebuilding a supply chain function and its supporting systems from the ground up
- Experience with a multi-product portfolio with shared supply and constrained long-lead materials
- Familiarity with defense program environments and contract-driven delivery commitments
- MBA or advanced degree in a relevant field
