Strategic Sourcing Manager

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Atlanta, GA
Mid level
Aerospace • Hardware • Transportation
Our mission: radically accelerate air travel.
The Role
As a Strategic Sourcing Manager at Hermeus, you will oversee direct materials within the supply chain, collaborating with engineering and production teams to enhance sourcing processes. Responsibilities include managing supplier relationships, driving procurement strategies, optimizing material ordering, and ensuring product availability. Strong negotiation skills and experience in supply chain or commodity management are required.
Summary Generated by Built In

Hermeus is an aerospace and defense technology company founded to radically accelerate air travel by delivering hypersonic aircraft. The company aims to develop hypersonic aircraft quickly and cost-effectively by integrating hardware-rich, iterative development with modern computing and autonomy. This approach has been validated through design, build, and test of the company’s first combined turbojet-ramjet engine and is now being scaled through its first flight vehicle program, Quarterhorse. Hermeus is also developing Darkhorse — an uncrewed hypersonic aircraft designed to deliver unique asymmetric capabilities to the warfighter.


We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our team. This role will focus on direct materials and play a critical role in the overall success of Hermeus' supply chain model. Acting as a key interface between various stakeholders, our Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for driving all aspects of strategic and tactical elements of the business operations. 

Responsibilities:

  • You will collaborate with engineering and production teams to conduct capacity planning and contribute to designs capable of being rapidly sourced
  • You will own strategy of specific commodities across the business, ensuring that these are successful across all teams 
  • You will strategize/prioritize on-order hardware to optimize speed and quality, driving necessary and timely action for potential supply issues, and providing accurate supply projections
  • You will establish necessary contracts with suppliers including SOW's, MSA, etc 
  • You will manage key suppliers and will strategically source and develop new suppliers to maintain lowest cost, predictable availability, and industry-leading quality
  • You will work with Hermeus cross-functional teams to achieve established and emerging business goals and objectives
  • You will build and improve purchasing processes, including but not limited to, supplier quality, timely delivery to need and management

Qualifications:

  • 5+ years supply chain or commodity management experience in a fast-paced development/NPI environment
  • Demonstrated experience effecting change in engineering products based on supply chain landscape and knowledge
  • Strong negotiation skills and understanding of product cost/should cost estimation
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to identify, onboard, and manage strategic supplier relationships
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate effectively across functions in a dynamic environment
  • Strong work ethic with a high degree of flexibility
  • Experience drafting, negotiating, and executing complex contracts and subcontracts 
  • Experience interpreting and/or enforcing contract terms and conditions 
  • Familiarity with procurement/ERP systems

Multipliers:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or a technical discipline
  • Experience in developing and driving supply plan modeling
  • Familiarity with International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS)
  • Experience in aerospace industry or a hardware startup 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Hermeus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions at Hermeus are based solely on merit, competence, and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.


The Company
HQ: Atlanta, GA
145 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

Hermeus is a startup developing hypersonic aircraft to radically accelerate air travel.

At Mach 5, more than twice the speed of the supersonic Concorde, passengers will be able to cross the Atlantic in 90 minutes.

On the path to hypersonic passenger aircraft, Hermeus is partnering with government agencies including the US Air Force and NASA to develop a series of autonomous aircraft that derisk the technology and solve urgent national security challenges. These products provide the data and confidence necessary to certify, produce, operate, and maintain safe and comfortable commercial aircraft.

Hypersonic aircraft have the potential to create trillions of dollars of new global economic growth per year, unlocking significant resources that can be utilized to solve the world’s greatest problems.

Why Work With Us

We prioritize hardware and people. Cutting-edge technology is only made possible by bringing together a world-class team. At Hermeus, you will be challenged – but also empowered. We encourage calculated risks taking and learning from our mistakes. Iteration is the name of the game.

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