Director of Subcontracts and Strategic Sourcing

Worker Type

Regular

Job Description
 

Summary

Director of Subcontracts and Strategic Sourcing will lead procurement and supply chain strategies for the Loitering Munitions segment. This role is critical in ensuring the compliant and efficient sourcing, negotiation, and management of subcontractors and suppliers for advanced munitions systems. The Director will develop and execute sourcing strategies, manage supplier relationships, and ensure compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS). 

Position Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for mission-critical loitering munitions components, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, and on-time delivery. 

• Identify and qualify suppliers capable of supporting AeroVironment’s requirements for advanced munitions, including propulsion systems, warheads, guidance systems, and electronic subsystems. 

• Manage supplier risk, capacity, and performance to ensure resilient and scalable supply chain operations. 

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for mission-critical loitering munitions components, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, and on-time delivery.

• Identify and qualify suppliers capable of supporting AeroVironment’s requirements for advanced munitions, including propulsion systems, warheads, guidance systems, and electronic subsystems.

• Manage supplier risk, capacity, and performance to ensure resilient and scalable supply chain operations.

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for mission-critical loitering munitions components, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, and on-time delivery.

• Identify and qualify suppliers capable of supporting AeroVironment’s requirements for advanced munitions, including propulsion systems, warheads, guidance systems, and electronic subsystems.

• Manage supplier risk, capacity, and performance to ensure resilient and scalable supply chain operations.

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for mission-critical loitering munitions components, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, and on-time delivery.

• Identify and qualify suppliers capable of supporting AeroVironment’s requirements for advanced munitions, including propulsion systems, warheads, guidance systems, and electronic subsystems.

• Manage supplier risk, capacity, and performance to ensure resilient and scalable supply chain operations.

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for mission-critical loitering munitions components, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, and on-time delivery.

• Identify and qualify suppliers capable of supporting AeroVironment’s requirements for advanced munitions, including propulsion systems, warheads, guidance systems, and electronic subsystems.

• Manage supplier risk, capacity, and performance to ensure resilient and scalable supply chain operations.

• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field

• 12+ years of experience in subcontracts, procurement, or strategic sourcing in the defense/aerospace industry.

• Min 5 years’ experience in a people leadership role

• Deep expertise in ITAR, DFARS, and FAR, with a proven track record of managing subcontracts for controlled munitions.

• Experience sourcing and supplying components for munition systems, including warheads, fuses, guidance systems, and propulsion technologies. 

• Strong negotiation, supplier development, and contract management skills. 

• Ability to analyze supply chain risks and develop mitigation strategies for critical defense technologies. 

• Active or ability to obtain a U.S. DoD Security Clearance is required. 

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Master degree preferred

• CPSM/CPCM certification preferred.

• Deep expertise in ITAR, DFARS, and FAR, with a proven track record of managing subcontracts for controlled munitions.

• Experience sourcing and supplying components for munition systems, including warheads, fuses, guidance systems, and propulsion technologies.

• Strong negotiation, supplier development, and contract management skills.

• Ability to analyze supply chain risks and develop mitigation strategies for critical defense technologies.

• Active or ability to obtain a U.S. DoD Security Clearance is required.

• Uses vision to think beyond the immediate situation, explore multiple potential paths, and adapt decision-making style based on the situational circumstances

• Inspires, motivates, and empowers people to deliver organizational goals, while also delivering value back to employees

• Brings organizational values to life using personality, uniqueness and the creation of a shared vision

• Champions the process of change and promotes a culture of quick adaptation while helping others deal with the effects of change

• Demonstrates the ability to develop and maintain internal and external trusting, professional relationships

• Assesses the degree of risk and opportunity in plans or actions and takes appropriate action to mitigate them or makes plans to build on the opportunity

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)

• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

Special Requirements

• U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.

• Occasionally may be required to travel within the Continental U.S.

The salary range for this role is:

$165,580 - $234,465

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement:

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits:  AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.  For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit:  http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply.  NO agencies please.

Who We Are

Based in California, AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we’ve been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years. Be a part of the team that developed the world’s most widely used military drones and created the first submarine-launched reconnaissance drone, and has seven innovative vehicles that are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s permanent collection in Washington, DC.

Join us today in developing the next generation of small UAS and tactical missile systems that will deliver more actionable intelligence to our customers so they can proceed with certainty – and succeed.

What We Do

Building on a history of technological innovation, AeroVironment designs, develops, produces, and supports an advanced portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems.  Agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense and allied military services use the company’s hand-launched UAS to provide situational awareness to tactical operating units through real-time, airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

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