Head of Supply Chain

• Build the US supply base. Qualify and onboard domestic suppliers across machining, electronics/PCBA, harnessing, composites, and long-lead equipment. Build domestic supply resilience without losing schedule or quality.
• Own cost and defend margin. Negotiate rate agreements, LTAs, and volume tiers. Run competitive bid events and create real competition between vendors. Drive should-cost analysis and year-over-year cost-down, and push design-to-cost feedback back into engineering.
• Compress lead times. Pull in vendor delivery on both production parts and capital equipment through negotiation, scheduling agreements, and booked supplier capacity.
• Port what works from Europe. Adapt the European playbook to the US. Copy it where it transfers; redesign it where US regulation, tariffs, or ITAR/EAR demand something different.

• Stand up the procurement function. Procurement policy, approval thresholds, contracts and T&Cs, ERP/MRP configuration, and data hygiene.
• Ensure seamless contract execution: Assist with proposal and contract execution and production by gathering supplier quotes, schedules, and supporting documentation, and managing supplier adherence to costs and schedules.
• Own supplier quality. Supplier qualification and audits, first-article and PPAP-equivalent approval, scorecards and OTD/quality metrics, corrective action, and supplier development to lift underperformers rather than simply replacing them.
• Stand up the warehouse and materials operation. Facility layout, receiving and incoming inspection, stockroom control, kitting to work orders, cycle counting and inventory accuracy, WIP and consumables, shipping.
• Plan and execute. S&OP, demand and capacity planning, inventory targets, and on-time delivery against a rising production rate.
• Hire and lead. Build a team of three to five as volume justifies it — after proving the model personally, not before.

• Manage logistics and transportation planning to ensure on-time delivery of goods
• Coordinate with freight forwarders and customs brokers across import, export, and domestic flows, and resolve the operational issues that come with them
• Coordinate with Trade Compliance to ensure declarations, HS codes, values, and shipping documentation are accurate, and that logistics and customs records are archived in line with company policy
• Keep Sales, Warehouse/Packaging, and Finance informed on order and shipment status

• 7–12 years in supply chain and procurement at a company that makes physical products
• Deep electronics and EEE sourcing. PCBA supplier management, allocation and obsolescence risk, lifetime buys, MOQ negotiation at low volumes, counterfeit avoidance and traceability
• Production that is both high rate and high complexity. Recurring volume against deep, multi-level BOMs with tight tolerances and heavy qualification work
• You've stood up a supply chain function from scratch, or close to it, at a startup or a new site
• You've done both halves of the job, strategic and operational. You've set up a stockroom, kitting or inventory operation yourself, not only led strategic oversight
• A negotiation record with numbers behind it. Savings, discount structures and lead-time pull-ins you drove yourself
• You've owned supplier quality. Audits, qualification, scorecards and corrective action, rather than passing quality problems to someone else
• Hands-on ERP ownership. NetSuite, SAP, Odoo, Epicor, Infor or similar, configured by you rather than just used
• Heavy experience working cross-functionally with R&D, engineering, production, customer support and customs
• US Person status as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.62). This role requires access to export-controlled technical data

• Experience in space, aerospace, defense, or another regulated, low-volume/high-complexity hardware sector
• Time inside a process-mature manufacturer, with structured sourcing, category management, supplier quality systems and formal contracting
• Working knowledge of ITAR/EAR and US trade compliance
• Familiarity with dangerous goods shipping and export control regimes
• Oversight of $30M+ in annual direct material spend, and experience leading a team of 3–15 people

Salary range $195,000- $230,000 USD. The salary will likely be within this range although it may differ based on experience level or other factors. 

Why EnduroSat?

• Fast-paced and delivery-focused culture

We work with well-defined quarterly based objectives, that allow us to fast-track the progression of our work and improve as we go

• Tough engineering challenges & hard-core R&D

You will be able to work on unique space technology and build next-gen innovations, while mentored by world-recognized space experts

• Constant learning and progression

Own your personal growth by navigating through our career progression framework and educational programs