Senior Global Supply Manager

Role Description This is a high-ownership, high-impact role for an experienced procurement professional and strong deal negotiator. You will own developing a robust supply chain across the aircraft's most critical commodities: propulsion, powertrain, and electronics. You will set commodity strategy, structure and negotiate the supply agreements that determine our cost, quality, and delivery position, and build the supplier relationships that carry us from new product introduction (NPI) through production ramp.

Title

Senior Global Supply Manager

Location

Byron, CA – hybrid

Level

Senior individual contributor

Scope

Ownership of the supply chain for Elroy Air’s core IP around our hybrid-electric system and propulsion ~$

We envision this role as a hybrid position in our Byron office, with remote work/work-from-home flexibility. Some travel will be required including but not limited to visits to suppliers.

What You'll Do • Own the supply chain. Develop global commodity strategies that deliver best-in-class cost, quality, and delivery across strategic and tactical initiatives. Identify, qualify, onboard, and develop a resilient global supplier base. Manage supplier performance through scorecards, quarterly business reviews, dispute resolution, and continuous cost, quality, and delivery improvement.

• Negotiate the deals. Lead strategic sourcing, long term deal structuring, and high stakes commercial negotiations. Negotiate pricing on a first principles basis, build bottoms-up cost models, and use them to influence engineering design decisions and total landed cost. Structure supply agreements, LTAs, and terms that protect Elroy Air on price, capacity, IP, quality, and delivery, in partnership with Legal and Finance.

• Drive NPI to ramp. Place orders for new product introduction, securing capacity, managing long lead items, and de-risking the transition to rate production.

• Work cross-functionally. Act as a key liaison across Engineering, Manufacturing partners, Program Management, Finance, and Legal, aligning procurement strategy with program milestones, cash, and design intent.

• Own the data. Ensure ERP procurement and planning data integrity (lead times, safety stock, reorder points, EOQ) and maintain accurate records, KPIs, and reporting on spend, savings, and supplier performance.

• Keep it compliant. Ensure compliance with aerospace and export-control requirements, including ITAR/EAR and quality standards such as AS9100.

Our Ideal Candidate • 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, global supply management, or direct procurement, ideally in aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, or another complex hardware / disruptive manufacturing environment.

• A demonstrated track record as a strong deal negotiator, structuring and closing complex, high-value supply agreements and delivering measurable cost reductions.

• Direct experience managing significant direct material spend (tens of millions of dollars or more) across multiple commodities and suppliers.

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including should cost / first principles cost modeling and total cost of ownership analysis.

• Experience sourcing and scaling suppliers from prototype and NPI through production ramp.

• Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and advanced Excel.

• Excellent communication and cross-functional influence; the ability to partner credibly with Engineering and Finance.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• A scrappy, solutions-oriented professional who thrives in unstructured environments and is comfortable building out lean processes as needed to keep the team moving forward.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience building a procurement function at a startup or high growth company, and a desire to grow into a leadership role.

• Working knowledge of AS9100 and U.S. export controls (ITAR and EAR).

• Familiarity with reading and interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.

• Experience sourcing propulsion, powertrain, or electronic commodities.

• Prior experience in a rapid growth or first principles cost environment.