Vendor Strategy & Performance LeadPosted today$42K

Costa Mesa, California, United StatesManufacturing

The opportunity

The Design & Construction team at Anduril delivers the factories, labs, offices, and secure spaces that enable our teams to design, build, and deploy advanced defense technology. Our projects span high-performance manufacturing facilities, mission-critical secure environments,…

What you'll do

  • Develop Design & Construction’s vendor strategy across key project-delivery: categories, including general contractors, construction managers, architects, engineers, owner’s reps, specialty consultants, commissioning agents, and more, ensuring comprehensive coverage across our global operating regions.

  • Build and maintain a preferred vendor bench by geography (including the US,: APAC, Europe, and the Middle East), project type, technical specialty, security need, scale, and performance history.

  • Identify where Anduril should introduce new vendors to increase capacity,: reduce risk, improve pricing tension, or access specialized capabilities.

  • Establish a repeatable pre-qualification process for construction, design,: consulting, and specialty partners across our global vendor ecosystem.

  • Define practical evaluation criteria, including relevant experience, team: quality, technical capability, cost competitiveness, schedule performance, safety, security requirements, financial stability, regional regulatory compliance, local market dynamics, and fit with Anduril’s pace.

  • Build vendor evaluation templates, interview guides, reference-check: approaches, and scoring models that are rigorous but not bureaucratic.

What they're looking for

  • Experience with global or vendor ecosystems in the US, APAC, Europe, and Middle East is highly valued.