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About the Role

This role supports Anduril in building supplier relationships in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, acting as a strategic advisor to growth teams and industry partners to bring Anduril products into the region through critical partnerships. It operates at the intersection of growth, strategic sourcing, and supply chain risk management.

Responsibilities

• Fuel Anduril's Japan expansion by supporting growth and corporate development teams in forging relationships with industry leaders across Japan.
• Shape pre-contract strategy by driving scope definition, proposal development, and term sheet generation during pre-commit phases of international captures.
• Act as the supply chain voice in critical go/no-go decisions, bringing market intelligence and risk assessment to leadership discussions.
• Monitor and analyze Japan’s industrial ecosystem dynamics, emerging manufacturing technologies, and regulatory developments to identify partnership opportunities.
• Develop regional supply base by proactively identifying and qualifying suppliers across diverse commodity categories that support multiple product domains.
• Lead end-to-end supplier engagement including selection, qualification, and onboarding for Anduril's Japanese partners, assessing technical capability, capacity, quality systems, and financial stability.
• Master multi-tier visibility by understanding and mitigating supply chain risks and constraints across tier 1, 2, and 3 suppliers.
• Drive localization initiatives that strengthen competitive positioning and align with Japanese national security supply chain requirements and industrial participation expectations.
• Guide Japanese industry partners by providing strategic advisory support to their supply chain teams as they identify and develop regional suppliers.
• Support comprehensive sourcing strategies for partners executing on Anduril programs, ensuring alignment with technical requirements and security considerations.
• Ensure flawless compliance with Japanese regulations (Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, technology transfer restrictions, export controls, defense equipment transfer guidelines).
• Assess existing sourcing strategies and develop comprehensive approaches aligned with Anduril's product roadmap and cost targets.
• Serve as primary liaison between Anduril's engineering, operations, program teams and Japanese manufacturing partners.
• Partner closely with Product Sourcing Engineers and Global Sourcing Managers to deliver integrated solutions.
• Manage supplier performance including escalation protocols, corrective action oversight, and strategic capacity planning to support rapid scaling and new product introductions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing or procurement focused on contract manufacturing, preferably within defense, aerospace, or advanced technology industries.
• Demonstrated success negotiating and managing complex manufacturing agreements with Japanese suppliers, with deep understanding of Japanese business culture, negotiation practices, and relationship-building expectations.
• Professional fluency in both Japanese and English (written and verbal), with proven ability to navigate cross-cultural communication and influence stakeholders at all organizational levels in both languages.
• Regulatory expertise in Japanese compliance landscape (FEFTA, Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment, export controls, dual-use technology regulations).
• Broad commodity knowledge spanning electronics, precision manufacturing, materials, optics, sensors, and other defense-relevant categories.
• Demonstrated success managing complex supplier relationships and negotiating agreements with Japanese companies.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, including expertise in total cost modeling, should-cost analysis, and make-vs-buy assessments, combined with proficiency in ERP systems and sourcing tools.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (approximately 30–40%) to support supplier engagement, audits, and program requirements.

Skills

• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Procurement
• Contract Manufacturing
• Japanese Business Culture
• Negotiation Practices
• Relationship Building
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Japanese Regulations (FEFTA, Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment, export controls, dual-use technology regulations)
• Commodity Knowledge (electronics, precision manufacturing, materials, optics, sensors)
• Analytical Skills
• Financial Acumen
• Total Cost Modeling
• Should-Cost Analysis
• Make-vs-Buy Assessments
• ERP Systems
• Sourcing Tools
• NPI Strategic Sourcing
• Manufacturing Processes (electronics, machining)

Location

• Japan

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 8+ years of progressive experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
• Health support
• Recovery support

About the Company

• Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
• By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold.
• Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.
• As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Equal Opportunity

• Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates.
• Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process.
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• If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to contact@anduril.com.
• If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
• Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com.
• To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.
• By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process.