# Staff Global Supply Manager, Mechanicals
**Company:** [Skydio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/skydio)
**Location:** San Mateo, CA
**Salary:** $161K-$228K
**Skills:** Injection Molding, Cnc Machining, Die Casting, Metal Extrusions, Composites, Liquid Silicone Rubber Molding, Precision Metal Stamping, Cost Models, Rfi, Rfp, Rfq, Msa, Sow, Nda, Early Supplier Involvement
**Posted:** 2025-12-16
> Develops and executes sourcing strategies for mechanical drone components, manages global suppliers, drives negotiations, and owns supply chain processes and tools for precision manufacturing technologies.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Develop clear technology and commodity roadmaps for current and future programs.
- Act as liaison between supply chain and engineering for supplier and component selection during NPI and sustaining projects.
- Identify new high-potential suppliers globally.
- Cultivate productive relationships with supply chain partners, including vendor selection, cost, support, and product transactions.
- Own RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, review processes, and business award decisions, ensuring commercial terms are agreed and documented.
- Drive price negotiation processes to ensure best-in-class commodity pricing.
- Analyze current spend, evaluate suppliers, maintain commodity consumption forecasts and execution plans.
- Consolidate spend across supply base, analyze purchasing trends, develop sourcing alternatives.
- Monitor market conditions, technology roadmaps, identify supply/demand challenges and opportunities.
- Work with finance and accounting on monthly close, financial planning with component pricing, forecasts, and custom tooling investments.
- Identify and manage supplier performance metrics (technology availability, competence, component quality, supply, cost).

## Requirements
- Flexibility to work in fast-paced startup environment, adapt to changes.
- Detail-oriented, team-oriented, enthusiasm for learning.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong ethics, professionalism.
- Technical & commercial experience in mechanical component surface treatments (e.g., corrosion-resistant, decoration, RF performance coatings of plastics and metals).
- Experience with Tooling Capacity Management, Tooling Unit Cost targets, Supplier Capacity Management.
- Strength in directing complex negotiations, RFP issues, cost/price analysis, RFP/Q review, Business Award process, purchasing procedures.
- Experience using cost models for should-cost and negotiating prices for sourcing/cost reduction.
- Experience in Supplier Contract, T&Cs, MSA, SOW, NDA negotiation, management, ownership.
- Experience facilitating ESI (Early Supplier Involvement) between Supplier, Program design, sourcing, procurement.
- Ability to prepare/present quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of sourcing alternatives.
- Ability to manage supplier relationships and performance, including dispute resolution.
- Interest in emerging technologies in consumer electronics, aerospace, robotics, mechanical component manufacturing processes and materials.

## Compensation
- Annual base salary range: $161,000 - $227,500.
- Equity in stock options.
- Comprehensive benefits: group health insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, 401K.
- Relocation assistance may be provided.
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