Procurement Operations Manager

About This Role

Procurement performance across Anduril's business lines is the core focus of this senior management role within the Centralized Procurement team. You will embed directly with division procurement teams, diagnose execution gaps, and drive measurable improvement in supplier delivery, purchase order management, and buyer effectiveness. This role is for a leader who wants a high-visibility position where their work directly shapes how a fast-scaling defense technology company buys, builds, and delivers.

Responsibilities

• Deploy into business line procurement teams during pilot and expansion phases
• Pair directly with buyers and supply chain leaders to assess current state, identify gaps, and stand up the standard operating model
• Lead weekly On-Time Delivery (OTD) drumbeat reviews at the division level
• Own the agenda, drive root cause analysis on past due purchase orders and supplier delivery failures, and ensure corrective actions convert into measurable improvement
• Coach buyers on core procurement execution: Purchase Requisition (PR) to Purchase Order (PO) conversion within the two-day standard, PO acknowledgement follow up, DPAS compliance, and supplier performance management
• Conduct hands-on ERP and MRP work alongside buyers
• Pull on order reports, validate promise dates, flag at-risk deliveries, and ensure data hygiene in the procurement system of record
• Roll out standard procurement processes, templates, and escalation frameworks so every division operates from the same baseline
• Adapt the playbook to local program realities without compromising the standard
• Stand up and maintain the KPI reporting cadence for assigned divisions
• Track and report on the full metrics framework: PR to PO conversion, PO acknowledgement rates, past due PO lines, receiving issue ticket closure, invoice resolution, DPAS PO OTD, and supplier OTD
• Execute the escalation and remediation framework
• At Tier 1, provide coaching
• At Tier 2, deploy as embedded support for 30-day improvement sprints
• At Tier 3, support centralized oversight of the affected function until performance is restored
• Benchmark procurement performance across divisions
• Identify which teams are ahead, document what works, and propagate best practices through the Peer Learning Network
• Deliver buyer training aligned to centralized standards: ACD code compliance, procurement policy and governance, War Chest navigation, and KPI reporting workflows
• Support the buildout of automated reporting dashboards and the On Order Report (OOR) so divisions move from manual, weekly data pulls to machine-generated, daily visibility
• Contribute to the career framework and professional development standards that define what good looks like in a buyer at every level, from IC2 through Senior Buyer