Supply Chain/Procurement Manager - Chaos Industries

CHAOS Inc. is a global technology company delivering next-generation capabilities to the defense and critical industrial sectors. Founded in 2022 by a seasoned leadership team, CHAOS has quickly become the place where world-class multi-disciplinary engineers come to build mission-critical technologies. CHAOS has a mission-focused culture, dedicated to solving the toughest technical challenges. Its unique agile engineering approach enables rapid prototyping, while deep partnerships with defense and industry ensure real-world solutions.

Role Overview:

The Supply Chain/Procurement Manager will have a key responsibility to bridge the Finance, Operations, and Production needs within the organization by balancing obtaining raw materials in an efficient and cost-effective manner while still keeping a high quality of materials ordered. No two days will be the same and the ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment is key. The organization is continuing to build out its supply chain and production environments from a procedure and system standpoint. This will be pivotal in putting these in place for near term and long term success of the organization. This role will be considered to be a foundational hire even though they will be joining an established department.

Responsibilities: 

• Contribute to the company’s supply chain strategy by sourcing compliant materials
• Have a large role in key system and process implementations
• Analyze data from shipping and delivering processes to find bottlenecks and other issues
• Monitor logistics to make sure they run smoothly
• Maintain supply chain inventory and records
• Find cost-effective solutions for supply chain processes
• Prepare and Review, Ts+Cs (Terms and Conditions), SOWs (Statements of Work), RFQs (requests for quotes), PRs (Purchase Requests), and POs (Purchase Orders)
• Develop and Maintain standards for Quality Notes and Ts + Cs
• Formally document purchase orders per internal procedures
• Resolve issues with little to no outside input (e.g. delays in delivery, accidents)
• Collaborate with other departments to create coordinated plans for business growth
• Ensure supply chain processes meet legal requirements and standards
• Communicate and negotiate with suppliers and vendors to land more profitable deals
• Work full-time onsite at our office in Los Angeles (Hawthorne), California

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in logistics, supply chain management, or business administration or equivalent work experience
• Maintain strong customer service with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Ability to work cross functionally with internal stakeholders such as Engineering, Production, Operations, IT, Finance, and Leadership
• Utilize software and documentable procedures to drive automation and efficiency within the department

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience working with defense components
• Ability to review drawings/blueprints, specifications, and purchase history to determine sourcing strategy
• Understanding of how to select/help build a procure to pay software system from scratch
  
  

Why CHAOS?

• Health Benefits: Your medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits: life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
• Our Perks: free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO (for exempt employees), casual dress code
• Compensation Components: competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Company Size: 100 employees and counting!
• More About Us: We're building the next generation of aerospace, defense and critical industry technologies with a seasoned team of mission-focused individuals. We were founded in June 2022 and our goal is to become the platform where world-class engineers come to solve critical, real-world problems. We use agile engineering approaches which enable rapid prototyping, deep partnerships with the defense industry ensuring real-world application, and our newly-invented Coherence platform (through which we’ve made a fundamental breakthrough) improves sensor performance and decision-making in real-time. As of September 2024 we have raised ~$240M with 8VC and Accel as leading investors. With a managing team that includes Epirus’ founding members (responsible for building a $1.5B company from scratch) + key drivers from Palantir (instrumental in Palantir’s growth to $1B in revenue), we are well-positioned to become one of the fastest growing companies to date!

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.

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