Lead Supply Chain Manager

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), aviation-related physical artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across the commercial aerospace and defense sectors. Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members. You own the purchase order (PO) end to end for an assigned battery or electric motor commodity within the Powertrain business unit, from approved requirement to closed PO and payment. You source suppliers, negotiate and execute contracts, and manage delivery through receipt, acceptance, and payment. You handle custom, build-to-print, and engineered parts. You partner with Powertrain Engineering, Program Management, Legal, Supplier Quality, and Accounts Payable. Procurement speed, traceability, and certification rigor scale with part risk, so you apply the right level of control to each requisition.

Responsibilities

1. Sourcing Define the need: capture the requirement (part number, drawing revision, quantity, need date). Confirm make or buy and funding. Confirm purchase requisition (PR) approval per Delegation of Authority (DoA). Evaluate and select: analyze proposals on should-cost, landed cost, and lead time. Document the award with competitive or sole-source justification. 2. Contract Negotiation and PO Creation Negotiate: set a negotiation plan with targets and walk-aways. Cover commercial terms (price, tiers, Incoterms, payment terms), legal and risk terms (IP, liability, termination, lead times), and quality terms (first article inspection (FAI), certificate of conformance (CoC), source inspection, configuration control). Contract: draft and redline the master services agreement (MSA), statement of work (SOW), and quality agreement with Legal. Approve and execute per delegation of authority (DoA). Create the PO: convert the PR to a PO in the ERP system, referencing the agreement. Attach terms and conditions plus quality and export flowdowns. Approve with segregation of duties and release. 3. Execution Deliver: confirm supplier acknowledgment of price, quantity, and promise date. Monitor, expedite, and escalate risk. Manage changes through PO revisions. Confirm shipment with CoC, FAI, export documents, and advance ship notice (ASN). Pay and close: support the three-way match (PO = goods receipt = invoice). Resolve discrepancies and held invoices. Pay per terms, close the PO, and update the supplier scorecard. 4. Additional Requirements for Certifiable Parts Source only from ASL-qualified suppliers, and engage Supplier Quality and Certification to qualify new ones. Plan conformity with the designated engineering representative (DER) or organization designation authorization (ODA) before PO release. Maintain change control and traceability end to end.