Supplier Management Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; onsite

Company

hirify.global, through Orbitworks, is building satellite systems and space operations capability in the UAE, including commercial satellite mass manufacturing.

What you will do

• Manage local, international, and internal supplier portfolios, including segmentation by criticality, technology, capacity, lead time, and risk.
• Lead technical sourcing, RFQs, quotation evaluation, purchase orders, amendments, delivery follow-up, and supplier lifecycle activities.
• Negotiate and administer pricing, payment, delivery, warranty, change, cancellation, and tooling-ownership terms.
• Connect production and program demand with supplier lead times and capacity, manage shortages and long-lead exposure, and lead delivery recovery plans.
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Programs, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Supplier Development on technical, quality, commercial, and supply issues.
• Build procurement processes, dashboards, decision records, supplier reviews, and coaching practices as the portfolio and team grow.

Requirements

• 7–15 years of experience in supplier management, technical procurement, or supply chain within aerospace, space, or another demanding engineered-product environment, including direct accountability for production hardware or technically complex supply.
• Ability to read specifications, drawings, BOMs, revisions, and acceptance requirements, and identify when Engineering or Quality sign-off is required.
• Hands-on end-to-end procurement experience covering RFQs, quotation comparisons, approvals, POs, amendments, delivery follow-up, and supplier lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated experience personally negotiating commercial and contract terms and addressing associated risks.
• Track record of preventing or resolving shortages, managing capacity or long-lead constraints, and restoring supplier commitments with measurable results.
• Experience segmenting supplier risk, running performance reviews, and driving corrective actions to closure.
• Strong cross-functional influence across Procurement, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Planning, Finance, and suppliers, including without direct authority.
• Comfort working with ERP/MRP systems and connecting demand, supply, lead times, and purchase-order data to cost, inventory, and cash impact.
• Experience building processes and coaching colleagues in a fast-growing, still-forming environment.
• Degree in engineering, supply chain, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience; clear professional English communication required.

Nice to have

• Space or aerospace flight-hardware experience, including traceability, configuration, qualification, and controlled-change requirements.
• Experience with complex electronics, avionics, harnesses, precision machining, structures, propulsion, or optical payloads.
• UAE or regional supplier experience and experience managing intercompany or joint-venture supply relationships.
• Experience supporting new product introduction and the transition from development to production-scale purchasing.
• Familiarity with supplier development and quality systems, including AS9100 or equivalent.
• CIPS, CPSM, or CSCP certification; cost-breakdown or should-cost experience.
• Familiarity with international logistics, customs, and export-control considerations.
• Arabic and French language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Individual-contributor role with strategic responsibility for supplier execution and process development.
• Work onsite from a 50,000-square-foot Abu Dhabi facility.
• Operate in a fast-growing environment focused on manufacturing tens of satellites annually.
• Work closely with hirify.global Solutions and cross-functional teams across the satellite production organization.