Global Supply Manager - Tennessee

Location: Onsite in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Salary: $114,000–$159,600 USD per year, plus potential equity grants.

Company

hirify.global is a defense technology company designing and manufacturing high-performance unmanned systems for large-scale deployment.

What you will do

• Lead sourcing strategy and NPI supply-chain program management for assigned product families from concept through prototype builds, low-rate initial production, and high-rate production.
• Run supplier selection processes, including RFXs, commercial analysis, supplier recommendations, and award decisions.
• Partner with Engineering and Product Development on part-specific sourcing, prototype purchasing, DFM opportunities, and supplier readiness.
• Track material requirements, supplier lead times, release dependencies, and sourcing risks to keep development and production schedules on track.
• Drive cost-down initiatives, alternate sourcing, supplier negotiations, and commercial contract improvements.
• Manage supplier relationships, QBRs, scorecards, supplier categorization, approved supplier list governance, and commercial escalations.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in strategic sourcing, global supply management, supply-chain program management, commodity management, or a related role.
• Experience supporting NPI programs, prototype builds, production ramps, or rapidly changing product-development environments.
• Demonstrated ability to select suppliers, run RFX/RFQ processes, negotiate commercial terms, and manage supplier relationships.
• Experience reducing supplier risk through sole-source mitigation, lead-time reduction, cost-down execution, and contract improvements.
• Strong commercial judgment, negotiation, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Willingness to work onsite in Knoxville, TN in a high-intensity defense technology manufacturing environment.

Nice to have

• Experience sourcing mechanical, electrical, PCB/PCBA, harness, optics, camera, semiconductor, aerospace, automotive, robotics, or other hardware commodities.
• Experience negotiating MSAs, LTAs, tiered pricing, payment terms, cancellation clauses, and production-scale commercial agreements.
• Experience with supplier scorecards, QBRs, ASLs, supplier categorization, DFM, and supplier capability or capacity assessments.
• Background in aerospace, defense, drones, robotics, high-growth manufacturing, or startup hardware environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, hands-on environment focused on moving capabilities from design to deployment.
• Work with Engineering, Product Development, Supplier Quality, Planning, Purchasing, Finance, and Operations.
• High ownership and urgency in a hardware-focused defense technology organization.
• Competitive equity grants are included as part of the total compensation package.