Buyer (R2898)

Buyer

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent, autonomous systems. Its products include Hivemind EnterpriseEdgeOS, Pilot, Commander, and Forgeas well as V-BAT and Sentient Vision Systems (wide-area motion imaging software). With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kyiv (Ukraine), and Melbourne (Australia), Shield AI's technology actively supports U.S. and allied operations worldwide.

We are seeking a highly skilled Buyer to help manage key suppliers, execute complex buying arrangements, and negotiate better terms and pricing. This Buyer ideally brings a mix of experience in aerospace as well as entrepreneurial drive and rigor to excel in this fast-paced environment.

What You'll Do :

• Plan, coordinate, execute and manage vendor interactions (including submitted purchase orders and aligning strategic objectives)
• Support procurements of a wide variety of requirements, ranging from raw material, services, fixed assets, and tooling. Opportunities to support new product introduction, production, repairs and sustainment
• Negotiate better pricing and terms across high-dollar and volume spend areas
• Identify, evaluate, and onboard potential new supplier to improve quality, throughput, or pricing
• Drive strategic initiatives for supply chain as a whole (e.g., compliance)

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

$73,444 - $110,167 a year

Full-time regular employee offer package :

Temporary employee offer package :

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.