Head of Global Supplier Industrialization

About Zipline

Do you want to change the world Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the worlds most urgent and complex access challenges by building manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally wherever they are. From powering Rwandas national blood delivery network and Ghanas COVID-19 vaccine distribution to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart to enabling healthcare providers to bring care directly to U.S. homes we are transforming the way things move for businesses governments and consumers. The technology is complex but the idea is simple : a teleportation service that delivers what you need when you need it. Through our technology that includes robotics and autonomy we are decarbonizing delivery decreasing road congestion and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.

Join Zipline and help us to make good on our promise to build an equitable and more resilient global supply chain for billions of people.

About You and The Role

Zipline is scaling drone production and flight operations by more than 20 over the next three years while maintaining best-in-class safety and reliability. You will own the entire supplier industrialization and supplier development engineering functions building the team processes tools and culture that make Ziplines massive scale-up possible without compromising quality delivery or cost. This role reports to the VP of Supply Chain and will have 10-15 direct reports.

What Youll Do

• Full accountability for supplier readiness : every new program and every major ramp must pass through your organizations technical gates before volume commitments are made.
• Build and lead a world-class team of Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs) Industrialization Engineers and NPI / Development Engineers
• Design and enforce Ziplines global Supplier Industrialization Framework from first principles :
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) with Zipline-specific submission requirements (FAI (First Article Inspection) PSW (Part Submission Warrant) dimensional reports material certifications process capability etc.)
• Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) moderation and risk buy-off methodology
• Run-at-Rate and ramp validation protocols
• Process capability roadmaps (Cpk targets statistical process controls)
• Supplier scorecard system (OTD (On-Time Delivery) PPM (Parts Per Million defect rate) capacity utilization cost-reduction delivery risk)
• Digital interface collaboration with Software leadership to ensure issue tickets and RCCA are documented and routed back to suppliers
• Creation of robust first-principles based should-cost modeling methodology. Build and maintain bottoms-up parametric should-cost models for every critical commodity (carbon-fiber aero structures high power density Li-ion battery packs brushless propulsion motors avionics / powertrain PCBAs precision-machined flight-critical parts ground systems hardware etc). Your models will be the source of truth for commercial negotiation benchmarking make-vs-buy decisions and annual cost-reduction targets.
• Lead technical deep dives with suppliers on Design for Manufacturability / Assembly (DFM / A) automation ROI tooling investment and value-engineering initiatives driven directly from should-cost models.
• Develop dynamic capacity modeling tools that forecast supplier output 1236 months forward under multiple demand scenarios including the rate improvement action tracking systems needed to ensure industrialization risks are understood and mitigated
• Act as the final technical gatekeeper in Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs) and PPAP / FAI sign-off

Basic Qualifications

100K units / yr) while achieving Cp / Cpk 1.67 and GR&R (Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility)

15% cost reduction on programs exceeding $50M annual spend.

Preferred Qualifications

Leadership Expectations

What Else You Need to Know

This role is based out of our South San Francisco HQ with a minimum of 5 days a week in office. Must be eligible to work in the US and travel globally as needed. This role will require travel of 25-50% of the time to visit Suppliers and Zipline will work together with you to make sure that this is possible.

The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors including a specific candidates experience qualifications skills working location and projected impact. The total compensation package for this role may also include : equity compensation; overtime pay; discretionary annual or performance bonuses; sales incentives; benefits such as medical dental and vision insurance; paid time off; and more.

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color ancestry national origin religion or religious creed mental or physical disability medical condition genetic information sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age marital status military or veteran status citizenship or other characteristics protected by state federal or local law or our other policies.

We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit please apply!

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Marketing & Promotions,Attorney At Law,Jni,Airlines,Art

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1