Zipline
Global Supply Manager
$122K–$251K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 15, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years; senior candidates with deeper scale should map experience to named commodities.
About the job
Owns sourcing strategy, supplier performance, and reliable supply for critical hardware used in Zipline’s autonomous aircraft and delivery operations.
What you'll do
- Manage commodity portfolios from sourcing and supplier selection through qualification, volume ramp, and supplier development.
- Negotiate supply agreements and drive supplier cost, delivery, quality, and performance outcomes.
- Coordinate with engineering and operations on supplier readiness, risk mitigation, disruptions, and recovery.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of sourcing, commodity management, or supplier leadership for high-reliability hardware production.
- Demonstrated negotiation and management of multi-million-dollar supplier contracts with quantifiable outcomes.
- Technical familiarity with a critical commodity area and its supplier ecosystem and qualification practices.
- Experience qualifying and industrializing suppliers for volume production; willingness to work full-time onsite in South San Francisco and travel 20–30%.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business.
- Experience with flight-critical systems or battery supply chains at scale, localization, vertical integration, or complex global supplier portfolios.
Pay
$121,800 - $251,000 (starting cash range; target starting cash, not stated as base salary or total pay)
Tools
PPAP, AS9100, ISO9001, FAI
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