Zipline
Head of Global Strategic Sourcing
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Jul 27, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 15+ years.
About the job
Leads Zipline’s global Strategic Sourcing organization and owns sourcing strategy and commercial relationships for direct materials supporting its aircraft and logistics systems.
What you'll do
- Develop global sourcing strategies and build and lead the Strategic Sourcing organization.
- Lead strategic supplier relationships, executive negotiations, and long-term supply agreements.
- Improve supplier cost, quality, delivery, capacity, resilience, performance, and risk management.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain, procurement, commodity management, or supply chain leadership in a listed high-technology industry.
- Experience building and leading global sourcing organizations across multiple commodities and complex commercial deals.
- Demonstrated success in enterprise sourcing strategy, executive-level negotiations, and complex global manufacturing environments.
- Strong knowledge of global manufacturing, supply chain economics, contract law, supplier risk management, capacity planning, and cost optimization.
Nice to have
- Experience scaling high-volume, highly engineered products or hardware supply chains from new product introduction to global production.
- Experience managing an international supply base across North America, Europe, and Asia; an MBA or advanced degree is also listed as a bonus.
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