BLUE ORIGIN

Senior Director, Enterprise Commodity Management, Supply Chain Risk, ITAR Compliance

BLUE ORIGIN

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Alabama • Florida • United States

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Salary

💰 $218,590 - $306,025 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead enterprise commodity strategy across key direct material and strategic manufacturing categories
  • Develop multi-year commodity plans aligned to cost, quality, supply continuity, capacity readiness, standardization, and compliance objectives
  • Build and manage enterprise supplier portfolio strategies, including preferred suppliers, dual-source pathways, capacity strategies, and long-term supply approaches
  • Provide market intelligence and category insights on cost drivers, supply-demand dynamics, inflation, regional capacity, supplier capability, and geopolitical risk
  • Drive enterprise decisions related to supplier concentration, diversification, category governance, and sourcing strategy
  • Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering, and Value Engineering to reduce unnecessary complexity and align commodity strategy to manufacturability, scalability, and cost competitiveness
  • Establish and lead supply chain risk management frameworks covering supplier continuity, sole/single-source exposure, financial risk, long-lead constraints, regional concentration, and business continuity
  • Build mitigation strategies for critical commodities and rate-sensitive supply chains, including alternate sources, capacity reservation, supplier development, and contingency planning
  • Lead supply chain operating practices that support compliance with ITAR, EAR, and applicable U.S. export-control regulations
  • Ensure supplier onboarding, sourcing, technical collaboration, and international supply expansion activities are aligned with regulatory requirements and internal controls
  • Partner with Legal and Trade Compliance to embed export-control guardrails into commodity strategy, supplier qualification, and sourcing governance
  • Support international supply expansion through risk-informed, compliant supplier evaluation and approved sourcing frameworks
  • Create executive-level dashboards and reporting for commodity coverage, risk exposure, supplier concentration, compliance status, and mitigation progress
  • Lead and develop a high-performing team focused on enterprise commodity management, supply chain risk, and compliance execution

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations, International Trade, Law, or a related field
  • 12+ years of progressive experience in commodity management, category management, strategic sourcing, supply chain risk, trade compliance, or regulated manufacturing operations
  • 5+ years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives in a complex, highly regulated environment
  • Deep experience building and leading enterprise commodity/category strategies, including supplier portfolio design, sourcing models, market intelligence, and long-range category planning
  • Strong working knowledge of ITAR, EAR, export-control concepts, and supplier governance requirements
  • Experience in supply chain risk management, including supplier resiliency, continuity planning, and critical commodity mitigation strategies
  • Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Legal, and Supply Chain
  • Strong analytical, strategic, commercial, and operational problem-solving skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short and long-term disability
  • 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
  • Education Support Program
  • Up to four (4) weeks paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours
  • Up to 14 company-paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
commodity managementcategory managementstrategic sourcingsupply chain risk managementtrade compliancesupplier governancemarket intelligencelong-range category planningcompliance executioncapacity reservation
Soft Skills
leadershipanalytical skillsstrategic problem-solvingcommercial problem-solvingoperational problem-solvinginfluencing stakeholdersteam developmentcross-functional collaborationcommunication skillsrisk management