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Axon

Builds weapons, cameras and software for police

Vice President, Strategic Sourcing

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeScottsdale, AZ, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain leadership experience, including significant experience in senior-level roles.
  • Proven success developing sourcing strategies and delivering measurable cost savings through negotiations, supply base optimization, and total cost improvements.
  • Deep experience managing supplier and contract manufacturer relationships in complex hardware, electromechanical, or similarly regulated environments.
  • Strong commercial acumen, including contract negotiation, payment terms strategy, and supplier performance management.
  • Experience leading RFx processes, competitive bidding, should-cost analysis, and sourcing support across the product development lifecycle.
  • Demonstrated ability to navigate supply chain risk, including geopolitical exposure, sole-source dependencies, tariff impacts, and capacity constraints.
  • Ability to influence cross-functional and executive stakeholders and communicate clearly in operational and strategic settings.
  • Experience preparing and presenting business updates, risk assessments, and sourcing recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Experience building, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
  • Familiarity with sourcing systems, analytics tools, and ERP environments.
  • Comfort working across data, systems, and emerging AI-enabled tools.

Responsibilities

  • Set and execute the overall strategic sourcing strategy across all commodity groups, aligning sourcing decisions to corporate objectives, product roadmaps, and cost targets.
  • Develop, maintain, and present commodity and category strategies quarterly, expanding coverage as new capabilities are introduced, including robotics, radar, long-range optics, and trailers.
  • Lead RFx processes, competitive bidding, and should-cost analysis with R&D to establish procurement target costs throughout the product development lifecycle.
  • Drive annual net cost savings programs and deliver realized savings through negotiation, specification optimization, and supply base rationalization.
  • Establish and lead a Contract Manufacturer Steering Committee to govern performance, capacity, and strategic alignment across key partners.
  • Own Quarterly Business Reviews with strategic suppliers, including agenda development, KPI review, executive facilitation, and action tracking.
  • Negotiate and execute complex supply agreements, master service agreements, and statements of work with global contract manufacturers and critical component suppliers.
  • Develop and deploy a supplier identification, onboarding, and oversight process applicable across supplier tiers.
  • Lead geopolitical supply chain risk programs, including China and Taiwan de-risking, UEL compliance, tariff mitigation, and alternate source qualification.
  • Own the Plan for Every Part discipline, ensuring risk mitigation strategies such as multi-sourcing, safety stock, and advanced replenishment align with commodity strategies.
  • Drive counterfeit identification and mitigation programs with Quality.
  • Maintain environmental, social, and governance governance, monitor emerging regulations, and translate requirements into actionable supplier compliance programs.
  • Manage supplier payment terms strategy, shifting the portfolio toward favorable commercial terms.
  • Prepare and present sourcing content for Monthly Business Reviews, Global Operations Reviews, and Board-level Enterprise Risk & Compliance presentations.
  • Serve as the senior Operations signatory for APL phase exit and OK2 reviews, ensuring sourcing diligence before product launch.
  • Partner with Federal leadership to ensure U.S. government-related procurement requirements are met.
  • Support Small Disadvantaged Business planning and annual quality management and certification reviews.
  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing sourcing organization capable of scaling with portfolio growth and global manufacturing expansion.
  • Establish clear roles and responsibilities across Supply Chain Program Managers and Commodity Managers.
  • Recruit, develop, and retain talent through succession planning, leadership development, and early-career programs.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced degree or relevant certifications.
  • Experience with D365 or similar platforms.

About the Company

Axon

Builds weapons, cameras and software for police

Axon builds public safety technology for police, emergency responders and security teams, combining connected devices with software that manages their work. Its TASER weapons and body cameras link field equipment to a cloud platform used throughout an investigation. Agencies use Axon Evidence to store recordings, control access and share case material with prosecutors, while its records and real-time operations tools organize reports and coordinate responses. Axon earns money from device sales and subscriptions that combine software, equipment upgrades and support over multiple years. Founded in 1993, Axon is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Scottsdale, AZ
Founded
1993

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