Senior Manager, Purchasing

Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost.

Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built.

Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen.

If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for.

The Role: As Senior Manager, Purchasing, you will build and lead Hadrian’s purchasing function within Finance. You’ll own strategy and execution for indirect and non-production spend, including services, software, facilities, IT, and R&D purchases, and you’ll lead buyers who manage those categories day to day. You’ll bring extreme ownership, structure, and will optimize how Hadrian buys, so every team gets what it needs quickly and efficiently. You’ll partner closely with Supply Chain, FP&A, and Accounting, and you’ll develop relationships with suppliers to manage cost and schedule across a broad spectrum of items.

What You’ll Do

• Build and scale the purchase-to-pay process and system, including intake, approval workflows, PO controls, and escalation paths, as we add new factories and teams

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of buyers, setting clear goals and ensuring consistently fast and effective procurement across categories

• Negotiate and manage major supplier contracts and long-term agreements, holding suppliers to their commitments on cost, quality, and delivery

• Partner with FP&A and Accounting so purchases are properly coded, accrued, and visible, and spend ties back to budget

• Educate and enforce purchasing policy and controls to prevent maverick spend

• Build a preferred supplier network for recurring needs and track supplier performance across cost, quality, and delivery

• Use data to drive decisions: report on spend, savings, tradeoffs, and supplier performance through clear dashboards and recommendations

• Present sourcing strategies, contract awards, cost reduction plans, and spend trends to Finance and company leadership

• Work with Supply Chain to align on supplier ownership, policies, and systems across direct and indirect purchasing

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, or sourcing, including indirect or capital spend

• 3+ years leading a team with direct reports

• Track record of managing high-value contracts and long-term agreements

• Strong knowledge of purchase-to-pay processes, internal controls, and how purchasing ties to accounting and budgeting

• Strong negotiation skills and the confidence to hold a firm line with suppliers and internal stakeholders

• Proficiency with ERP systems, Excel, and procurement workflows

• Ability to move quickly, prioritize well, and stay calm in a fast-changing environment

What Will Set You Apart

• Purchasing leadership experience at a high-growth aerospace, defense, space, or advanced manufacturing company

• Experience building or scaling a procurement function from the ground up

• Background in both Finance and Supply Chain organizations

• Experience buying for new facilities or factory build-outs, including capital equipment and construction-related services

• Familiarity with ITAR and FAR/DFARS requirements in purchasing

• Experience with procurement systems, SQL, or data visualization tools such as Power BI

• A builder mindset: you’d rather fix a broken process than work around it

Compensation For this role, the target salary range is $188,000 - $225,000 (actual range may vary based on experience). This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Benefits for Full-time Employees

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees 401k

• Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.

• Flexible vacation policy

• Equity

ITAR Requirements To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Use of AI in hiring Hadrian uses AI-assisted tools in our recruiting and hiring processes to help our team work more efficiently. This may include tools that help organize and analyze recruiting data, as well as an AI-powered notetaker that can record and transcribe interviews and help coordinate feedback. These tools support our team and are not used to make hiring decisions. All candidate evaluations and hiring decisions are performed by humans. If an interview will be recorded, you will be notified in advance and may opt out at any time with no impact on your candidacy. Candidate data processed through these tools is subject to the same protections described in our Privacy Policy.

Consideration of Criminal History Hadrian will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws. We do not ask about criminal history on our application, and we do not consider criminal history before making a conditional offer of employment.

Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer Hadrian does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental status, physical disability or any other legally protected status. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.