The role
What you'll do
- Supplier Compliance & Qualification
- Lead supplier onboarding, qualification, verification, and ongoing maintenance of supplier records.
- Own and maintain the Approved Supplier List (ASL), supplier qualification templates, supplier documentation, and supplier lifecycle processes.
- Evaluate supplier compliance with applicable regulatory, contractual, and company requirements including:
- FAR/DFARS procurement requirements
- ITAR
- CMMC supplier readiness
- SAM registration
- Quality requirements
- Monitor supplier certifications, registrations, and required compliance documentation to ensure continued qualification.
- Supplier Risk & Performance
- Conduct supplier compliance reviews and risk assessments to identify regulatory, operational, financial, quality, and delivery risks.
- Develop supplier risk mitigation plans in partnership with Category Management, Supplier Quality, Engineering, and Operations.
- Manage supplier performance scorecards, compliance metrics, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support supplier business reviews by providing supplier compliance and performance data.
- Procurement Compliance
- Develop and maintain procurement compliance processes supporting direct material sourcing activities.
- Ensure procurement transactions comply with company purchasing policies and approved sourcing procedures.
- Review and maintain standard Purchase Order Terms & Conditions, quality clauses, shipping requirements, and procurement language.
- Support compliance of procurement documentation throughout the purchasing lifecycle.
- Supplier Agreements & Documentation
- Coordinate execution, maintenance, and renewal of subcontract agreements supporting procurement activities.
- Facilitate Supplier Quality Agreements and maintain required supplier documentation.
- Maintain supplier templates, onboarding documentation, supplier questionnaires, and procurement compliance forms.
- Supply Chain Policies & Procedures
The bar
What you'll bring
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, or related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 6 years experience with a Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Procurement Compliance, Supplier Management, Contracts or Strategic Sourcing.
- Working knowledge of:
- FAR/DFARS procurement requirements
- ITAR
- CMMC supplier requirements
- Supplier qualification processes
- ERP systems and supplier management platforms
- Experience developing supply chain policies, supplier qualification programs, procurement procedures, and supplier compliance processes.
- Strong understanding of supplier risk management, procurement documentation, and supplier performance management.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Demonstrated ability to improve processes through automation, standardization, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to make sound business decisions in ambiguous environments while balancing compliance, operational efficiency, and business objectives.
- Direct experience with Palantir Foundry and/or Oracle Fusion a big plus.
- ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., 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 .
- At Epirus, you’ll work with technical peers and great people—and get first crack at some of the defining technology challenges of our time. Here, “impossible” is just a challenge. We're a diverse, fast-growing team of change-makers fueling the future of energy with revolutionary solutions. Join us and rewrite the rules.
The company
About Epirus
Epirus is a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. Epirus' flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system built using intelligent power management techniques which allow power-hungry systems to do more with less.
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Job Summary:
The Supply Chain Compliance Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining supply chain compliance programs that ensure supplier and procurement activities comply with applicable regulatory, contractual, quality, and company requirements. This role oversees supplier qualification, onboarding, procurement compliance, supplier risk management, approved supplier processes, procurement documentation, and supply chain policies to ensure a compliant, efficient, and scalable supply chain. This is an individual contributor role with responsibility for leading compliance activities and cross-functional initiatives; it does not include direct people management responsibilities.
The Supply Chain Compliance Manager partners closely with Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Operations, Contracts, Legal, Information Security, and Finance to strengthen supplier compliance programs, improve procurement processes, reduce supplier risk, and support company growth.
Reports to the Director, Strategic Sourcing & Category Management.