VP/ Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing
Axon
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About the opportunity
Join Axon on a mission to Protect Life as a Vice President, Strategic Sourcing.
Reporting to the EVP, Operations, you will lead the strategy, partnerships, and execution needed to build a resilient, high-performing global supply base for Axon’s growing hardware portfolio.
This high-impact role plays a critical part in enabling scale, improving cost and supply continuity, and ensuring sourcing decisions support product innovation and operational excellence.
Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging, and meaningful. You will take ownership, drive real change, and work hard for a mission that matters. Some roles may require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
Key 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 on a quarterly cadence, expanding coverage to capabilities including robotics, radar, long-range optics, and trailers.
- Lead RFx processes, competitive bidding, should-cost analysis, and contract negotiations including complex supply agreements, MSAs, and SOWs.
- Establish and lead a CM Steering Committee, own Quarterly Business Reviews, and drive annual net cost savings programs.
- 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 (PFEP) discipline, counterfeit mitigation, ESG governance, and supplier payment terms strategy.
- 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 while partnering with Federal leadership on U.S. government procurement requirements.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global sourcing organization capable of scaling with Axon’s portfolio growth.
Qualifications
- 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, contract negotiation expertise, payment terms strategy, and supplier performance management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate supply chain risk, geopolitical exposure, sole-source dependencies, tariff impacts, and capacity constraints.
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional and executive stakeholders while preparing and presenting business updates and risk assessments to senior leadership.
- Strong leadership skills with experience building, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree or relevant certifications.
- Familiarity with sourcing systems, analytics tools, and ERP environments.
- Experience with D365 or similar platforms.
- Comfort working across data, systems, and emerging AI-enabled tools.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and 401k with employer match.
- Discretionary paid time off.
- Paid parental leave for all.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
- Fitness Programs and Emotional & Mental Wellness support.
- Learning & Development programs.
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
Job details
- Position: Vice President, Strategic Sourcing
About the company
At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We pursue society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities, and each other.
Additional information
Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
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