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

at BLUE ORIGIN

• Job title: Senior Director, Enterprise Commodity Management, Supply Chain Risk, ITAR Compliance
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $218,590 - $306,025 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Senior Director leading strategy for enterprise commodity management and supply chain risk at Blue Origin. Overseeing supplier resiliency and compliance across a global supply network.

Responsibilities

• 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