Director of Supply Chain

Unusual Machines is a U.S.

-based drone and drone parts company focused on the small and First-Person View (FPV) segments of the drone market. Our brands
- Rotor Riot, Fat Shark, Rotor Lab and - coming soon
- Upgrade Energy - are some of the most respected names in FPV and have helped shape the industry through e-commerce, product development, and a deep connection with the pilot community.

We’re expanding into enterprise and defense - bringing our obsessive attention to performance, design, and U.S.

-based manufacturing into high-stakes environments like search and rescue and military innovation. With several of our products already approved by the Defense Innovation Unit, we’re solving procurement issues for customers who demand speed, agility, and compliance.

If you love working at the intersection of community, content, and cutting-edge technology, you’ll feel right at home here.

The Director of Supply Chain will build and lead the global sourcing, procurement, material planning, warehouse operations, logistics, and supplier performance capabilities required to support rapid growth. This leader will develop a resilient and compliant supply base, translate approved demand into executable material plans, and ensure production and new product introductions have the right components at the right time and cost.

• A Global Procurement Leader:
  You have a strong record of developing category strategies, building supplier networks, and negotiating complex commercial agreements for technical hardware.
• A Team Builder:
  You are passionate about managing, mentoring, and expanding high-performing teams of buyers, material planners, and logistics staff.
• A Complex Hardware Expert:
  You have deep technical comfort working with electronics, PCBAs, semiconductors, motors, batteries, mechanical components, optics, and other drone hardware.
• A Systems Thinker:
  You build scalable processes, reliable planning disciplines, and data-driven systems that turn complexity into clear execution.
• A Risk Mitigator:
  You identify weak links early, quantify exposure, and implement practical sourcing and inventory strategies that protect production continuity.

• Lead Procurement and Planning:
  Directly manage and develop buyers and material planners while establishing clear priorities, operating rhythms, performance expectations, and succession plans.
• Build Global Sourcing Strategies:
  Develop category and supplier strategies for electronics, PCBAs, semiconductors, motors, batteries, mechanical components, optics, and other critical drone hardware.
• Negotiate Commercial Agreements:
  Lead negotiations covering price, payment terms, lead times, capacity, minimum order quantities, non-cancellable commitments, warranties, and supply assurance.
• Build a Resilient Supply Base:
  Qualify, develop, and diversify suppliers; establish dual-source and contingency plans; and maintain visibility to geopolitical, capacity, financial, and component risks.
• Lead Material and Supply Planning:
  Translate the approved demand plan into executable purchasing, material, and capacity plans through the SIOP process. Maintain disciplined MRP parameters, priorities, and exception management.
• Drive Supplier Performance:
  Establish scorecards and operating reviews focused on quality, cost, delivery, responsiveness, capacity, and corrective-action closure.

• Engineering-Led Compliance:
  Partner with Engineering during the design phase to ensure that compliance is designed into the product from day one. Support engineering workflows to keep hardware development aligned with regulatory standards.
• Certification Submissions:
  Oversee and support documentation and submission processes for…