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Where goods move as freely as information moves today.\nThis is possible. Today the cost of moving on a scooter is ₹2/km. That’s the cost of moving a 150kg mass from point A to B. We’re bringing that mass down to less than 5kgs, concurrently bringing the cost down to 10 paise/km. This is how we make deliveries a reality. This is how we create a world where we’re doing billions of deliveries per day.\nThe tech is not there. The current cost of drone delivery is ₹100/km. We need to completely redefine the way things are done here. We’re building the world’s most efficient aircraft from the ground-up, and scaling that up to beyond anything the aerospace sector has ever seen. This cannot be an iterative process. We have to tear down all conventions and build everything up from scratch.\nTo do this, we need nothing less than the best engineers. The ones who care about building something fundamentally different, who are deeply curious about understanding the fundamentals of everything they’re working on, who are dreamers that believe in the impossible.\nAbout the Role\nWe are building something that hasn't existed before. This role owns the commercial side of how we buy - what it costs, who we buy it from, and how we keep leverage as we scale. You'll sit at the intersection of engineering and business, owning supplier selection and cost for our hardware. You're a commercial operator who can read a drawing and a cost model with equal fluency, build competition into a supply base that barely exists for a product like ours, and negotiate deals that hold up as volumes move from tens to thousands.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupplier Strategy & Cost Negotiation\nOwn supplier selection and sourcing across mechanical, composite, and electronic commodities, building a diversified long-term roadmap while negotiating cost-down curves, multi-part/multi-year deals, and quarterly pricing cycles that give us leverage as volumes scale\n\nBuild should-cost models to challenge quotes line by line, partnering with engineering to intercept cost at the design stage and qualify alternate processes for real savings\n\nRisk, Compliance & Executive Reporting\nOwn supply risk on constrained inputs - mapping single-source exposure, lead-time risk, and navigating export controls, licensing, and import compliance\n\nOwn cost roadmaps and supplier performance reporting, presenting sourcing decisions and cost positions to leadership and investors with scrutiny-ready analysis\n\nQualifications\nMust-Have\n4-6 years in strategic sourcing, global supply management, or commodity management\n\nOutstanding negotiation skills backed by comprehensive global supply ecosystem fluency (tier-1 producers, capacity, raw material pricing, trade policy/export controls) and an existing network of suppliers, mills, converters, distributors, agents, and freight partners you can call on directly\n\nMechanical or technical acumen strong enough to negotiate on manufacturing process and design fundamentals, not just price. 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