Global Sheet Metal & Extrusions Sourcing Lead

Base Power; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Base is America’s next-generation power company leveraging distributed batteries to transform today’s grid into a resilient, abundant system. We are seeking a Global Supply Manager to own sheet metal and extrusion sourcing for Base's structural metalwork—panels, top cover, straps, and extruded aluminum components like the heat plate on our disconnect enclosure.

These parts go into Core Batteries, Disconnects, and related products.

Qualifications

• Experience sourcing stamped/formed/extruded metal components.
• 2+ years sourcing in a similar role.
• Experience owning a commercial relationship with a contract manufacturer or metal fabricator.
• Ability to qualify backup suppliers quickly when a primary vendor slips.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; willingness to travel ~25% domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Own the commercial relationship with sheet metal and extrusion suppliers building Base's structural metalwork.
• Take over day-to-day ownership of aesthetic panels, top cover, straps, and the aluminum extrusion heat plate, with no dropped continuity during handoff.
• Build and maintain should-cost models for stamped, formed, and extruded parts, decomposed to material, tooling, cycle time, and finishing, to anchor negotiations and drive cost reduction.
• Negotiate piece price, tooling terms, and master agreements with sheet metal and extrusion suppliers, and manage production escalations as the accountable party.
• Establish dual-source or bridge-supply coverage for the highest-risk parts in the category, and partner with engineering and manufacturing on design trade-offs and line-side production issues.

Skills

Metal sourcing

Supplier negotiations

Contract manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Job description

Base is America’s next-generation power company leveraging distributed batteries to transform today’s grid into a resilient, abundant system. We are seeking a Global Supply Manager to own sheet metal and extrusion sourcing for Base's structural metalwork—panels, top cover, straps, and extruded aluminum components like the heat plate on our disconnect enclosure.

These parts go into Core Batteries, Disconnects, and related products.