Global Supply Manager: Hardware & NPI Sourcing Leader

Path Robotics, Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch

Flexible PTO

Medical, dental, and vision

Parental leave

401(k)

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Path Robotics, Inc. is seeking a Global Supply Manager to lead supplier strategy, sourcing, and procurement for hardware and manufacturing. You will align internal stakeholders, manage RFQs, and drive cost reductions while ensuring on-time parts and quality across our supplier base.

This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, program management from RFQ to mass production, and compliance with tariffs and incoterms, as Path scales complex solutions for real-world robotics.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in supply chain, sourcing, or procurement for hardware or manufacturing environments.
• Experience sourcing electromechanical components and supporting products from prototype through mass production.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and DFM principles.
• Proven ability to run RFQs, build should-cost models, and drive cost reductions through negotiation.
• Experience managing supplier capacity, quality, and ramp during NPI and production scaling.
• Working knowledge of global supply chains, incoterms, tariffs, and logistics.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and program management skills.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing: Align internal requirements to source new suppliers, materials, and services meeting Path’s goals on specs, supply, quality, and cost.
• DFM support: Review supplier proposals on manufacturing processes, testing, quality verification, and reliability testing.
• Program management: Drive and track internal validation process across teams from RFQ to mass production.
• Supply: Ensure supplier capacity and supply meets internal demand through reviews and alignment.
• Procurement: Manage POs and invoicing, onboarding, part numbers, cost, incoterms, and orders.
• Contracts and documentation: Negotiate MSAs/SOWs and support tariffs, regulatory, and certifications compliance.
• Component strategy: Lead cross-functional alignment on cost, multi-sourcing, roadmaps and market trends.

Skills

Supply chain management

RFQ experience

Cost reduction negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven / analytical

Excel / Google Sheets

ERP systems (NetSuite a plus)

Tools

NetSuite ERP

Job description

Path Robotics, Inc. is seeking a Global Supply Manager to lead supplier strategy, sourcing, and procurement for hardware and manufacturing. You will align internal stakeholders, manage RFQs, and drive cost reductions while ensuring on-time parts and quality across our supplier base.

This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, program management from RFQ to mass production, and compliance with tariffs and incoterms, as Path scales complex solutions for real-world robotics.