Global Supply Manager: Strategic Sourcing & NPI

Path Robotics; North Carolina; On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily free lunch

Flexible PTO

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Parental leave (6 weeks, plus extra)

Job summary

Path Robotics is seeking a Global Supply Manager to lead supplier-related activities from sourcing to mass production. You will align internal requirements, manage RFQs, advocate for cost reductions, and ensure on-time supply while coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, and finance.

The role emphasizes DFM review, capacity planning, contract negotiations, and multi-sourcing strategies in a fast-paced hardware environment. On-site in NC with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, or procurement for hardware or manufacturing environments.
• Experience sourcing electromechanical or industrial components 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.
• Highly organized, data-driven, and comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets and ERP systems (NetSuite a plus).

Responsibilities

• Sourcing: Align internal requirements to source new suppliers, materials, and services that meet Path’s goals on specs, supply, quality, and cost.
• DFM support: Review supplier proposals on manufacturing processes, testing, quality verification, reliability testing, etc to ensure the production of best in class components.
• Program management: Drive and track internal validation process across all relevant teams, from engineering, production, deployment, and fleet, from RFQ to mass production.
• Supply: Ensure supplier’s capacity and supply continuously meets internal demand. This includes ongoing supplier reviews on their capacity, production, quality, shipping status to ensure that their supply meets the issued forecasts, along with managing internal alignment on latest supply availability.
• Procurement: Manage POs and invoicing. This includes closing any issues or changes in supplier onboarding, part numbers, cost, incoterms, quantity, PO internal approvals, and order receipts.
• Contracts and documentations: Negotiate all necessary contracts including MSA, SOWs, and others. Support documentation needs on tariffs, regulatory, and certifications compliance.
• Component strategy: Lead cross functional alignment on component strategy, including strategies on driving cost, multi-sourcing, vertical integration, in-house vs out-source analysis, latest market technology and trends, roadmaps, etc.

Skills

Supply chain experience

RFQ experience

Should-cost modeling

Negotiation

NPI & ramp

Global supply chains

Incoterms

ERP systems (NetSuite)

Excel/Sheets

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

NetSuite

ERP systems

Job description

Path Robotics is seeking a Global Supply Manager to lead supplier-related activities from sourcing to mass production. You will align internal requirements, manage RFQs, advocate for cost reductions, and ensure on-time supply while coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, and finance.

The role emphasizes DFM review, capacity planning, contract negotiations, and multi-sourcing strategies in a fast-paced hardware environment. On-site in NC with competitive benefits.