Robotics Hardware Supply Chain Manager

Miso Robotics, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Miso Robotics, Inc. is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to scale the hardware behind our intelligent kitchen automation.

This hands-on role partners with engineering, manufacturing, and operations to ensure parts, suppliers, processes, and capacity move from prototype to reliable production. You will own sourcing, planning, and supplier management across a complex BOM, drive cost-down initiatives, and mitigate risks while delivering measurable supply chain improvements in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of supply chain, sourcing, procurement, or manufacturing operations experience involving complex physical products.
• Experience taking hardware through NPI and into production.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP) or similar certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own supply chain strategy and execution across Miso’s robotic hardware products, from development and NPI through production and deployment.
• Manage sourcing, procurement, material planning, inventory, logistics, and supplier performance across a complex electromechanical BOM.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Operations to translate product and production plans into actionable supply requirements.
• Develop and manage strategic suppliers and contract manufacturing partners across mechanical, electrical, fabricated, machined, and off-the-shelf components.
• Lead supplier selection, RFQs, negotiations, contracting, and ongoing supplier performance management.
• Identify and mitigate supply risks including long lead times, single-source components, capacity constraints, quality issues, and obsolescence.
• Drive cost-down and value-engineering initiatives in partnership with engineering without compromising product quality or reliability.
• Support NPI builds, engineering changes, BOM releases, production ramps, and transitions from prototype to repeatable manufacturing.
• Establish appropriate inventory strategies, safety stocks, reorder points, and material planning processes as production volumes grow.
• Build and track meaningful supply chain KPIs around cost, quality, delivery, inventory, lead time, and supplier performance.
• Improve the systems, tools, and processes Miso uses to plan and manage its supply chain, including effective utilization of NetSuite and related systems.
• Solve problems quickly. We’re a hardware startup, and sometimes the job is building a strategic sourcing roadmap; other times it’s figuring out how to get a critical component into the building by Friday.

Skills

Analytical instincts

Communication skills

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Supplier relationships

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Operations, or related field

Tools

NetSuite

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Miso Robotics, Inc. is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to scale the hardware behind our intelligent kitchen automation.

This hands-on role partners with engineering, manufacturing, and operations to ensure parts, suppliers, processes, and capacity move from prototype to reliable production. You will own sourcing, planning, and supplier management across a complex BOM, drive cost-down initiatives, and mitigate risks while delivering measurable supply chain improvements in a