Strategic Sourcing Lead — Power Electronics

Heron Power; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Heron Power in San Francisco is seeking a Supply Chain Manager to lead strategic sourcing for critical components powering our grid electronics. You will partner closely with the Head of Supply Chain and cross-functional leaders to build a resilient supplier base and drive the commercial success of our materials.

Responsibilities include defining category strategies, achieving cost targets through should-cost modeling and disciplined negotiation, leading RFx processes, managing risk, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in sourcing or procurement for high volume manufacturing
• Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent experience
• Deep category knowledge across mechanical, electrical (PCB/PCBA), and/or electro-mechanical components and assemblies
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills
• Experience leading cross-functional work-streams with engineering, operations, finance, legal and NPI teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally often with short notice

Responsibilities

• Define and own the category strategies for key components and assemblies
• Achieve or exceed cost targets through data-driven should-cost modeling, market and commodity analysis, and disciplined negotiation
• Lead RFx processes and negotiate commercial agreements, including piece pricing, tooling/NRE, and key contractual terms
• Manage business risk through scenario assessment of capacity, geopolitics, logistics, and supplier technology/roadmaps; partner with engineering to mitigate supply and demand challenges
• Drive supplier readiness across prototype, pilot, and mass production builds to ensure smooth scale-up and launch execution
• Develop and execute the logistics and warehousing strategy in partnership with factory operations
• Escalate key supply, cost, and/or quality issues with partner teams and collaboratively develop corrective action plans

Skills

Cost modeling

Negotiation

RFx processes

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic sourcing

Data analysis

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent experience

Tools

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Heron Power in San Francisco is seeking a Supply Chain Manager to lead strategic sourcing for critical components powering our grid electronics. You will partner closely with the Head of Supply Chain and cross-functional leaders to build a resilient supplier base and drive the commercial success of our materials.

Responsibilities include defining category strategies, achieving cost targets through should-cost modeling and disciplined negotiation, leading RFx processes, managing risk, and