Supply Chain Manager

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 is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.

Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.

We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.

Job Overvie

wAs a Supply Chain Manage r, you'll lead strategic sourcing for the critical components and assemblies that power Heron Link. In this pivotal role, you'll partner closely with the Head of Supply Chain and leaders across Finance, Design Engineering, NPI and Manufacturing to build a resilient supply base. You will ensure the commercial success of Heron's supply chain, overseeing product cost and supplier performance

How You Will Contribu

• teDefine and own the category strategies for key components and assemblie
• s.Achieve or exceed cost targets through data-driven should-cost modeling, market and commodity analysis, and disciplined negotiation
• s.Lead RFx processes and negotiate commercial agreements, including piece pricing, tooling/NRE, and key contractual term
• s.Manage business risk through scenario assessment of capacity, geopolitics, logistics, and supplier technology / commercial roadmaps. Actively partner with the engineering team to identify/mitigate supply and demand challeng
• esDrive supplier readiness across prototype, pilot, and mass production builds to ensure smooth scale-up and launch executio
• n.Develop and execute the logistics and warehousing strategy associated with and in partnership with factory operatio
• nsEscalate key supply, cost, and/or quality issues with partner teams and collaboratively develop corrective action plan

What You Will Br

ingWe're open to early to mid-career candidates with or without leadership experience. Scope and responsibilities will scale with the right candida

Must Have Requireme

• nts 5+ years of experience in sourcing or procurement for high volume manufactu
• ringDegree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent experi
• enceDeep category knowledge across mechanical, electrical (PCB/PCBA), and/or electro-mechanical components and assemb
• liesStrong negotiation and contract management sk
• illsExperience leading cross-functional work-streams with engineering, operations, finance, legal and NPI teams to drive alignment and execute sourcing strate
• giesExcellent communication and interpersonal sk
• illsWillingness to travel domestically and internationally often with short no

Nice to

• HavesExtensive supply chain or manufacturing operations experience with power semiconductors, electronic components, injection molding, stamping, sheet metal fabrication, printed circuit board fab and assembly and adhes
• ives Prior supplier development supporting medium voltage (34.5kV) or grid-related power electronics, such as converters, switchgear, circuit breakers, dielectric materials, and bu
• ssingStrong data analysis and visualization skills (Tableau, PowerBI e

tc.) If you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us in accelerating the electrification of everything at Heron P

ower.