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We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.\nOur 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.\nWe 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.\nJob Overview\nAs a Staff/Senior Staff Global Supply Manager, 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.\nHow You Will Contribute\nDefine and own the category strategies for key components and assemblies.\n\nAchieve or exceed cost targets through data-driven should-cost modeling, market and commodity analysis, and disciplined negotiations.\n\nLead RFx processes and negotiate commercial agreements, including piece pricing, tooling/NRE, and key contractual terms.\n\nManage 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 challenges\n\nDrive supplier readiness across prototype, pilot, and mass production builds to ensure smooth scale-up and launch execution.\n\nDevelop and execute the logistics and warehousing strategy associated with and in partnership with factory operations\n\nEscalate key supply, cost, and/or quality issues with partner teams and collaboratively develop corrective action plans \n\nWhat You Will Bring\nWe’re open to early to mid-career candidates with or without leadership experience. Scope and responsibilities will scale with the right candidate.\nMust Have Requirements\n8+ years of experience in sourcing or procurement for high volume manufacturing\n\nDegree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent experience\n\nDeep category knowledge across mechanical, electrical (PCB/PCBA), and/or electro-mechanical components and assemblies\n\nStrong negotiation and contract management skills\n\nExperience leading cross-functional work-streams with engineering, operations, finance, legal and NPI teams to drive alignment and execute sourcing strategies\n\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills\n\nWillingness to travel domestically and internationally often with short notice\n\nNice to Haves\nExtensive supply chain or manufacturing operations experience with power semiconductors, electronic components, injection molding, stamping, sheet metal fabrication, printed circuit board fab and assembly and adhesives \n\nPrior supplier development supporting medium voltage (34.5kV) or grid-related power electronics, such as converters, switchgear, circuit breakers, dielectric materials, and bussing\n\nStrong data analysis and visualization skills (Tableau, PowerBI etc.) \n\nIf 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 Power.\nHeron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits. 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