Global Supply Chain Manager, Energy Storage

Redwood Materials • San Francisco, CA

3d • $135,000 - $215,000

About The Position

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have. Global Supply Chain Manager, Energy Storage The GSM will work closely with engineering, operations, and other functional teams to drive suppliers election, manage supplier agreements, and optimize procurement strategies. The GSM will need to optimize cost, quality, and availability of a range of components, sub-assemblies, and finished goods in support of Redwood’s product offering.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in engineering, operations, business, economic
• 5-7 years of supply chain experience
• Working knowledge of manufacturing operations, production workflows, and process improvement principles
• Ability to interpret operational, technical, and financial data to support analysis and decision-making
• Ability to travel up to 10% of time
• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Ability to safely perform job duties in both office and production environments
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. as needed
• Must maintain regular and punctual attendance in alignment with company and regulatory standards
• Must be able to communicate clearly

Responsibilities

• Develop a sourcing strategy for a given set of components
• Lead supplier selection activities
• Collaborate with engineering in order to understand key requirement that must be conveyed to potential suppliers
• Drive cost reduction and inventory management strategies that ensure availability of component while minimizing inventory carrying costs
• Manage supplier performance, including quality, on time delivery, sustainability, etc
• Become the subject matter expert for the assigned list of components and technologies
• Mitigate supply chain risks by working with cross functional teams in engineering, logistics, finance, quality etc.
• Coordinate with cross-functional partners (Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance) to support day to day operations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager