base-power - Global Supply Manager - Electromechanical TLA
Requirements
• Background sourcing and managing top-level assemblies through contract manufacturers, fluent in labor cost structures, value-add negotiation, and total delivered cost roll-up across a multi-commodity BOM • 5+ years in a similar sourcing role • Track record of first-principles negotiation with CMs on labor rates, value-add, NRE, and configuration change cost recovery • Sharp with Excel and financial modeling • Organized, with real project management instincts • Clear, direct communicator, written and verbal • Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities • Willing to travel domestically and internationally, roughly 30% of the time • Experience with EMS or CM relationships in EV, energy storage, consumer electronics, or industrial hardware • Track record of resolving CM escalations at the executive level • Experience with MRP/ERP systems (Odoo, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) • Ability to learn quickly and prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs
Responsibilities
• Own the commercial relationship with every contract manufacturer assembling Base products: master services agreements, statements of work, labor and value-add negotiation, NRE terms, capacity commits, and quality escalations • Build and own the should-cost model for every assembly, decomposing station cycle time, direct labor, indirect burden, overhead, and margin, then use it to roll up total delivered cost across the full BOM and drive year-over-year cost reduction at the unit level • Lead RFx from scoping through award for new CM qualification and existing CM re-negotiation • Own configuration control and engineering change management commercially, negotiating ECO cost recovery, tooling amortization, and NRE terms that protect Base as the product evolves • Manage supplier readiness through ramp: lead times, CM footprint, and capacity, so the network scales with Base rather than becoming the constraint • Partner with Manufacturing and Manufacturing Technical Program Management on BF2 to decide what Base builds in-house versus what stays at the CM, and build the commercial framework for both • Bring clear recommendations on CM awards, contract structures, cost reviews, and supply continuity to engineering, manufacturing, and executive stakeholders • First Principles Thinking: Question assumptions. Principles > rules. • Operate at Base Pace: Focus on what matters, act quickly, and learn by doing. • Give & Get Feedback: Be direct, be humble, and maintain a growth mindset. • Everyone’s an Owner: Follow through on commitments and own results. • Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: Drive clarity and make calls with imperfect information. • Committed to the Mission: Rebuilding the grid is a big challenge. We work hard because we care deeply about the impact we’re creating. We work in-person. It’s not a 9-to-5. We are all-in. • Fun & Optimism Coexist with Grit: Collaboration and celebration coincide with the intensity of building real things. • DO THE BEST WORK OF YOUR LIFE AT BASE.
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