Base Power Company - Global Supply Manager - Metal Fabrications

Austin, Texas, United States1w ago

In Office NA Payments Materials Supply Chain Manager Base Records Management Contract Review Supplier Management Optimism

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Requirements

• Background in sourcing structural metal commodities - sheet metal fabrications, aluminum and steel extrusions, die castings, or similar formed-metal components - with fluency in tooling economics, process capabilities, and cost drivers across fabrication methods. • Strong organizational and project management skills. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Flexible mindset and temperament. • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally. Average 25% travel. • Strong record of applying first principles thinking toward supplier negotiations. • Strong record of managing successful escalations up to the executive level within a supplier. • Ability to learn quickly and prioritize appropriately to meet customer and company needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end RFx processes - scoping requirements, issuing RFQs, evaluating responses, and driving supplier selection to award. • Build and maintain should-cost models to benchmark supplier pricing, identify cost-down opportunities, and anchor negotiations in first principles. • Negotiate piece price, tooling, payment terms, and master agreements - ensuring contracts are in place before business is initiated and that commercial terms hold up at scale. • Own the commercial relationship with key suppliers - tracking performance, managing escalations, and building the trust needed to move fast when it matters. • Develop and execute commodity strategies that optimize cost, supply continuity, and risk across a global supply base - monitoring market dynamics, capacity constraints, and technology shifts to stay ahead. • Drive supplier readiness across production ramp and sustained manufacturing, including capacity planning, lead time management, and obsolescence mitigation through end-of-life. • Synthesize findings and present clear recommendations - on contract awards, cost reviews, risk mitigation, and supply continuity - to engineering 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.