Supply Chain Manager

Heron Power is a startup building cutting‑edge power electronics for the 21st‑century grid. The company aims to debottleneck electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and lower‑cost hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. The leadership team consists of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power‑conversion products. Heron Power fosters a collaborative, enriching environment focused on personal, technical, and career growth, driven by first‑principles engineering and solving difficult problems.

Job Overview

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

Responsibilities

• Define and own category strategies for key components and assemblies.
• Achieve or exceed cost targets through data‑driven should‑cost modeling, market and commodity analysis, and disciplined negotiations.
• 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/commercial roadmaps.
• Partner with the engineering team to identify and 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.

Requirements

We’re open to early‑ to mid‑career candidates with or without leadership experience. Scope and responsibilities will scale with the right candidate.

Must‑Have Requirements

• 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 workstreams with engineering, operations, finance, legal, and NPI teams to drive alignment and execute sourcing strategies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, often on short notice.

Nice‑to‑Have

• Extensive 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.
• Prior supplier development supporting medium‑voltage (34.5 kV) or grid‑related power electronics such as converters, switchgear, circuit breakers, dielectric materials, and bussing.
• Strong data‑analysis and visualization skills (Tableau, PowerBI, etc.).

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 Power.