Supply Chain Manager
Iontra Inc, United States
Job Description
Job Title: Supply Chain Manager
Location: Remote
Company Overview:
At Iontra, our breakthrough battery charging solution is born from 10+ years of combined experience working with demanding energy storage applications, from the technical and commercial challenges of leading heavy-duty electric vehicle manufacturing to the complexity and extreme demands of space going and planetary exploration vehicles. Together our team has innovated to answer the needs of our customers for a plug and play solution that improves the performance of today’s lithium batteries. Our solution can be implemented quickly and inexpensively to improve customer experiences with any existing Lithium-ion battery-powered products. For more information on our latest news, visit:
Role Summary:
In this role, you’ll be tasked with performing essential duties of Iontra’s Supply Chain team with special focus on the Blink powerbank project. You will be responsible for sourcing the qualified vendor(s) that meets Iontra’s technical requirements as well as business requirements such as capacity, pricing and quality. Responsibilities include driving price negotiations upfront before vendor selection through effective benchmarking of BOM costs and multiple bids. You will be required to collaborate with Sales amp; Marketing team as well as Engineering team to clearly understand and drive the requirements for effective implementation through the vendors. You will be required to drive alignment on mutual expectations amp; requirements from both Iontra and the vendors by setting up effective communication channels at regular cadence with a clear path for escalation as needed. You will be responsible to build relationships at the executive management level of the vendors. Responsibilities include setting effective timelines for project planning and management to enable time to market.
You’ll love this job if you:
- Are driven to be part of a team doing big things to help our planet.
- Aspire to work with a successful veteran startup management team.
- Are a self-starter and always find ways to get your work done and help team members.
- Are an organized, detail-oriented person being very good at time management.
- Are assertive and able to influence and partner with the team to get things done.
- Enjoy new challenges and change.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Vendor sourcing amp; selection
- Effective program management of deliverables
- Time to market through effective execution amp; risk mitigation
- Benchmarking of the ecosystem driving standard of excellence
- Effective supplier management
Requirements
You’ll Need These Qualifications:
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering preferably in Operations or Industrial Engineering
- Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience managing suppliers, preferably CMs (Contract Manufacturers)
- Experience launching new products through effective supplier management (QBRs, QMRs)
- Experience in managing high volume products
- Proven results in price negotiations, capacity management , driving 1st time quality and technology roadmap alignment with vendors.
Desired Qualifications:
- Management experience in Contract Manufacturing ( CMs such as Foxconn, Jabil, Sanmina, Benchmark or Flextronics etc) would be highly desirable.
- Experience in launching a new product and ramping successfully in the market
Benefits
Benefits and Compensation:
Salary Range: $125k-$150k (salary is based on education, experience, skillset, and market value).
We offer the following benefits package:
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental amp; Vision)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary amp; ADamp;D)
- Short Term amp; Long-Term Disability
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick amp; Holidays)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan plus company match
- Company Shares Plan
Iontra has an equal employment opportunity (EEO) policy that provides that no applicant or staff member will be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race, color, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.