What to Expect
Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.
Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.
We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.
Job Overview
As Supply Chain Manager you are responsible to develop high performing, responsive, and enduring supplier relationships that set Heron Power up for success. In partnership with engineering and operations, you own the supplier selection process, the integrated supply plan for each product, and ensuring Heron’s suppliers hit rate and date.
How You Will Contribute
Identify and formalize supplier relationships, with all commercial terms agreed and documented
Negotiate piece price and tooling to ensure supplied component costs meet or exceed Heron Power’s should cost expectations without sacrificing quality
Manage business risk through scenario assessment of capacity, geopolitics, logistics, and supplier technology / commercial roadmaps. Actively partner with the engineering team to identify/mitigate supply and demand challenges
Maintain healthy, high performance supplier relationships, managing through dispute resolution and supplier, engineering and plan-driven changes
Collaboratively develop the supply plan for every part to achieve factory new program introduction dates
Develop and execute the logistics and warehousing strategy associated with and in partnership with factory operations
Escalate key supply, cost, and/or quality issues with partner teams and collaboratively develop corrective action plans
What You Will Bring
We have a short list of must-have requirements. We prioritize candidates with a strong grip on first principles, hands-on skills, and initiative.
Must-Have Requirements
Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, industrial engineering or equivalent and demonstrated exceptional ability
3+ years of experience in supply chain and/or logistics roles
Technical & commercial understanding of tooling and manufacturing processes
Sufficient experience with manufacturing, packaging, and logistics to generate bottom-up should cost estimates for some commodities
Excellent negotiation and collaboration skills
Proficient with technical drawings and specifications, knowledge of manufacturing process control and quality assurance methods
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Nice-to-Haves
Extensive supply chain or manufacturing operations experience with sheet metal fabrication methods (i.e. stamping) and coatings, printed circuit board fab and assembly, power semiconductors, electronic components, injection molded plastics or adhesives
Prior supplier development supporting medium voltage (34.5kV) or grid-related power electronics, such as converters, switchgear, circuit breakers, dielectric materials, and bussing
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.
Heron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits. The salary for this role ranges from $125,000 to $200,000 per year.