Base brings affordable, reliable energy and whole-home backup to homes across Texas — fixed low rates and battery backup that kicks in automatically. Backed by Lightspeed and a16z.
About the role
Base is hiring a Global Supply Manager to own our relationships with the contract manufacturers (CMs) who build our electromechanical top-level assemblies (TLAs). You'll own the total delivered cost of the finished unit across every CM in our network. Nearly every other supply category at Base feeds into these assemblies, including plastics, harnesses, cells, board electricals, metals, and PCBA. That makes this a coordination-heavy role as we scale from 1 GW to 3 GW. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experience sourcing top-level assemblies through CMs or electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers in EV, energy storage, consumer electronics, or industrial hardware
- Fluency in CM labor cost structures, value-add negotiation, and rolling up total delivered cost across a multi-commodity BOM
- Experience negotiating MSAs, SOWs, NRE, and the cost of engineering changes
- Experience helping decide what to build in-house and what to leave with a CM
- Experience with MRP or ERP systems such as Odoo, SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite
More about this role
Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization–electricity–by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We are engineers, operators, and creatives solving some of the most complex, interdisciplinary challenges of our time.
Base is hiring a Global Supply Manager to own our relationships with the contract manufacturers (CMs) who build our electromechanical top-level assemblies (TLAs). You'll own the total delivered cost of the finished unit across every CM in our network. Nearly every other supply category at Base feeds into these assemblies, including plastics, harnesses, cells, board electricals, metals, and PCBA. That makes this a coordination-heavy role as we scale from 1 GW to 3 GW. You'll work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and logistics on new and existing products.
Run RFQs end to end: scope requirements, evaluate bids, and drive supplier selection through award.
Build should-cost models to benchmark pricing, find cost-downs, and back up negotiations with data.
Negotiate piece price, tooling, payment terms,...
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