Redwood Materials is building the U.S. stockpile of critical materials and deploying large-scale energy storage systems that power data centers and the nation’s grid.
About the role
The Staff Global Supply Chain Manager, Solar is an advanced-level individual contributor role that directs sourcing strategy for solar cell and solar module commodities supporting Redwood’ novel energy storage and generation products. The role owns the supplier landscape, total cost of ownership, and commercial agreements for these commodities, and determines sourcing methods on new assignments where no established precedent exists. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or a related technical field (Master's degree or MBA preferred)
- 8+ years of sourcing or supply chain management experience (6+ years with a Master's degree), ideally in solar, energy, EV, or electronics manufacturing
- Working knowledge of solar cell and module manufacturers and the global solar supplier landscape
- Working knowledge of solar cell and module manufacturing processes, cost drivers, and process constraints
- Experience building cost models and negotiating commercial and technical terms with suppliers using should-cost fundamentals
- Experience developing commodity strategy and sourcing agreements for new products moving from development to volume production
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About Redwood Materials
Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back. Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America — recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain. On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house. The company is profitable, the market it operates in is projected to grow 20 to 50 times over the next decade, and Redwood is the only company with the supply chain, the technology, and the operational scale to lead it.
The Staff Global Supply Chain Manager, Solar is an advanced-level individual contributor role that directs sourcing strategy for solar cell and solar module commodities supporting Redwood’ novel energy storage and generation products. The role owns the supplier landscape, total cost of ownership, and commercial agreements...
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