Tactical Procurement Leader
Menlo Park, CA
Supply Chain – Supply Chain /
Salary /
On-site
Company Overview
Mainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with the world’s most flexible and adaptable onsite power generator, the Mainspring Linear Generator. Commercial, industrial, and utility leaders are choosing Mainspring over traditional options like engines, turbines, and fuel cells to quickly and reliably deliver local power for EV charging, commercial facilities, data centers, and grid-scale operations. The Mainspring Linear Generator is fuel flexible, ramps up and down to meet demand, and utilizes a flameless technology with near-zero NOx emissions.
Backed by top-tier investors such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, and Lightrock, Mainspring designs, manufactures and delivers its products to customers across the U.S. today, and we’re quickly scaling for international expansion.
Inspired by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid, Mainspring is rapidly expanding within the $816B global electricity equipment market, and we’re hiring the best talent to meet growing customer demand around the globe. We welcome a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and talents to bring fresh perspectives and ongoing innovation to our customers.
We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:
Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.
Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.
Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.
More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com
Job Overview
Mainspring is experiencing rapid growth and is ramping up the manufacturing of its Linear Generators. The company is seeking a strong supply chain leader to develop the tactical supply chain organization to manage increased volumes from local and global production procurement as well as support R&D and O&M internal stakeholders. This position will lead the procurement team, establishing and managing an organization focused on on-time part delivery, cost reduction, business continuity, compliance, quality, and working capital improvements. This role is crucial for implementing procurement processes and organizational development, including MRP implementation and execution.
The Senior Supply Chain Manager Procurement Leader will be responsible for sourcing and developing qualified and cost-effective suppliers to support growth. The role requires skills in organizational development, cost reduction, DFM (Design for Manufacturability), and should-cost knowledge, as well as experience working with and leading cross-functional teams (including engineering, NPI, and quality) to reduce costs while maintaining quality and production schedules. This position will involve up to 25% travel to visit vendors. The individual will manage the procurement of parts for local manufacturing and R&D, align/support Contract Manufacturers as needed, and utilize and support the ongoing development and operation of the MRP system. Active collaboration with cross-functional teams and a strong motivation to maximize efficiency in working with suppliers and parts are essential.
Responsibilities
- Leading the Mainspring Tactical supply chain team. Continual development of the team, Management Operating System (MOS) and Key Process Indicators (KPIs) to drive improved performance, efficiency and effectiveness within the team.
- Work closely with the Strategic supply chain teams to enable optimum supplier selection for Quality, cost and delivery.
- Collaborate with Contract Manufacturers on part pricing database, Clear to Build, Purchase requisition approvals, MOS, KPIs, PPV and expedited freight.
- Material procurement responsibilities in support of product Upgrades, R&D, Retrofits & O&M.
- Collaborating to build and manage effective supplier relationships to source, validate, and manage the supply base for various electrical and mechanical components/ assemblies, hardware, MRO & indirect purchases, ultimately delivering a best total landed cost supply chain.
- Leading and/or supporting pricing negotiations and vendor strategies as parts move through their lifecycle, from fast-turn R&D to long-term agreements for volume manufacturing.
- Leading individual projects and mentoring the supply chain team on DFM and should-cost analysis projects for cost improvements and negotiations.
- Assisting in the continuous improvement, development, and implementation of the MRP system.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering (or equivalent) discipline, including supply chain.
- At least 15 years of experience in a supply chain/procurement organization with a proven track record of supplier evaluation, contract negotiation, and global supply base management and organizational leadership.
- Supply chain/procurement knowledge in electrical and mechanical commodities.
- Skilled Excel user with a good understanding of MRP & ERP systems.
- Experience in lean manufacturing, a plus.
$188,000 - $221,000 a year
This position is onsite at our Menlo Park HQ. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee. Along with the base salary, Mainspring offers pre-IPO stock options + benefits.
Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.
In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.
