Global Supply Manager - Electronics & PCB

The role

You will own sourcing and supplier relationships for home battery systems. You will run sourcing from RFQ to award, negotiate contracts, and work with engineering, manufacturing, and logistics.

What you will do

• Run RFQs end to end including scoping requirements, evaluating bids, and driving supplier selection.
• Build should-cost models to benchmark pricing and back up negotiations.
• Negotiate piece price, tooling, payment terms, and master agreements.
• Own key supplier relationships and track performance.
• Set commodity strategy across a global supply base.
• Prepare suppliers for production ramp and sustained manufacturing.
• Present recommendations on awards, cost, and risk to leadership.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of strategic sourcing or procurement in hardware manufacturing.
• Track record negotiating contracts and managing suppliers through escalations.
• Strong cost modeling and Excel skills.
• Clear, direct written and verbal communication.
• Comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, about 25% of the time.

Nice to have

• Sourcing experience with board-level electronics such as passives, actives, and interconnects.
• Experience with MRP or ERP systems.
• Experience supporting a high-volume production ramp.

About the company

Base is a next-generation power company rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization by deploying a network of distributed batteries. The company builds in-house to transform the centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system.