Supply Chain & Operations Manager (North America)

The role

You will own how hardware moves through UnitX in North America. You will manage procurement, shipping, receiving, inventory, and office operations.

What you will do

• Run domestic and international receiving and shipping for customer orders and internal hardware/software
• Bench-test incoming and outgoing hardware and triage failures with Engineering
• Own procurement for hardware and software licenses
• Manage vendor performance and keep an approved vendor list
• Build and run inventory and asset management
• Manage import and export compliance including product classification and customs broker management
• Own the monthly operations dashboard and maintain SOPs
• Run the office, warehouse and lab space including security, safety and EHS compliance
• Set up laptops and accounts and handle first-line hardware and network issues

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in supply chain, operations or procurement at a hardware company
• Comfort assembling, powering on and troubleshooting computers, GPUs, cameras and cabling
• Hands-on experience shipping high-value products domestically and internationally
• Working knowledge of import and export duties and customs
• A record of buying both hardware and software licenses
• Experience owning inventory and asset tracking in an ERP or inventory system
• Strong organization and follow-through

Nice to have

• Experience at a machine vision, industrial automation, robotics or AI hardware company
• Experience building operations processes from scratch at a startup
• Experience working with global suppliers and contract manufacturers
• Bilingual in Mandarin

Before you apply

• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening requirements

About the company

UnitX is building the AI-powered eyes and brain for autonomous manufacturing. Their machine-vision platform helps manufacturers detect complex defects and automate inspection.