Senior Staff Global Supply Manager, Battery Cells

The role

You will serve as the commercial lead for New Product Introduction to bring products from concept to scale. You will manage global supply strategies, lead complex negotiations, and build cost models for battery materials.

What you will do

• Serve as the commercial lead for New Product Introduction
• Partner across the organization to align technology roadmap with supplier capabilities
• Evaluate and qualify supplier factory readiness
• Lead proactive line-by-line material readiness tracking and risk mitigation
• Establish a multi-year commodity strategy
• Lead complex contractual negotiations for MSAs, SOWs, and capacity reservation agreements
• Build granular bottom-up cost models
• Drive year-over-year cost reductions through cost engineering and Design for Cost initiatives
• Act as internal subject matter expert on market dynamics and pricing models
• Execute dual-sourcing and multi-region supply webs to mitigate risk

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related technical discipline
• Minimum of 8-12 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or supply chain
• Familiarity with Li-ion manufacturing processes (coating, winding/stacking, formation)
• Understanding of cell contract manufacturing models and Tier 1 cell vendors
• Proven track record of independently negotiating complex international supply agreements and index-linked pricing formulas
• Mastery of advanced cost modeling (Should-Cost/TCO), manufacturing economics, and raw material indexing
• Ability to move long distances and be stationary for extended periods
• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment

Nice to have

• Master’s
• MBA

Benefits

• Benefits
• Perks
• Equity
• Bonuses

About the company

Sila is a next-generation battery materials company. Their mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy by engineering and manufacturing battery materials that increase energy density.