Gridware

Sourcing Manager

United States12 hours ago

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A hybrid role at Gridware.

Level

Lead / Exec

Work

Hybrid

Focus

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Pay

$120k-$165k/yr

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Responsibilities

Identify, evaluate, and onboard new suppliers for mechanical and electrical components to support product development and production
Lead end-to-end sourcing activities, including RFQs, cost analysis, and supplier selection across a variety of commodities.
Negotiate pricing, terms, and contracts to achieve cost targets and strong commercial agreements.
Partner closely with Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality during NPI and product design phases to drive early-stage sourcing, prototyping, and supplier selection that scales to production.
Collaborate with contract manufacturers’ procurement and supply chain teams to align sourcing strategies and execution.
Proactively identify and mitigate supply risks (e.g., shortages, long lead times, single-source dependencies) while driving cost reduction through negotiations and alternative sourcing.
Manage supplier relationships, including performance monitoring, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.

Required Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
4-7 years of experience in sourcing, direct procurement, supply chain, or supplier management, preferably in a hardware or manufacturing environment.
Experience working across multiple commodity categories, and sourcing both mechanical and electrical components. Experience supporting new product introduction (NPI).
Strong negotiation experience, including pricing, contracts, and supplier agreements.
Experience working with contract manufacturers and external supplier networks.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, especially with engineering, manufacturing, and finance teams.
Ability to manage ambiguity and build processes in a fast-moving startup environment.

Bonus Skills

Experience working with global suppliers and international sourcing.
Familiarity with cost modeling, should-cost analysis, or design-to-cost methodologies.
Exposure to ERP systems and supplier management tools.
Experience in the energy, utilities, or hardware startup space.
Experience partnering closely with contract manufacturers on sourcing and procurement execution.

About Gridware

Gridware

YC W21

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Gridware exists to enhance and protect the mother of all networks: the electrical grid. The grid touches everyone and makes our modern economy possible. But it’s also fragile. When the grid is compromised, everything grinds to a halt, and the consequences can be dire: wildfires burn, land is destroyed, property is damaged, progress stops, and lives are lost. Our team builds smart sensors that help utility companies to immediately detect, find, and fix outages and take steps to prevent new outages, and other related disasters, from happening at all. The need for power will only increase. We protect the grid of today while we build the grid of tomorrow. Gridware is privately held and backed by the best climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. We are headquartered in San Francisco

Source: Y Combinator

Open source

github.com/gridware· 7 public repos· 2 stars· C